---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the placement of a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters."
description: "Relating to the placement of a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1215"
citation: "Texas SB 1215 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coastal Affairs & Beaches (I0067)", "OYSTERS (S0292)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)", "Parks & Wildlife--General (I0585)", "Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing (I0560)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Villalobos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f6dcab0-9470-48d9-b639-6dac20a9457b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1215.xml"
source_hash: "daef15fb65260dff1e59f332eb8b2629e2cd873f94935c20b50b0b280bd661ce"
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 1215 (89R) — Relating to the placement of a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters.

## 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/SB01215I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01215E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01215H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01215S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01215F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **130–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Villalobos — primary (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Co-author authorized
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-05** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** 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/0f6dcab0-9470-48d9-b639-6dac20a9457b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).