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HB3990   Passed the House But Died in Senate with No Public Hearing
Referred to House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to a study of existing surface water and groundwater interaction data and analyses.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Kacal; Price; Lalani; Garcia
Co-authors: Troxclair
Sponsors:
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Wed 3/8/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Kyle Kacal signed onto the bill as Author
 

Mon 3/20/2023


(H) Referred to the House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Tue 3/28/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Natural Resources Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Thu 3/30/2023


(H) Four Price signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Suleman Lalani signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 4/4/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Natural Resources Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (King, Tracy O.; Thompson, Ed; Gamez; Kacal; Lalani; Metcalf; Price; Rogers) Absents (Kitzman; Ramos; Zwiener)
 

Tue 4/11/2023


(H) Referred to the House Calendars Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 4/18/2023


(H) Ellen Troxclair signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 5/3/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 942 (HB 3990 was passed)

RV#942: Yeas 120 (R 56, D 64) - Nays 27 (R 27, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Hayes; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bonnen; Cain; Cook; Dean; Frank; Gates; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hefner; Hull; Isaac; Leach; Metcalf; Noble; Oliverson; Patterson; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Slaton; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Frank: "When Record No. 942 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


(H) Josey Garcia signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Fri 5/5/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Frazier, Kyle for Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Hodges, Kenneth for Texas Corn Producers Association
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Howe, Billy for Texas Farm Bureau Insurance
 

For

(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Bruno, Marisa for Hill country alliance
(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Ellis, Gregory for Clients of the Firm
(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Golemon, Kennan for self
(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Martinsson, Leah for Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Puig - Williams, Vanessa for EDF Renewables
(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Rogers, Linda Kaye for self
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Camino, Marie for Nature Conservancy Texas Chapter
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Clifford, Mike for Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Dreibelbis, Justin for Texas Wildlife Association
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Ellmer, Mindy for Gulf Coast Water Authority
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Embrey, Ty for Middle Trinity GCD, Clearwater UWCD, Middle Pecos GCD, Panola County GCD
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Fowler, Perry for Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as French, Larry for Texas Public Policy Foundation
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Garcia, Buddy for Brownsville Public Utilities Board
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Goshen, Danielle for National Wildlife Federation
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Mazur, Jeremy for Texas 2036
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Metzger, Luke for self (with Environment Texas)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Nunns, Randy for self (with Devils River Conservancy)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Olson, Lori for self (with Texas Land Trust Council)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Ortiz, Alex for Sierra Club
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Rubinstein, Carlos for self (with Belding Farms and Cockrell Investment)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Russell, Ruth for self (with DRC, TREAD, LRWA, TWA)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Sansom, Andrew for self (with Belding Farms)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Shepperd, John for self (with Texas Foundation for Conservation)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Sledge, Shauna Fitzsimmons for Upper Trinity GCD, Prairielands GCD, North Texas GCD
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Wier, Andrew for self (with Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund (SAWDF))
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Wier, Mary for self
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Zito, Al for self
 

On

(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Mace, Robert for Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Dupnik, John for Texas water development board



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