---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from a groundwater conservation district for certain temporary water wells."
description: "Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from a groundwater conservation district for certain temporary water wells."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1746"
citation: "Texas SB 1746 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment--Water (I0320)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Groundwater Conserve Dist. (I0013)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecbf41ef-0cd3-4e49-b322-30b37eccd7e4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1746.xml"
source_hash: "85c514688a68a6b65d3efb5f8d4804f635e566acacb6e5dbf9e1701cffd6ab29"
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 1746 (88) — Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from a groundwater conservation district for certain temporary water wells.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01746I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01746E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01746H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01746S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01746F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **120–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-19** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecbf41ef-0cd3-4e49-b322-30b37eccd7e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).