republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-2970.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the management and operation of the Gulf Coast Protection District."
description: "Relating to the management and operation of the Gulf Coast Protection District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2970"
citation: "Texas HB 2970 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GULF COAST PROTECTION DISTRICT (DO6XQ)", "Governor (I0375)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Water--Navigation & Ports (I0880)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Martinez", "Middleton", "Paul", "Perez, Mary Ann"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58616863-b5ed-467f-9b4f-57811a00efb2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02900_HB02999/HB 2970.xml"
source_hash: "b02790befaa44268712c4d775ae279bccc6ff863e8e2a857b2f19605466d7e09"
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 2970 (89R) — Relating to the management and operation of the Gulf Coast Protection District.

## 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/HB02970I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02970E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02970H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02970S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02970F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **111–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 2970 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **111–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Perez, Mary Ann — primary (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-24** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-01** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-07** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-14** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-20** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58616863-b5ed-467f-9b4f-57811a00efb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).