TX HB 1318
enactedRelating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide water or sewer service in an area incorporated or annexed by a municipality.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower
Quick answers
Did TX HB 1318 pass?
Yes. TX HB 1318 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25
What is TX HB 1318 about?
TX HB 1318 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide water or sewer service in an area incorporated or annexed by a municipality.”.
Who sponsors TX HB 1318?
Guillen, Flores are the primary sponsors of TX HB 1318.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-10
- Latest action
- 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Guillenprimary
- Floresprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2024-11-14
Filed
filing
2025-03-10
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-10
Referred to Natural Resources
referral-committee
2025-03-19
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-19
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-19
Left pending in committee
2025-03-26
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-26
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
referral-committee
2025-03-26
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-31
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-03-31
Committee report distributed
2025-04-02
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
2025-04-15
Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
2025-04-17
Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
2025-04-17
Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
withdrawal
2025-04-17
Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
2025-04-23
Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
2025-04-25
Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
2025-04-25
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-25
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-25
Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-25
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-25
Passed
passage
2025-04-25
Record vote
2025-04-25
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-25
Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-25
Reported engrossed
2025-04-28
Received from the House
introduction
2025-04-29
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-29
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
referral-committee
2025-05-12
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-12
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-12
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-13
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-13
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-13
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-14
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-19
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-19
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-19
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-05-19
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-19
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-19
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-19
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-19
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-19
Record vote
2025-05-19
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-19
Passed
passage
2025-05-19
Record vote
2025-05-20
Senate passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-20
Senate Amendments distributed
2025-05-20
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
2025-05-23
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
2025-05-23
Record vote
2025-05-23
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-23
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
2025-05-23
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-24
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-25
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-25
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-26
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law
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Votes
passage
2025-04-25 · pass · 112-19
Member-level votes (1)
- Troxclair: no
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1318 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-19 · pass · 31-0
passage
2025-05-23 · pass · 110-27
Member-level votes (154)
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Button: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Geren: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Alders: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Cain: no
- Cook: no
- Hickland: no
- Holt: no
- Hull: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- Metcalf: no
- Money: no
- Morgan: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Patterson: no
- Pierson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Shaheen: no
- Shofner: no
- Slawson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Vasut: no
- Virdell: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Campos: absent
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- Harris: absent
- Johnson: absent
- Paul: absent
- Zwiene: absent
- Excused: absent
- Gerdes: absent
- Hunter: absent
- Romero: absent
- Teppe: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Morales Sha: absent
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 947
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