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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to appropriations of water for recharge of aquifers and use in aquifer storage and recovery projects."
description: "Relating to appropriations of water for recharge of aquifers and use in aquifer storage and recovery projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 720"
citation: "Texas HB 720 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "Water--Rights (I0870)", "INJECTION WELLS (S0692)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larson", "Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00a2ab23-44ab-4961-a4c8-e7f99bfc6a16"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 720.xml"
source_hash: "b0ce1be8d3e77559d16c4b2897468d6ac6c06cd126c0142897d097b7634c484c"
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 720 (86) — Relating to appropriations of water for recharge of aquifers and use in aquifer storage and recovery projects.
## 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/HB00720I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1353** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Larson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-10** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-10** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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 immediately
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00a2ab23-44ab-4961-a4c8-e7f99bfc6a16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).