TX SB 616
enactedRelating to aquifer storage and recovery projects that transect a portion of the Edwards Aquifer.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 616 pass?
Yes. TX SB 616 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-24. Latest recorded action (2025-05-24): Effective immediately
What is TX SB 616 about?
TX SB 616 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to aquifer storage and recovery projects that transect a portion of the Edwards Aquifer.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 616?
Schwertner, Harris Davila are the primary sponsors of TX SB 616, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- 2024-12-13
- Latest action
- 2025-05-24 — Effective immediately
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Schwertnerprimary
- Harris Davilaprimary
- Eckhardtcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2024-12-13
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2024-12-13
Filed
filing
2025-02-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-03
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
referral-committee
2025-02-24
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-02-24
Considered in public hearing
2025-02-24
Testimony taken in committee
2025-02-24
Vote taken in committee
2025-02-25
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-25
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-02-25
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-11
Placed on intent calendar
2025-03-12
Co-author authorized
2025-03-12
Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
2025-03-12
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-03-12
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-03-12
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-03-12
Three day rule suspended
2025-03-12
Record vote
2025-03-12
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-03-12
Passed
passage
2025-03-12
Record vote
2025-03-12
Reported engrossed
2025-03-13
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-09
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-09
Referred to Natural Resources
referral-committee
2025-04-24
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-24
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-28
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-28
Committee report distributed
2025-04-29
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-02
Laid out in lieu of companion
2025-05-02
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-02
Amendment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal
2025-05-02
Postponed
2025-05-02
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-02
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-02
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-02
Record vote
2025-05-02
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-05
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-05
Passed
passage
2025-05-05
Record vote
2025-05-05
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-06
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-12
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-12
Read
2025-05-12
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-12
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-13
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-13
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-13
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-24
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-05-24
Effective immediately
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 616 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-03-12 · pass · 31-0
passage
2025-05-02 · pass · 126-1
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Meza: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Simmons: not voting
- Tinderhol: not voting
- Campos: absent
- Canales: absent
- Collier: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Holt: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- LaHood: absent
- Lambert: absent
- Fischer: absent
- McLaughlin: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Muñoz: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Schatzline: absent
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- Johnso: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- Smithee: absent
- Wall: absent
passage
2025-05-05 · pass · 133-3
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Cain: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Tot: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Bell: absent
- K: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Virdel: absent
- Buckley: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Hull: absent
- Jones, J.: absent
- Kitzman: absent
- Lopez, R.: absent
- Fischer: absent
- Schatzline: absent
- Schofield: absent
passage
2025-05-12 · pass · 30-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Gutierrez: absent
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