---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of certain groundwater export fees collected by a groundwater conservation district."
description: "Relating to the use of certain groundwater export fees collected by a groundwater conservation district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 1689"
citation: "Texas HB 1689 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Groundwater Conserve Dist. (I0013)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-20"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2204c932-3b93-458c-bfa6-67d32a79fbbe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1689.xml"
source_hash: "7fd77dd293947f85a165a1178ef098ec7c8f8443662a991a953afe28423458c4"
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 1689 (89R) — Relating to the use of certain groundwater export fees collected by a groundwater conservation district.

## 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/HB01689I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01689E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01689H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01689S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01689F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerdes — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-23** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-14** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-14** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** 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/2204c932-3b93-458c-bfa6-67d32a79fbbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).