TX HB 27

died on adjournment

Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or permit amendments by the district.

Texas · 892 · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 27 pass?

No. TX HB 27 died when the 892 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-09-03): House appoints conferees-reported

What is TX HB 27 about?

TX HB 27 is a bill in the 892 titled “Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or permit amendments by the district.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 27?

Nichols, Gerdes, Hefner and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 27, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-08-20
Latest action: 2025-09-03 — House appoints conferees-reported
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-08-19
Filed
filing
2025-08-20
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-20
Referred to Natural Resources
referral-committee
2025-08-21
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-21
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-08-21
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-08-21
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-23
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-08-24
Committee report distributed
2025-08-24
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-08-24
Considered in Calendars
2025-08-25
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-08-25
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-25
Passed to engrossment
2025-08-25
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-25
Passed
passage
2025-08-25
Record vote
2025-08-25
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-25
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-25
Reported engrossed
2025-08-26
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-08-26
Received from the House
introduction
2025-08-26
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-26
Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
referral-committee
2025-08-26
Posting rule suspended
2025-08-27
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-08-27
Meeting cancelled
2025-09-02
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-09-02
Posting rule suspended
2025-09-02
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-09-02
Considered in public hearing
2025-09-02
Testimony taken in committee
2025-09-02
Vote taken in committee
2025-09-02
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02
Posting rule suspended
2025-09-02
Ordered not printed
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-09-02
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-09-02
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-09-02
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Three day rule suspended
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-09-02
Passed
passage
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Senate passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-09-02
Senate Amendments distributed
2025-09-02
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
2025-09-03
House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
2025-09-03
House requests conference committee
2025-09-03
House appoints conferees
2025-09-03
House refuses to concur-reported
2025-09-03
House requests conference committee-reported
2025-09-03
House appoints conferees-reported

Versions

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-08-25 · pass · 126-4
Member-level votes (151)
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Buckley: no
- Harrison: no
- Hickland: no
- Patterso: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Canales: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Flores: absent
- Geren: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- Lambert: absent
- Lozano: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Phelan: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Toth: absent
- Wu: absent
- Alders: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Noble: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
passage
2025-09-02 · pass · 26-1
Member-level votes (30)
- Parker: no
- Birdwell: absent
- Eckhardt: absent
- West: absent
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Campbell: no
- Cook: no
- Hall: no
- Kolkhorst: no
- Menéndez: no
- Middleton: no
- Zaffirini: no
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 27 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-09-02 · pass · 27-0
Member-level votes (3)
- Birdwell: absent
- Eckhardt: absent
- West: absent

Related bills

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Official source

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB27

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