TX SB 971

enacted

Relating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 971 pass?

Yes. TX SB 971 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 971 about?

TX SB 971 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 971?

Sparks, Gerdes are the primary sponsors of TX SB 971, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-01-29
Latest action: 2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-29
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-01-29
Filed
filing
2025-02-13
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-13
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
referral-committee
2025-03-03
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-03
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-03
Testimony taken in committee
2025-03-03
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-04
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-04
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-03-04
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-05
Co-author authorized
2025-03-12
Placed on intent calendar
2025-03-13
Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
2025-03-13
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-03-13
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-03-13
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-03-13
Three day rule suspended
2025-03-13
Record vote
2025-03-13
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-03-13
Passed
passage
2025-03-13
Record vote
2025-03-13
Reported engrossed
2025-03-18
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-09
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-09
Referred to Natural Resources
referral-committee
2025-04-30
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-30
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-30
Left pending in committee
2025-05-02
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-02
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-08
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-08
Committee report distributed
2025-05-09
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-16
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-20
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-20
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-20
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-20
Record vote
2025-05-20
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-21
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-21
Passed
passage
2025-05-21
Record vote
2025-05-21
House passage reported
passage
2025-05-21
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-22
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-22
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-22
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-20
Effective immediately
became-law

Versions

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Documents

Votes

Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 971 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-03-13 · pass · 30-0
Member-level votes (1)
- King: absent
passage
2025-05-20 · pass · 125-18
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
- 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
- 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
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: 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
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: 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
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Cain: no
- Canales: no
- Hull: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Lowe: no
- Metcalf: no
- Morgan: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Patterson: no
- Pierson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schofield: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Shaheen: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Wilson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Vasut(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Ashby: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Buckley: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- LaHood: absent
passage
2025-05-21 · pass · 126-20
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
- Button: 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
- 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 Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: 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
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: 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
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: 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
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Bumgarner: no
- Cain: no
- Canales: no
- Hefner: no
- LaHood: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Lowe: no
- McQueeney: no
- Metcalf: no
- Money: no
- Morgan: no
- Olcott: no
- Patterson: no
- Pierson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Shaheen: no
- Slawson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Vasut: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent

Related bills

Companion bill: HB 2302

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 971.xml

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