---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of commercial catfish fishing on Falcon Lake."
description: "Relating to the regulation of commercial catfish fishing on Falcon Lake."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1181"
citation: "Texas HB 1181 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FALCON LAKE (G0529)", "STARR COUNTY (G0258)", "ZAPATA COUNTY (G0335)", "Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing (I0560)", "Parks & Wildlife--Licenses (I0565)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMISSION (V1564)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b513f80-f461-47a1-9e4b-f0cf47a06563"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1181.xml"
source_hash: "aec0e6eb9379470d0efd761cbdc1c9ab65e75a6c7347a18ebb4a3360bae42c7a"
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 1181 (86) — Relating to the regulation of commercial catfish fishing on Falcon Lake.

## 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/HB01181I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `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** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-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
- **2019-04-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-06** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **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 reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b513f80-f461-47a1-9e4b-f0cf47a06563`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).