---
title: City Government--Utilities - Texas Legislation
subject: City Government--Utilities
total_bills: 12
unique_authors: 10
critical_bills: 5
high_cost_bills: 4
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/city-government-utilities"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# City Government--Utilities

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 12
- **Unique Authors:** 10
- **Critical Compliance:** 5 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 4 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 7

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 7 bills
- **Senate:** 5 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 5 bills
- **Moderate:** 7 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Ken King** (R, House) - 3 bills
- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Charles Schwertner** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Paul Bettencourt** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Peter Flores** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Phil King** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Ryan Guillen** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Stan Gerdes** (R, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [City Government](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/city-government) (12 shared bills)
- [Utilities](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/utilities) (11 shared bills)
- [Utilities--Electric](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/utilities-electric) (6 shared bills)
- [PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/public-utility-commission) (4 shared bills)
- [Utilities--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/utilities-general) (3 shared bills)
- [WATER](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/water) (3 shared bills)
- [PUBLIC NOTICE](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/public-notice) (3 shared bills)
- [Utilities--Water & Sewer](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/utilities-water-sewer) (3 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Public Utility Commission of Texas](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/public-utility-commission) - 6 bills
- [Texas Commission on Environmental Quality](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-commission-on-environmental-quality) - 4 bills
- [Municipal Governing Bodies](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/municipal-governing-bodies) - 1 bills
- [Texas Division of Emergency Management](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-division-of-emergency-management) - 1 bills
- [Texas Water Development Board](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-water-development-board) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB144](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb144-89th-regular) | Relating to plans for the management and i... | Critical | High |
| [HB145](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb145-89th-regular) | Relating to risk mitigation planning and a... | Critical | High |
| [HB29](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb29-89th-regular) | Relating to water losses reported by certa... | Critical | High |
| [SB6](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb6-89th-regular) | Relating to the planning for, interconnect... | Critical | High |
| [SB2662](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2662-89th-regular) | Relating to the enforcement of drought con... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB144](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb144-89th-regular) | Relating to plans for the management ... | Ken King (R) | Critical |
| [HB145](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb145-89th-regular) | Relating to risk mitigation planning ... | Ken King (R) | Critical |
| [HB1606](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1606-89th-regular) | Relating to notice provided to a reta... | William Metcalf (R) | Moderate |
| [HB1991](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1991-89th-regular) | Relating to information regarding cer... | Ryan Guillen (R) | Moderate |
| [HB29](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb29-89th-regular) | Relating to water losses reported by ... | Stan Gerdes (R) | Critical |
| [HB3824](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3824-89th-regular) | Relating to fire safety standards and... | Ken King (R) | Moderate |
| [HB685](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb685-89th-regular) | Relating to rates established by muni... | Cecil Bell (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1194](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1194-89th-regular) | Relating to creating the Central Texa... | Peter Flores (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1252](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1252-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of a munici... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1566](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1566-89th-regular) | Relating to connection of utilities b... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2662](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2662-89th-regular) | Relating to the enforcement of drough... | Charles Perry (R) | Critical |
| [SB6](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb6-89th-regular) | Relating to the planning for, interco... | Phil King (R) | Critical |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/city-government-utilities)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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