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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program."
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description: "Relating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 971"
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citation: "Texas SB 971 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "Economic & Industrial Development--Rural (I0212)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "RURAL (S0467)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes", "Sparks"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daf71a81-ffcd-4ef8-b383-98ee1e77d87b"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 971.xml"
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source_hash: "a837c65e4e963692d21fc6a58eee24d5b003992f0d710b7fb53028533ca064b3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 971 (89R) — Relating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00971I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00971E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00971H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00971S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00971F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 971 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **125–18** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **126–20** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gerdes — primary (person)
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- Sparks — primary (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-29** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-03** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-03** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-04** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-03-05** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-03-12** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-13** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
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- **2025-03-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-03-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-13** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-03-13** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-03-13** Record vote
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- **2025-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-13** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-13** Record vote
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- **2025-03-13** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-03-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-09** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-04-30** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-08** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-20** Record vote
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- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Record vote
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- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daf71a81-ffcd-4ef8-b383-98ee1e77d87b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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