TX HB 1523

died on adjournment

Relating to a temporary prohibition on the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 1523 pass?

No. TX HB 1523 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-28): Removed from local & uncontested calendar

What is TX HB 1523 about?

TX HB 1523 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a temporary prohibition on the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 1523?

Gerdes, Schwertner are the primary sponsors of TX HB 1523, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-12
Latest action: 2025-05-28 — Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-12-05
Filed
filing
2025-03-12
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-12
Referred to Natural Resources
referral-committee
2025-04-23
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-23
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-23
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-23
Left pending in committee
2025-04-29
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-29
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-29
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-07
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-08
Committee report distributed
2025-05-08
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-08
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-10
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-12
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-12
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-12
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-13
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-13
Passed
passage
2025-05-13
Record vote
2025-05-13
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-13
Reported engrossed
2025-05-14
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-15
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-15
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
referral-committee
2025-05-22
Posting rule suspended
2025-05-23
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-23
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-23
Testimony taken in committee
2025-05-23
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-23
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-23
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-28
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-28
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-28
Placed on local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-28
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-28
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-05-28
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Removed from local & uncontested calendar

Versions

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House Committee ReportCompare
EngrossedCompare
Senate Committee ReportCompare
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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-05-12 · pass · 111-26
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bryant: no
- Cole: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Frank: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Guerra: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hickland: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Manuel: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Flores: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- King: absent
- Schofield: absent
- Simmon: absent
- Excused: absent
- Money: absent
- Smithe: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Fairly: absent
- Lalani: absent
- Perez: absent
- V: absent
passage
2025-05-13 · pass · 101-36
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Guerra: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lalani: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Thompson: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wilson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Fairly: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Schofield: absent
- Simmon: absent
- Excused: absent
- Johnson: absent
- Leac: absent
- Cortez: absent
- DeAyala: absent
- Little: absent
- Oliverson: absent
- Or: absent
passage
2025-05-28 · pass · 22-9
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
other
2025-05-28 · fail · 10-21
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Cook: yes
- Eckhardt: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Miles: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Bettencourt: no
- Birdwell: no
- Blanco: no
- Campbell: no
- Creighton: no
- Flores: no
- Hagenbuch: no
- Hall: no
- Hancock: no
- A. Hinojosa: no
- Huffman: no
- Hughes: no
- King: no
- Kolkhorst: no
- Middleton: no
- Nichols: no
- Parker: no
- Paxton: no
- Perry: no
- Schwertner: no
- Sparks: no

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1523.xml

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