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TX SB 7

enacted

Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 7 pass?

Yes. TX SB 7 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): See remarks for effective date

What is TX SB 7 about?

TX SB 7 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 7?

Harris, Alvarado, Bettencourt and 26 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 7, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-13
Latest action
2025-06-20 — See remarks for effective date
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Harrisprimary
  • Alvaradoprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Blancoprimary
  • Campbellprimary
  • Creightonprimary
  • Eckhardtprimary
  • Floresprimary
  • Gutierrezprimary
  • Hagenbuchprimary
  • Hallprimary
  • Hancockprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"primary
  • Hughesprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Menéndezprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Milesprimary
  • Nicholsprimary
  • Parkerprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Sparksprimary
  • Westprimary
  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Huffmancosponsor
  • Birdwellcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-13

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-13

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-24

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-24

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-24

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-24

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-27

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-03-27

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-03-31

    Placed on intent calendar

  12. 2025-04-02

    Co-author authorized

  13. 2025-04-02

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  14. 2025-04-02

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-04-02

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  16. 2025-04-02

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-04-02

    Vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-04-02

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  19. 2025-04-02

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-04-02

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-04-02

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  22. 2025-04-02

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-04-02

    Vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-04-02

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  25. 2025-04-02

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  26. 2025-04-02

    Vote recorded in Journal

  27. 2025-04-02

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  28. 2025-04-02

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  29. 2025-04-02

    Vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-04-02

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  31. 2025-04-02

    Vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-04-02

    Three day rule suspended

  33. 2025-04-02

    Record vote

  34. 2025-04-02

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  35. 2025-04-02

    Passed

    passage

  36. 2025-04-02

    Record vote

  37. 2025-04-02

    Reported engrossed

  38. 2025-04-03

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  39. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  40. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  41. 2025-04-22

    Posting rule suspended

  42. 2025-04-24

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-04-24

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  44. 2025-04-24

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  45. 2025-04-24

    Left pending in committee

  46. 2025-05-07

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-05-07

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  48. 2025-05-07

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  49. 2025-05-16

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  50. 2025-05-16

    Committee report distributed

  51. 2025-05-16

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  52. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  53. 2025-05-23

    Placed on General State Calendar

  54. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  55. 2025-05-23

    Postponed

  56. 2025-05-26

    Laid out as postponed business

  57. 2025-05-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  58. 2025-05-26

    Amendment to amendment tabled

  59. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  60. 2025-05-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  61. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  62. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  63. 2025-05-26

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  64. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  65. 2025-05-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  66. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  67. 2025-05-27

    Postponed

  68. 2025-05-28

    Laid out as postponed business

  69. 2025-05-28

    Amendment withdrawn

    amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal

  70. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  71. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  72. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  73. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  74. 2025-05-30

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  75. 2025-05-30

    Read

  76. 2025-05-30

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  77. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  78. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  79. 2025-05-31

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  80. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  81. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  82. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  83. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  84. 2025-06-20

    See remarks for effective date

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-02 · pass · 0-0

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 7 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-02 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 143-3

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: 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
    • 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: 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
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf(C): yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: 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
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: 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
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Harrison: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Virdel: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Schoolcraf: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 136-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: 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
    • 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
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: 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
    • Pierson: 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
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Gámez: absent
    • Gates: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • J: absent
    • Shofne: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 31-0

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