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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation, powers, duties, and financing of the Wise Regional Water District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to the creation, powers, duties, and financing of the Wise Regional Water District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1359"
citation: "Texas SB 1359 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "WISE COUNTY (G0455)", "WISE REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT (D35YW)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c6124a9-03b0-4582-a0f1-39e5e44a57cf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1359.xml"
source_hash: "1b3dfd3713d7cefb413b90d38708f34b8dfca437f1be97d5b1a57edd93af546f"
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 1359 (89R) — Relating to the creation, powers, duties, and financing of the Wise Regional Water District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees; creating a criminal offense.
## 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/SB01359I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01359E.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01359S.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1359 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Parker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-20** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`
- **2025-04-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-05** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-15** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-16** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c6124a9-03b0-4582-a0f1-39e5e44a57cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).