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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture."
+description: "Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 609"
+citation: "Texas HB 609 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AQUACULTURE (S8821)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Environment--Water (I0320)", "MARICULTURE (S0223)", "OYSTERS (S0292)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "Parks & Wildlife--General (I0585)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Leo Wilson", "Vasut"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-11-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b974a763-b375-4d6e-be80-71116877e93f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 609.xml"
+source_hash: "d3a20273d27b1cdd48671fe033d0a727d63f2ca81259ee071fae86cb85c92a8e"
+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 609 (89R) — Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture.
+
+## 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/HB00609I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00609E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00609H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00609S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00609F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **126–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
+- Vasut — primary (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
+- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-04** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-03-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2025-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2025-04-25** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2025-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-25** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-04-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-25** Record vote
+- **2025-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-25** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-29** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-05-19** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-25** Record vote
+- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-25** Record vote
+- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b974a763-b375-4d6e-be80-71116877e93f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+