---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the state and regional water planning process."
description: "Relating to the state and regional water planning process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 807"
citation: "Texas HB 807 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Larson", "Shine"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d5f0583-c844-4408-8e88-a51932d5b728"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 807.xml"
source_hash: "daa68c118bca142cc1593c1d861d54b4bd30685b29f15c238356553fa18611f7"
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 807 (86) — Relating to the state and regional water planning process.

## 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/HB00807I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Shine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-21** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **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 reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d5f0583-c844-4408-8e88-a51932d5b728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).