---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision of lifeguards by certain municipalities and counties on public beaches."
description: "Relating to the provision of lifeguards by certain municipalities and counties on public beaches."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 630"
citation: "Texas HB 630 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "Coastal Affairs & Beaches (I0067)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "GULF OF MEXICO (G4223)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9325016b-d0d8-4dca-92a3-3088b51eb1f3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 630.xml"
source_hash: "035c893cd4ce17beebcab825b418a913645e68c1ef09578498c0e76e8fd8c97b"
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 630 (88) — Relating to the provision of lifeguards by certain municipalities and counties on public beaches.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00630I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00630E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00630H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00630S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00630F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-02** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-12** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-16** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Rereferred to committee
- **2023-05-17** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-10** 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/9325016b-d0d8-4dca-92a3-3088b51eb1f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).