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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the notification of affected persons of certain releases of water from certain dams."
+description: "Relating to the notification of affected persons of certain releases of water from certain dams."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 26"
+citation: "Texas HB 26 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Safety (I0740)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "Water--Rights (I0870)", "ALERT SYSTEM (S0523)", "FLOODS (S0327)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Huberty", "Larson", "Metcalf", "Nichols", "Oliverson", "Phelan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88f9fa92-f6c8-48c7-851a-3f8989e80c68"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 26.xml"
+source_hash: "899e3d2bbe67f3fe89d9da010834c34723e7121a6fac29da789c8b28db29a41e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 26 (86) — Relating to the notification of affected persons of certain releases of water from certain dams.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00026I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **141–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Huberty — primary (person)
+- Larson — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Phelan — primary (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
+- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
+- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
+- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
+- Walle — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-11** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88f9fa92-f6c8-48c7-851a-3f8989e80c68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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