---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture."
description: "Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 609"
citation: "Texas HB 609 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AQUACULTURE (S8821)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Environment--Water (I0320)", "MARICULTURE (S0223)", "OYSTERS (S0292)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "Parks & Wildlife--General (I0585)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Leo Wilson", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b974a763-b375-4d6e-be80-71116877e93f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 609.xml"
source_hash: "d3a20273d27b1cdd48671fe033d0a727d63f2ca81259ee071fae86cb85c92a8e"
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 609 (89R) — Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00609I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00609E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00609H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00609S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00609F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **126–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-28** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b974a763-b375-4d6e-be80-71116877e93f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).