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HB1690 • 2025

Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

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Vetoed

The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.

Sponsor
Gerdes
Last action
2025-06-22
Official status
06/22/2025 E Vetoed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Vetoed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  3. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  6. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  7. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#4032

  8. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  11. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  12. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  13. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage as amended reported

  14. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments distributed

  15. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  16. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  17. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  18. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  19. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  20. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  22. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  23. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  24. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  25. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  26. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  29. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  30. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  31. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  32. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Posting rule suspended

  33. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  34. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

  35. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  36. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  37. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#479

  38. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  39. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  40. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  41. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  42. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  43. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#435

  44. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  46. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  47. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  48. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  49. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  50. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  51. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  52. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  53. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  54. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  55. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  56. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Natural Resources

  57. 2024-12-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 1690 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 1690

AN ACT

relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of

groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 36.122, Water Code, is amended by adding

Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:

(d-1)

The district shall adopt rules requiring that notice

be given for an application filed to comply with this section. The

notice must be:

(1) paid for by the applicant;

(2) sent by certified mail to:

(A) each district that:

(i)

is adjacent to the district considering

the application; and

(ii)

overlies any portion of the aquifer

from which the groundwater would be produced;

(B) the commissioners court of each county:

(i)

in which the district considering the

application is located; and

(ii)

that overlies any portion of the

aquifer from which the groundwater would be produced; and

(C)

the commissioners court of each county in

which a district that receives notice under Paragraph (A) is

located; and

(3) published in:

(A)

a newspaper of general circulation in the

county in which the district considering the application is

located; and

(B)

a newspaper of general circulation in each

county in which a district that receives notice under Subdivision

(2)(A) is located.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1690 was passed by the House on April

24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 4, 2 present, not

voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.

No. 1690 on May 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 1,

1 present, not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1690 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays

1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

__________________

Governor