---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to eligibility to use a general permit to discharge waste into or adjacent to waters in this state."
description: "Relating to eligibility to use a general permit to discharge waste into or adjacent to waters in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1302"
citation: "Texas SB 1302 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Environment--Water (I0320)", "PERMITS (S0011)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/917f9d0e-ff2b-43bd-8ba6-c1755e8bd809"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1302.xml"
source_hash: "543c1d74602c228df1fd6d6d8d8dbbb399b17b4d2851dd51ebd91e357e7f63a2"
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 1302 (89R) — Relating to eligibility to use a general permit to discharge waste into or adjacent to waters in this state.

## 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/SB01302I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01302E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01302H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01302S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01302F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **103–29** (pass) · lower
- passage — **135–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Postponed
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **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/917f9d0e-ff2b-43bd-8ba6-c1755e8bd809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).