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TX HB 5659

enacted

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

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Did TX HB 5659 pass?

Yes. TX HB 5659 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-22): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 5659 about?

TX HB 5659 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 5659?

Dean, VanDeaver, Hefner and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 5659.

Introduced
2025-04-07
Latest action
2025-06-22 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Deanprimary
  • VanDeaverprimary
  • Hefnerprimary
  • Hughesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-22

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-22

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-31

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-29

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-28

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  9. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  12. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  13. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments distributed

  14. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  15. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-26

    Passed

    passage

  17. 2025-05-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-26

    Three day rule suspended

  20. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-26

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  24. 2025-05-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  25. 2025-05-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  26. 2025-05-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  27. 2025-05-26

    Placed on intent calendar

  28. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  29. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2025-05-23

    Vote taken in committee

  31. 2025-05-23

    Testimony taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-05-23

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  34. 2025-05-22

    Posting rule suspended

  35. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

    referral-committee

  36. 2025-05-21

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  37. 2025-05-15

    Received from the House

    introduction

  38. 2025-05-15

    Reported engrossed

  39. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  42. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  43. 2025-05-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-14

    Passed to engrossment

  46. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  47. 2025-05-10

    Placed on General State Calendar

  48. 2025-05-08

    Considered in Calendars

  49. 2025-05-07

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  50. 2025-05-07

    Committee report distributed

  51. 2025-05-07

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  52. 2025-04-29

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  53. 2025-04-29

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  54. 2025-04-29

    Considered in formal meeting

  55. 2025-04-23

    Left pending in committee

  56. 2025-04-23

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  57. 2025-04-23

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  58. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  59. 2025-04-07

    Referred to Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  60. 2025-04-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  61. 2025-03-28

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 114-23

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: 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, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Noble: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Olcott: absent
    • Or: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Hull: absent
    • Romero: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Thompson: absent
    • Zwiene: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 108-32

    Member-level votes (155)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: 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
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cook: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lozano: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • C: absent
    • Simmon: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 5659 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-26 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Miles: no
    • Zaffirini: no
  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Miles: no
    • Zaffirini: no
  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 105-29

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bonnen: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Capriglione: no
    • Collier: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hull: no
    • Landgraf: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Orr: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rose: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Jones, J.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Cook: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Perez: absent
    • V: absent
    • Shofne: absent

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