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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the regulation of artesian water wells by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality."
+description: "Relating to the regulation of artesian water wells by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 4630"
+citation: "Texas HB 4630 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Environment--Water (I0320)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "Water--Rights (I0870)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kitzman", "Perry"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/909a9a89-9340-428e-8cd6-eb33b5416572"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04600_HB04699/HB 4630.xml"
+source_hash: "c50a5c02eecf599fd6abb176447eb91283fd366e9258b931281ad0396e57ce0c"
+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 4630 (89R) — Relating to the regulation of artesian water wells by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04630I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04630E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04630H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04630S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04630F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **134–2** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **121–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kitzman — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-03** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-30** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-10** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-12** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-15** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-05-15** Record vote
+- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-16** Record vote
+- **2025-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-19** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-19** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-22** Posting rule suspended
+- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-23** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-25** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/909a9a89-9340-428e-8cd6-eb33b5416572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+