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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to water losses reported by certain municipally owned utilities to the Texas Water Development Board; authorizing administrative penalties."
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description: "Relating to water losses reported by certain municipally owned utilities to the Texas Water Development Board; authorizing administrative penalties."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "HB 29"
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citation: "Texas HB 29 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)", "Water--Conservation (I097L)", "Water--General (I0885)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes", "Perry"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 60
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-03-13"
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last_action: "2025-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e75c401c-a720-46ac-be0a-71ba6b6c60dc"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 29.xml"
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source_hash: "25627c7be3e586b460b5fdb626b912fdba11387e0849000e22498c7814e993c0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 29 (89R) — Relating to water losses reported by certain municipally owned utilities to the Texas Water Development Board; authorizing administrative penalties.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00029I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00029E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00029H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00029S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00029F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **129–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **143–2** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **129–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **136–3** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **136–9** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 29 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gerdes — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
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- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-14** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-08** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Record vote
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- **2025-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Record vote
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- **2025-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Record vote
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- **2025-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-25** Record vote
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- **2025-04-25** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-29** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-05** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-08** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-05-08** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-05-08** Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
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- **2025-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-08** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-08** Record vote
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- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Record vote
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- **2025-05-08** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-09** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2025-05-09** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2025-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-19** Record vote
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- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-20** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-20** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-29** Effective immediately `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e75c401c-a720-46ac-be0a-71ba6b6c60dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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