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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the administration, duties, and operation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority; authorizing a fee."
+description: "Relating to the administration, duties, and operation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority; authorizing a fee."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2729"
+citation: "Texas HB 2729 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY (D0110)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Water--General (I0885)", "EDWARDS AQUIFER (S0068)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Minjarez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 69
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-02-28"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64f085b8-b8f9-4e8f-bab5-05078e4ca55b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2729.xml"
+source_hash: "cc8d3d097f21f387cf38f051b4e0801f92a65ae6ed41b453e247a5c5690a9c0f"
+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 2729 (86) — Relating to the administration, duties, and operation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority; authorizing a fee.
+
+## 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/HB02729I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **136–6** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **110–29** (pass) · lower
+- other — **110–29** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Campbell — primary (person)
+- Minjarez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **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** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-05** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2019-04-12** Withdrawn from calendar (by author)
+- **2019-04-12** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2019-04-15** Transferred to Calendars Committee
+- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-23** Postponed
+- **2019-04-23** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Record vote
+- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-25** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-06** Meeting cancelled
+- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **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/64f085b8-b8f9-4e8f-bab5-05078e4ca55b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+