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SB1746   Signed by the Governor
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 an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from a groundwater conservation district for certain temporary water wells.
Republican Bill, authored by Perry
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Bell, Cecil
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Tue 3/7/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Charles Perry signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/16/2023


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

Mon 4/3/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 4/12/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 31 (R 19, D 12) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

 

Tue 4/18/2023


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

Tue 5/9/2023


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

Thu 5/11/2023


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

Wed 5/24/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 2039 (Considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed.)


This is a Local and Consent Bill

RV#2039: Yeas 120 (R 62, D 58) - Nays 18 (R 18, D 0)
SB1746 was "bundled" with many other bills and passed.
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Lopez, J.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schofield; Sherman; Shine; Smithee; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Registered No - ; Buckley; Bumgarner; Cain; Gates; Gerdes; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Holland; Hull; Oliverson; Patterson; Schatzline; Shaheen; Slawson; Smith; Thimesch; Troxclair; Vasut

(Registering "No" makes no change on the passage of this bill.)

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

Noble: "When Record No. 2039 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Sun 5/28/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Mon 5/29/2023


(H) Signed in the House


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Gilroy, Charles for self
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Gilroy, Mary for self
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Hall Lecuona, Shawn for self (with BFQ)
 

For

(Mon 4/3/2023) Testifying before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Harden, Bob for Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers
(Tue 5/9/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Harden, Bob for Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Frazier, Kyle for Texas Desalination Association
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Loftus, Timothy for Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Martinsson, Leah for Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Martinsson, Leah for Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Sledge, Brian for Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District; Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Sledge, Brian for Upper Trinity GCD, Prairielands GCD
 

On

(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Mills, Kelly for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Yadav, Gitanjali for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality



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