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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer and to the use of certain reclaimed water in an aquifer storage and recovery project."
description: "Relating to water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer and to the use of certain reclaimed water in an aquifer storage and recovery project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 863"
citation: "Texas SB 863 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDWARDS AQUIFER (S0068)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Isaac", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/366a585d-7ecc-4694-bd1f-9b1b33bbc2ec"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 863.xml"
source_hash: "d44e6a3727a61b2e096bbd29b6370b0a3fcee93e1e79eefe124ead74a09642bb"
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# Texas SB 863 (89R) — Relating to water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer and to the use of certain reclaimed water in an aquifer storage and recovery project.
## 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/SB00863I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00863E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00863H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00863S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00863F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1390** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1410** (pass) · lower
- passage — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Isaac — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/366a585d-7ecc-4694-bd1f-9b1b33bbc2ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).