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HB26-1145 • 2026

Mobile Home Park Water Quality

The water quality control division (division) administers a program to test for and remediate water quality issues for mobile home parks (program). The program tests for water quality issues that pose

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Rep. J. Phillips, Rep. E. Velasco, Sen. L. Cutter, Sen. K. Mullica, Rep. J. Bacon, Rep. A. Boesenecker, Rep. K. Brown, Rep. S. Camacho, Rep. M. Duran, Rep. C. Espenoza, Rep. M. Froelich, Rep. L. Goldstein, Rep. E. Hamrick, Rep. J. Jackson, Rep. J. Joseph, Rep. S. Lieder, Rep. M. Lindsay, Rep. M. Lukens, Rep. B. Marshall, Rep. M. Martinez, Rep. T. Mauro, Rep. K. McCormick, Rep. K. Nguyen, Rep. A. Paschal, Rep. N. Ricks, Rep. M. Rutinel, Rep. G. Rydin, Rep. E. Sirota, Rep. L. Smith, Rep. K. Stewart, Rep. R. Stewart, Rep. T. Story, Rep. B. Titone, Rep. S. Woodrow, Sen. J. Amabile, Sen. A. Benavidez, Sen. J. Coleman, Sen. L. Daugherty, Sen. J. Gonzales, Sen. N. Hinrichsen, Sen. I. Jodeh, Sen. C. Kipp, Sen. C. Kolker, Sen. W. Lindstedt, Sen. J. Marchman, Sen. D. Roberts, Sen. R. Rodriguez, Sen. K. Wallace, Sen. M. Weissman
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Governor Signed
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is not provided in the official metadata, so it remains unknown when these rules start.

Mobile Home Park Water Quality Program

This law gives the state water quality division authority to test for and fix unsafe or unhealthy water in mobile home parks, including requiring owners to follow specific rules.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires park owners to certify that they have given certain notices about water quality issues to residents before getting approval from the program.
  • Allows the division to order park owners to create and follow plans that fix water problems affecting health, safety, or general welfare.
  • Stops most park owners from charging residents for costs needed to meet these new water testing and fixing rules.
  • Gives the division power to issue orders for extra tests, temporary fixes for urgent risks, required reports, and remediation plans.
  • Sets a monthly penalty of up to $5,000 for each day an owner fails to follow the rules during the first 30 days.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Owners of mobile home parks
  • Residents living in mobile home parks
  • The state water quality control division

Terms To Know

Remediation
Actions taken to fix or clean up a problem, such as unsafe water.
Cease-and-desist order
A legal command from the government telling someone to stop breaking a rule immediately.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Park owners who also live in their own park are allowed to pay for compliance costs, unlike other owners.
  • Owners can only ask for an official hearing about orders related to remediation plans, not all types of orders.
  • The law does not state the specific date when these rules will officially begin.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

L.001

HOU Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Passed [*]

Plain English: This amendment adds a new definition for 'risk to welfare' that includes financial harm and water quality issues affecting daily household needs.

  • Adds a new section labeled (13.5) to the bill's list of definitions.
  • Defines 'risk to welfare' as a reasonable chance of hurting people's ability to meet basic material needs.
  • States that this risk includes negatively affecting a household's finances.
  • Clarifies that water not suitable for drinking, cooking, bathing, or using with appliances counts as a risk.
  • The provided text only shows the new definition and does not explain how this term will be used in other parts of the bill.
  • It is unclear if there are specific penalties or actions tied to finding a 'risk to welfare' based on this amendment alone.
L.002

Second Reading

Lost [**]

Plain English: This amendment adds a new rule requiring that official decisions about unsafe water quality must be based on specific measurements set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

  • It updates Section (13) to also include a new definition in subsection (15)(b).
  • It defines a 'water quality issue' as occurring when officials decide that finished water or a water supply is too low in quality and poses a risk to people's health, welfare, or safety.
  • It requires that this official decision must be written down.
  • The amendment text contains grammatical errors (missing words like 'be') which makes the exact phrasing unclear.
  • The bill metadata provided is incomplete and cuts off mid-sentence, so some context about the original program is missing.
  • This amendment was marked as 'Lost,' meaning it did not pass.
L.003

Second Reading

Lost [**]

Plain English: This amendment would give mobile home park owners the right to request a formal hearing if they disagree with a fine amount or reason.

  • Park owners can ask for an administrative hearing to challenge civil penalties.
  • The official text does not explain what happens after the hearing is held.
  • This amendment was voted down and did not become part of the final bill.
L.004

Second Reading

Lost [**]

Plain English: This amendment adds a specific definition for 'risk to welfare' by stating it means water is likely unsafe for daily household activities like drinking, cooking, and bathing.

  • Defines the term "risk to welfare" as a reasonable chance that finished water or the water supply is not good enough quality.
  • The amendment text only provides this new definition and does not explain how it changes other parts of the bill.
  • This amendment was voted down (lost) during its second reading, so these changes were not adopted into the final law.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 Governor

    Governor Signed

  2. 2026-04-23 Governor

    Sent to the Governor

  3. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. 2026-04-22 House

    Signed by the Speaker of the House

  5. 2026-04-02 Senate

    Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  6. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments

  7. 2026-03-31 Senate

    Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/01/2026 - No Amendments

  8. 2026-03-26 Senate

    Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  9. 2026-03-10 Senate

    Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing

  10. 2026-03-05 House

    House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  11. 2026-03-04 House

    House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee

  12. 2026-02-27 House

    House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  13. 2026-02-24 House

    House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

  14. 2026-02-04 House

    Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Official Summary Text

The water quality control division (division) administers a program to test for and remediate water quality issues for mobile home parks (program). The program tests for water quality issues that pose a risk to not only health or safety but also the welfare of park residents. The act authorizes the division to require remediation of welfare-related water quality violations.
One of the requirements of the program is for the park owner to certify that the park owner has made certain water-quality-related notices to park residents. The act authorizes the division to issue an order requiring the park owner to comply with the park resident notice certification requirement.
Under the program, the park owner is prohibited from imposing the cost of compliance with certain remediation-related requirements on park residents. The act authorizes a park owner who is also a park resident to bear this cost.
The program authorizes the division to issue orders requiring the park owner to perform additional water testing, perform temporary measures necessary to address acute health risks, make additional reports to the division, create a remediation plan, implement a remediation plan, or respond to the division in connection with a remediation plan. The act clarifies that a park owner may ask for a hearing only regarding the orders that concern remediation plans.
The act also clarifies that:
The division has authority to enforce the requirements of the program; and
The division has authority to issue cease-and-desist orders to address violations related to the program, regardless of whether the issues are related to water quality violations.
The act also provides that:
An additional monthly penalty of up to $5,000 for a continuing violation may be imposed for the first 30 days of noncompliance; and
A park owner is not entitled to an administrative hearing to contest an imposed civil penalty but may seek judicial review.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)