---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the notification of affected persons of certain releases of water from certain dams."
description: "Relating to the notification of affected persons of certain releases of water from certain dams."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Texas HB 26 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safety (I0740)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "Water--Rights (I0870)", "ALERT SYSTEM (S0523)", "FLOODS (S0327)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huberty", "Larson", "Metcalf", "Nichols", "Oliverson", "Phelan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88f9fa92-f6c8-48c7-851a-3f8989e80c68"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 26.xml"
source_hash: "899e3d2bbe67f3fe89d9da010834c34723e7121a6fac29da789c8b28db29a41e"
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 26 (86) — Relating to the notification of affected persons of certain releases of water from certain dams.

## 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/HB00026I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **141–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huberty — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** 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`
- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **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/88f9fa92-f6c8-48c7-851a-3f8989e80c68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).