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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to child water safety requirements for certain organizations; authorizing disciplinary action, including an administrative penalty."
description: "Relating to child water safety requirements for certain organizations; authorizing disciplinary action, including an administrative penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "Texas HB 59 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CATI'S ACT (PM9MI)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Safety (I0740)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Guerra", "Jetton", "Troxclair", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/136166a8-a55c-47e1-912d-b9ba2452f874"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 59.xml"
source_hash: "3d8c5610eba5eb28d55312a1f58e47d10e4d1b74e8789243ddf7e2df5ac7b9d7"
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 59 (88) — Relating to child water safety requirements for certain organizations; authorizing disciplinary action, including an administrative penalty.
## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00059I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00059E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00059H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00059S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00059F.HTM)
## Votes
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage to third reading — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **10439** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 59 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **273** (pass) · upper
- passage — **11035** (pass) · lower
- passage — **10439** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Guerra — primary (person)
- Jetton — primary (person)
- Troxclair — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-13** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-13** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-08** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-11** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-11** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-12** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-12** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/136166a8-a55c-47e1-912d-b9ba2452f874`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).