Bill Commons

TX SB 740

enacted

Relating to certain proceedings by the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding water or sewer service.

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

Introduced
2025-01-08
Status date
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Perryprimary
  • Spillerprimary
  • Eckhardtcosponsor
  • Westcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-01-08

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-07

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-24

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-02-24

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-02-24

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-02-24

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-03-10

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-03-10

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-03-10

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-03-10

    Committee report printed and distributed

  13. 2025-03-18

    Co-author authorized

  14. 2025-03-18

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-03-24

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-03-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-03-24

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  18. 2025-03-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  19. 2025-03-24

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-03-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-03-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  22. 2025-03-24

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-03-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-03-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  25. 2025-03-24

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  26. 2025-03-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  27. 2025-03-24

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  28. 2025-03-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  29. 2025-03-24

    Three day rule suspended

  30. 2025-03-24

    Record vote

  31. 2025-03-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  32. 2025-03-24

    Passed

    passage

  33. 2025-03-24

    Record vote

  34. 2025-03-24

    Reported engrossed

  35. 2025-03-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  36. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  37. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  38. 2025-04-24

    Considered in formal meeting

  39. 2025-04-24

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  40. 2025-04-29

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  41. 2025-04-29

    Committee report distributed

  42. 2025-04-29

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  43. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  44. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  45. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  46. 2025-05-21

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  47. 2025-05-21

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-21

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  49. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  50. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  51. 2025-05-22

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  52. 2025-05-22

    Passed

    passage

  53. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  54. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  55. 2025-05-23

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  56. 2025-05-26

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  57. 2025-05-26

    Read

  58. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  59. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  60. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  61. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  62. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  63. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  64. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  65. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  66. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 740 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-24 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Miles: absent
  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 3

    2025-03-24 · pass · 0-0

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1

    2025-03-24 · pass · 0-0

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2

    2025-03-24 · pass · 0-0

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-03-24 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 142-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Harrison: 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
    • 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, C.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: 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
    • 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
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • E: absent
    • Or: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 144-0

    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
    • 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
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: 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, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: 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, 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
    • 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
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • LaHoo: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • J: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 31-0

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