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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the duty of the Texas Water Development Board to conduct studies of and prepare and submit reports on aquifer storage and recovery and aquifer recharge projects."
+description: "Relating to the duty of the Texas Water Development Board to conduct studies of and prepare and submit reports on aquifer storage and recovery and aquifer recharge projects."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 721"
+citation: "Texas HB 721 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Groundwater Conserve Dist. (I0013)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "Water--Rights (I0870)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Larson", "Perry"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-10"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/163a4d1d-20e2-4dae-8619-726fff64c720"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 721.xml"
+source_hash: "32369fe56130603a3db2902a86f383141d84e5b55795a96793b4643aa36109dd"
+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 721 (86) — Relating to the duty of the Texas Water Development Board to conduct studies of and prepare and submit reports on aquifer storage and recovery and aquifer recharge projects.
+
+## 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/HB00721I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
+- other — **141–1** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Larson — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** 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`
+- **2019-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-03** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-10** Record vote
+- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-08** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-09** Posting rule suspended
+- **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** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** 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 immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/163a4d1d-20e2-4dae-8619-726fff64c720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+