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HB1991 • 2025

Relating to information regarding certain charges for services provided by municipally owned utility systems.

Relating to information regarding certain charges for services provided by municipally owned utility systems.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Guillen
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to information regarding certain charges for services provided by municipally owned utility systems.

Relating to information regarding certain charges for services provided by municipally owned utility systems.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to information regarding certain charges for services provided by municipally owned utility systems.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  7. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  8. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  9. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  10. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  11. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  15. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  16. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  18. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  19. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  20. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  21. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  22. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  23. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  24. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  25. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Local Government

  26. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  27. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  28. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2874

  29. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  31. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  32. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  33. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2770

  34. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  36. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  37. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  38. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  39. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  40. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  41. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  42. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  43. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  44. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  45. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  46. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  47. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  48. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs

  49. 2025-01-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to information regarding certain charges for services provided by municipally owned utility systems.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 1991 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 1991

AN ACT

relating to information regarding certain charges for services

provided by municipally owned utility systems.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1502.057, Government Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d)

A municipality that imposes operating, maintenance,

replacement, or improvement charges under Subsection (a) shall:

(1)

publish the terms and conditions of the charges on

the utility system's and the municipality's Internet websites; and

(2)

not later than the 30th day after the date the

municipality adopts a change to the terms and conditions of the

charges, update the utility system's and the municipality's

Internet websites to reflect the change.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1991 was passed by the House on May

16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 120, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1991 was passed by the Senate on May

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor