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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to creating the Central Texas Water Alliance; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose fees."
description: "Relating to creating the Central Texas Water Alliance; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2626"
citation: "Texas HB 2626 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BELL COUNTY (G0130)", "BELL COUNTY WATER CONTROL & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 (DC96S)", "CENTRAL TEXAS WATER ALLIANCE (DQ5ZE)", "CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (DP67U)", "MCLENNAN COUNTY (G0164)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water Control Improve Dist. (I0012)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Curry", "Hickland", "Spiller"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb41c494-845c-411c-bbb2-64b0823dba04"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2626.xml"
source_hash: "349a46afa659f6f158a6d5316f52059792692352d76b913a91338bd7b1b1726c"
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 HB 2626 (89R) — Relating to creating the Central Texas Water Alliance; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose fees.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB02626I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02626H.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Curry — primary (person)
- Hickland — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-24** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Companion considered in lieu of
- **2025-04-29** Laid on the table subject to call `deferral`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb41c494-845c-411c-bbb2-64b0823dba04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).