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HB3915 • 2025

Relating to the projects eligible for financial assistance from the flood infrastructure fund.

Relating to the projects eligible for financial assistance from the flood infrastructure fund.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Martinez | Harris | Canales | Longoria | Guerra
Last action
2025-05-01
Official status
05/01/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the projects eligible for financial assistance from the flood infrastructure fund.

Relating to the projects eligible for financial assistance from the flood infrastructure fund.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the projects eligible for financial assistance from the flood infrastructure fund.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Companion considered in lieu of. SB 1967

  3. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid on the table subject to call

  4. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  5. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  6. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  7. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  8. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  10. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  11. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  12. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  13. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  14. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  15. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Natural Resources

  16. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the projects eligible for financial assistance from the flood infrastructure fund.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 3915 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R8207 CMO-F

By: Martinez, Harris, Canales, Longoria,

H.B. No. 3915

Guerra

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the projects eligible for financial assistance from the

flood infrastructure fund.

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

SECTION 1. Section 15.531(2), Water Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(2) "Flood project" means a drainage, flood

mitigation, or flood control project, including:

(A) planning and design activities;

(B) work to obtain regulatory approval to provide

nonstructural and structural flood mitigation and drainage;

(C) construction of structural flood mitigation

and drainage infrastructure; [
and
]

(D) construction and implementation of

nonstructural projects, including projects that use nature-based

features to protect, mitigate, or reduce flood risk
; and

(E)

construction of multi-purpose flood

mitigation and drainage infrastructure projects that control,

divert, capture, or impound floodwater, stormwater, agricultural

runoff water, or treated wastewater effluent and treat and

distribute the water for the purpose of creating an additional

source of water supply
.

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