---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to cultivated oyster mariculture; authorizing fees; requiring a permit; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to cultivated oyster mariculture; authorizing fees; requiring a permit; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1300"
citation: "Texas HB 1300 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parks & Wildlife--General (I0585)", "Parks & Wildlife--Licenses (I0565)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "MARICULTURE (S0223)", "OYSTERS (S0292)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMISSION (V1564)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyrier", "Hunter", "Kolkhorst", "Lucio III", "Morrison", "Phelan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1557eea-5e99-4bbc-89f7-6ab1cc1fb9ac"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1300.xml"
source_hash: "32dd6fcd9540119608eb8d60a03658f9e26b5419058d82f84817bf3087b11203"
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 1300 (86) — Relating to cultivated oyster mariculture; authorizing fees; requiring a permit; creating a criminal offense.

## 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/HB01300I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-27** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** 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/b1557eea-5e99-4bbc-89f7-6ab1cc1fb9ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).