Bill Commons

TX SB 1566

enacted

Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1566 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1566 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 1566 about?

TX SB 1566 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1566?

Bettencourt, Darby are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1566.

Introduced
2025-02-24
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Darbyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  8. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  11. 2025-05-31

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-05-30

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  15. 2025-05-30

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  16. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees-reported

  17. 2025-05-29

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  18. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees

  19. 2025-05-29

    House grants request for conference committee

  20. 2025-05-28

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  21. 2025-05-28

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  22. 2025-05-28

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  23. 2025-05-28

    Senate appoints conferees

  24. 2025-05-28

    Senate requests conference committee

  25. 2025-05-28

    Senate refuses to concur

  26. 2025-05-28

    Read

  27. 2025-05-28

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  28. 2025-05-23

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  29. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  31. 2025-05-22

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  32. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  33. 2025-05-22

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  34. 2025-05-22

    Laid out as postponed business

  35. 2025-05-22

    Postponed

  36. 2025-05-22

    Laid out as postponed business

  37. 2025-05-21

    Postponed

  38. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  39. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-20

    Passed to 3rd reading

  41. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  42. 2025-05-20

    Placed on General State Calendar

  43. 2025-05-16

    Considered in Calendars

  44. 2025-05-14

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  45. 2025-05-14

    Committee report distributed

  46. 2025-05-14

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  47. 2025-05-12

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  48. 2025-05-12

    Considered in formal meeting

  49. 2025-05-09

    Left pending in committee

  50. 2025-05-09

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  51. 2025-05-09

    Considered in public hearing

  52. 2025-05-05

    Posting rule suspended

  53. 2025-04-22

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  54. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  55. 2025-04-14

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  56. 2025-04-10

    Reported engrossed

  57. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  58. 2025-04-10

    Passed

    passage

  59. 2025-04-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  60. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  61. 2025-04-10

    Three day rule suspended

  62. 2025-04-10

    Vote recorded in Journal

  63. 2025-04-10

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  64. 2025-04-10

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  65. 2025-04-10

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  66. 2025-03-24

    Committee report printed and distributed

  67. 2025-03-24

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  68. 2025-03-24

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  69. 2025-03-20

    Vote taken in committee

  70. 2025-03-20

    Considered in public hearing

  71. 2025-03-17

    Left pending in committee

  72. 2025-03-17

    Testimony taken in committee

  73. 2025-03-17

    Considered in public hearing

  74. 2025-03-17

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  75. 2025-03-06

    Referred to Local Government

    referral-committee

  76. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  77. 2025-02-24

    Filed

    filing

  78. 2025-02-24

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 140-2

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: 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, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: 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
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Hopper: no
    • Pierso: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Craddick: absent
    • Littl: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 138-1

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • 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
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: 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, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Pierson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bucy: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • King: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Harrison: absent
    • Simmon: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-31 · pass · 132-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: 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
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: 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, J.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • González: not voting
    • M: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Garcia, L.: absent
    • Harless: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Schatzline: absent
    • Tinderholt: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Ward Johnson: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent

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