---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authorizing a waiver of certain state park fees for certain children and the use of general revenue appropriations for the artificial reef program."
description: "Relating to authorizing a waiver of certain state park fees for certain children and the use of general revenue appropriations for the artificial reef program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2065"
citation: "Texas HB 2065 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parks & Wildlife--General (I0585)", "Salaries & Expenses (I0745)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "ARTIFICIAL REEFS (S0330)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucio", "Lucio III"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/423288ac-1007-4542-bc4a-16f847c813ce"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2065.xml"
source_hash: "84ed1e6e1f4cc91c9fcb4fa936c4069b8f2ed9d2282b0a5a5a6c66f84e12baa4"
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 2065 (86) — Relating to authorizing a waiver of certain state park fees for certain children and the use of general revenue appropriations for the artificial reef program.

## 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/HB02065I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **119–17** (fail) · upper
- passage — **119–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lucio — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **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** Point of order withdrawn
- **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
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** 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/423288ac-1007-4542-bc4a-16f847c813ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).