---
title: INJECTION WELLS - Texas Legislation
subject: INJECTION WELLS
total_bills: 3
unique_authors: 3
critical_bills: 0
high_cost_bills: 0
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/injection-wells"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# INJECTION WELLS

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 3
- **Unique Authors:** 3
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 2

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 2 bills
- **Senate:** 1 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Moderate:** 2 bills
- **Low:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Brian Birdwell** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Charles Schwertner** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Ryan Guillen** (R, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Environment--Water](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/environment-water) (3 shared bills)
- [Environment](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/environment) (3 shared bills)
- [ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, TEXAS COMMISSION ON](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/environmental-quality-texas-commission-on) (2 shared bills)
- [PERMITS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/permits) (2 shared bills)
- [Water--Development](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/water-development) (1 shared bills)
- [MEDINA COUNTY](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/medina-county) (1 shared bills)
- [WATER](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/water) (1 shared bills)
- [EDWARDS AQUIFER](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/edwards-aquifer) (1 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Commission on Environmental Quality](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-commission-on-environmental-quality) - 2 bills
- [Railroad Commission of Texas](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/railroad-commission) - 1 bills

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB1238](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1238-89th-regular) | Relating to the inspection of the loc... | Ryan Guillen (R) | Moderate |
| [SB616](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb616-89th-regular) | Relating to aquifer storage and recov... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB879](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb879-89th-regular) | Relating to an exemption for drillers... | Brian Birdwell (R) | Low |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/injection-wells)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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