---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation and activities of the Texas Produced Water Consortium."
description: "Relating to the creation and activities of the Texas Produced Water Consortium."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 601"
citation: "Texas SB 601 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0566)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM OFFICE", "TEXAS (V1109)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)", "PRODUCED WATER CONSORTIUM", "TEXAS (VG2KA)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)", "STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE (V0110)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)", "TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (U0722)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)", "Water--Development (I0875)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 71
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81451617-abd0-40a7-a913-704c4fce361e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 601.xml"
source_hash: "540431f163c4e2c2d3909f8f058e8f2c0a7d7c0c3495da555d4ef4dd2620af65"
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 601 (87) — Relating to the creation and activities of the Texas Produced Water Consortium.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00601I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00601E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00601H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00601S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00601F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **132–5** (fail) · upper
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-29** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-29** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-30** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-30** Record vote
- **2021-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Record vote
- **2021-03-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-03-31** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-22** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-22** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Read
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-27** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-28** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-29** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-29** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81451617-abd0-40a7-a913-704c4fce361e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).