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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the administration, duties, and operation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority; authorizing a fee."
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description: "Relating to the administration, duties, and operation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority; authorizing a fee."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 2729"
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citation: "Texas HB 2729 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY (D0110)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Water--General (I0885)", "EDWARDS AQUIFER (S0068)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Minjarez"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 69
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-02-28"
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last_action: "2019-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64f085b8-b8f9-4e8f-bab5-05078e4ca55b"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2729.xml"
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source_hash: "cc8d3d097f21f387cf38f051b4e0801f92a65ae6ed41b453e247a5c5690a9c0f"
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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 2729 (86) — Relating to the administration, duties, and operation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority; authorizing a fee.
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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://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02729I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **136–6** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **110–29** (pass) · lower
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- other — **110–29** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Campbell — primary (person)
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- Minjarez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-11** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-05** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2019-04-12** Withdrawn from calendar (by author)
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- **2019-04-12** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
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- **2019-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2019-04-15** Transferred to Calendars Committee
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- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-23** Postponed
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- **2019-04-23** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2019-04-23** Record vote
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- **2019-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-24** Record vote
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- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-25** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-06** Meeting cancelled
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- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-20** Record vote
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- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-20** Record vote
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- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-23** Record vote
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- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `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/64f085b8-b8f9-4e8f-bab5-05078e4ca55b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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