---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a restriction on permits authorizing direct discharges of waste or pollutants into water in certain river segments and drainage areas."
description: "Relating to a restriction on permits authorizing direct discharges of waste or pollutants into water in certain river segments and drainage areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3333"
citation: "Texas HB 3333 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Environment--Solid Waste (I0330)", "Environment--Water (I0320)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "VAL VERDE COUNTY (G0113)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Morales, Eddie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-25"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77b1e733-c27d-4afd-80c6-0d5b9423323e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03300_HB03399/HB 3333.xml"
source_hash: "0d5a17f4e6a91b4c40411d2930604b3dacd6caf7e89fae555608d68c94fdee65"
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 3333 (89R) — Relating to a restriction on permits authorizing direct discharges of waste or pollutants into water in certain river segments and drainage areas.

## 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/HB03333I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03333E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03333H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03333S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03333F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **107–22** (pass) · lower
- passage — **113–26** (pass) · lower
- passage — **99–37** (pass) · upper
- passage — **99–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** Referred to Environmental Regulation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-24** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-01** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-16** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** 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/77b1e733-c27d-4afd-80c6-0d5b9423323e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).