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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the powers and duties of the Parks and Wildlife Department regarding the Texas Water Trust."
description: "Relating to the powers and duties of the Parks and Wildlife Department regarding the Texas Water Trust."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2225"
citation: "Texas HB 2225 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)", "Parks & Wildlife--General (I0585)", "Water--General (I0885)", "Water--Rights (I0870)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "King, Tracy O.", "Zaffirini", "Zwiener"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09a21096-abc7-4e53-b012-6e92675bd652"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2225.xml"
source_hash: "bb1bc016151ca2591b71507b592c1105155479757feb9469ea78422ae3ff9348"
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 2225 (87) — Relating to the powers and duties of the Parks and Wildlife Department regarding the Texas Water Trust.
## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB02225I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02225E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02225H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02225S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02225F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Guillen — primary (person)
- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Zwiener — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-13** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-13** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-14** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09a21096-abc7-4e53-b012-6e92675bd652`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).