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IntroducedAug 15, 2025
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Passed SenateAug 18, 2025
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Passed HouseAug 25, 2025
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Signed into Law
Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control.
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executive • Sep 17, 2025: Vetoed by the Governor
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Votes
YES: 131
- Alders
- Allen
- AnchÃa
- Ashby
- Barry
- Bell, C.
- Bell, K.
- Bhojani
- Bonnen
- Bowers
- Bryant
- Buckley
- Bucy
- Bumgarner
- Button
- Cain
- Campos
- Capriglione
- Cole
- Collier
- Cook
- Cortez
- Craddick
- Cunningham
- Curry
- Darby
- Davis, A.
- Davis, Y.
- Dean
- DeAyala
- Dorazio
- Dyson
- Fairly
- Frank
- Gámez
- Garcia, L.
- Garcia Hernandez
- Gates
- Gerdes
- Gervin-Hawkins
- González, J.
- González, M.
- Goodwin
- Guerra
- Guillen
- Harless
- Harris
- Harris Davila
- Harrison
- Hayes
- Hefner
- Hernandez
- Hickland
- Hinojosa
- Holt
- Hopper
- Howard
- Hull
- Hunter
- Isaac
- Johnson
- Jones, J.
- Kerwin
- King
- Kitzman
- LaHood
- Lalani
- Landgraf
- Leach
- Leo Wilson
- Little
- Lopez, J.
- Lopez, R.
- Louderback
- Lowe
- Lujan
- Luther
- Manuel
- Martinez
- Fischer
- McLaughlin
- McQueeney
- Metcalf
- Meyer
- Meza
- Money
- Moody
- Morales, E.
- Morgan
- Muñoz
- Olcott
- Oliverson
- Ordaz
- Orr
- Patterson
- Paul
- Perez, M.
- Perez, V.
- Pierson
- Plesa
- Raymond
- Richardson
- Romero
- Rose
- Rosenthal
- Schatzline
- Schofield
- Schoolcraft
- Shaheen
- Shofner
- Simmons
- Slawson
- Smithee
- Spiller
- Swanson
- Talarico
- Tepper
- Thompson
- Tinderholt
- Troxclair
- Turner
- VanDeaver
- Vasut
- Villalobos
- Virdell
- Vo
- Walle
- Ward Johnson
- Wharton
- Wilson
- Zwiener
NO: 0
ABSENT: 18
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 131
- Alders
- Allen
- AnchÃa
- Ashby
- Barry
- Bell, C.
- Bell, K.
- Bhojani
- Bonnen
- Bowers
- Bryant
- Buckley
- Bucy
- Bumgarner
- Button
- Cain
- Campos
- Capriglione
- Cole
- Collier
- Cook
- Cortez
- Craddick
- Cunningham
- Curry
- Darby
- Davis, A.
- Davis, Y.
- Dean
- DeAyala
- Dorazio
- Dyson
- Fairly
- Frank
- Gámez
- Garcia, L.
- Garcia Hernandez
- Gates
- Gerdes
- Gervin-Hawkins
- González, J.
- González, M.
- Goodwin
- Guerra
- Guillen
- Harless
- Harris
- Harris Davila
- Harrison
- Hayes
- Hefner
- Hernandez
- Hickland
- Hinojosa
- Holt
- Hopper
- Howard
- Hull
- Hunter
- Isaac
- Johnson
- Jones, J.
- Kerwin
- King
- Kitzman
- LaHood
- Lalani
- Landgraf
- Leach
- Leo Wilson
- Little
- Lopez, J.
- Lopez, R.
- Louderback
- Lowe
- Lujan
- Luther
- Manuel
- Martinez
- Fischer
- McLaughlin
- McQueeney
- Metcalf
- Meyer
- Meza
- Money
- Moody
- Morales, E.
- Morgan
- Muñoz
- Olcott
- Oliverson
- Ordaz
- Orr
- Patterson
- Paul
- Perez, M.
- Perez, V.
- Pierson
- Plesa
- Raymond
- Richardson
- Romero
- Rose
- Rosenthal
- Schatzline
- Schofield
- Schoolcraft
- Shaheen
- Shofner
- Simmons
- Slawson
- Smithee
- Spiller
- Swanson
- Talarico
- Tepper
- Thompson
- Tinderholt
- Troxclair
- Turner
- VanDeaver
- Vasut
- Villalobos
- Virdell
- Vo
- Walle
- Ward Johnson
- Wharton
- Wilson
- Zwiener
NO: 0
ABSENT: 18
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Sep 17, 2025 | executive
- Vetoed by the Governor
- Aug 28, 2025 | executive
- Sent to the Governor
- Aug 28, 2025 | House
- Signed in the House
- Aug 27, 2025 | Senate
- Signed in the Senate
- Aug 26, 2025 | Senate
- House passage reported
- Reported enrolled
- Aug 25, 2025 | House
- Placed on General State Calendar
- Rules suspended
- Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- Read 2nd time
- Passed to 3rd reading
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote RV#68
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- Aug 24, 2025 | House
- Committee report distributed
- Committee report sent to Calendars
- Considered in Calendars
- Aug 23, 2025 | House
- Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Aug 22, 2025 | House
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 08/22/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
- Aug 20, 2025 | House
- Received from the Senate
- Read first time
- Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding
- Aug 18, 2025 | Senate
- Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Three day rule suspended
- Record vote
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote
- Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- Reported engrossed
- Aug 15, 2025 | Senate
- Received by the Secretary of the Senate
- Filed
- Read first time
- Referred to Finance
- Posting rule suspended
- Record vote
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 08/15/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Vote taken in committee
- Reported favorably w/o amendments
- Committee report printed and distributed
Documents
- Analysis (Introduced)PDF
- Analysis (Introduced)HTML
- Fiscal Note (Introduced)PDF
- Fiscal Note (Introduced)HTML
- Fiscal Note (Engrossed)PDF
- Fiscal Note (Engrossed)HTML
- Analysis (House Committee Report)PDF
- Analysis (House Committee Report)HTML
- Witness List (House Committee Report)HTML
- Summary of Committee Action (House Committee Report)HTML
- Analysis (Enrolled)PDF
- Analysis (Enrolled)HTML
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