---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the storage and recovery of water in a portion of the Edwards Aquifer."
description: "Relating to the storage and recovery of water in a portion of the Edwards Aquifer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 520"
citation: "Texas SB 520 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NEW BRAUNFELS", "CITY OF (G0572)", "Environment--Water (I0320)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "EDWARDS AQUIFER (S0068)", "INJECTION WELLS (S0692)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Kuempel", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92dc24af-a434-4c36-b6a3-13ba55bab57e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 520.xml"
source_hash: "ad98539021905fabba90c2495d51cb5ce8e4ae32378db2aa14710d898d8e6e1a"
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 SB 520 (86) — Relating to the storage and recovery of water in a portion of the Edwards Aquifer.

## 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/SB00520I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Kuempel — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Read
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/92dc24af-a434-4c36-b6a3-13ba55bab57e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).