---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the duty of the Texas Water Development Board to conduct studies of and prepare and submit reports on aquifer storage and recovery and aquifer recharge projects."
description: "Relating to the duty of the Texas Water Development Board to conduct studies of and prepare and submit reports on aquifer storage and recovery and aquifer recharge projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 721"
citation: "Texas HB 721 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Groundwater Conserve Dist. (I0013)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "Water--Rights (I0870)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Larson", "Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/163a4d1d-20e2-4dae-8619-726fff64c720"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 721.xml"
source_hash: "32369fe56130603a3db2902a86f383141d84e5b55795a96793b4643aa36109dd"
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 721 (86) — Relating to the duty of the Texas Water Development Board to conduct studies of and prepare and submit reports on aquifer storage and recovery and aquifer recharge projects.

## 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/HB00721I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **141–1** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/163a4d1d-20e2-4dae-8619-726fff64c720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).