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HB5659 • 2025

Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Dean | VanDeaver | Hefner
Last action
2025-06-22
Official status
06/22/2025 E Effective immediately
Effective date
Not listed

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Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective immediately

  3. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3999

  9. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  11. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  12. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments distributed

  13. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  14. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  17. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Hughes

  18. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  19. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

  21. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  23. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  25. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  26. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  27. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage as amended reported

  28. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  29. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  31. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  33. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  34. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Posting rule suspended

  35. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  36. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

  37. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  38. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  39. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2622

  40. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  42. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  43. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  44. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  45. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2505

  46. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  47. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  48. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  49. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  50. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  51. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  52. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  53. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  54. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  55. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  56. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  57. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  58. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  59. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  60. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  61. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Natural Resources

  62. 2025-03-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 5659 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 5659

AN ACT

relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin

transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water

District.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 78, Acts of the 53rd Legislature,

Regular Session, 1953, is amended by adding Sections 17A and 17B to

read as follows:

Sec.

17A.

(a)

Before the District may enter into a contract

for an interbasin transfer of water or acquire a permit or other

authorization from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

for a proposed interbasin transfer, the Board of Directors shall

hold a public hearing on the proposed interbasin transfer.

(b)

The Board of Directors shall provide any interested

person an opportunity to appear before the Board at the hearing and

speak on the proposed interbasin transfer.

(c)

The Board of Directors shall provide notice of the

hearing in the manner provided by Section 49.063, Water Code, for a

meeting of the Board.

Sec.

17B.

The District may enter into a contract or acquire

a permit or other authorization described by Section 17A of this Act

only if the contract or authorization is approved by a majority vote

of the governing bodies of at least five of the cities entitled to

appoint one or more directors under Section 3 or 6 of this Act.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5659 was passed by the House on May

15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 108, Nays 32, 2 present, not

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

No. 5659 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 105, Nays 29,

1 present, not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5659 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays

3.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

__________________

Governor