republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/sb-2592.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; altering terms of the board of directors; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors."
description: "Relating to the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; altering terms of the board of directors; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2592"
citation: "Texas SB 2592 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "LAVACA-NAVIDAD RIVER AUTHORITY (D0020)", "Special Districts & Authorities--River Authorities (I0011)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Canales", "Clardy", "Goldman", "Holland", "Johnson", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-03"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91c43b31-3def-4fed-98aa-71993b07a04b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02500_SB02599/SB 2592.xml"
source_hash: "bd7e310da1f615c1019e568ef83221784da63148747b6074b48b7e04a007e9b8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 2592 (88) — Relating to the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; altering terms of the board of directors; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02592I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02592E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02592H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02592S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02592F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2592 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **141–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **135–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Clardy — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-04-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-05** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-19** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2023-04-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-24** Record vote
- **2023-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Record vote
- **2023-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`
- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-18** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-02** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91c43b31-3def-4fed-98aa-71993b07a04b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).