TX SB 7
enactedRelating 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
- Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)
- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, TEXAS DIVISION OF (VP6FW)
- Environment--Water (I0320)
- FLOODS (S0327)
- Interim Studies (I0448)
- Property Interests--Eminent Domain (I0615)
- State Agencies, Boards & Commissions (I0749)
- State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)
- Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)
- Water--Conservation (I097L)
- WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, TEXAS (V2481)
- Water--Development (I0875)
- Water--General (I0885)
- Water--Rights (I0870)
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
2025-03-13
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-03-13
Filed
filing
2025-03-17
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-17
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
referral-committee
2025-03-24
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-24
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-24
Testimony taken in committee
2025-03-24
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-27
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-27
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-31
Placed on intent calendar
2025-04-02
Co-author authorized
2025-04-02
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-04-02
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-02
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-04-02
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-02
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-02
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-04-02
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-02
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-02
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-04-02
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-02
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-02
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-04-02
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-02
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-02
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-04-02
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-02
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-02
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-02
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-02
Three day rule suspended
2025-04-02
Record vote
2025-04-02
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-02
Passed
passage
2025-04-02
Record vote
2025-04-02
Reported engrossed
2025-04-03
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-09
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-09
Referred to Natural Resources
referral-committee
2025-04-22
Posting rule suspended
2025-04-24
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-24
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-24
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-24
Left pending in committee
2025-05-07
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-07
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-07
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-16
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-16
Committee report distributed
2025-05-16
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-20
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-23
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-23
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-23
Postponed
2025-05-26
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-26
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-05-26
Amendment to amendment tabled
2025-05-26
Record vote
2025-05-26
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-26
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-26
Record vote
2025-05-26
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-26
Record vote
2025-05-26
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-27
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-27
Postponed
2025-05-28
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-28
Amendment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal
2025-05-28
Passed
passage
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-30
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-30
Read
2025-05-30
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-30
Record vote
2025-05-31
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-31
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-31
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-01
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-01
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
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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