HB1532

Filed without the Governor's Signature
Authored by Charles Cunningham (R)
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Caption: Relating to the creation of the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District; providing the authority to issue bonds.
Initially Referred to House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 1532 creates the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District to manage sediment and debris removal in Lake Houston and its tributaries. It authorizes the district to issue revenue bonds, prohibits taxation or fees, and limits overlapping functions with other entities. The act also specifies approval and environmental protections for dredging operations.

Joint authors: Dutton (D); Swanson (R); Walle (D)
Sponsors: Creighton (R)

Dec 5, 2024


(H) Cunningham signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed
 

Jan 16, 2025


(H) Transmitted to the Governor
 

Feb 25, 2025


(H) Recommendations filed with the Speaker
 

Mar 12, 2025


(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Natural Resources, chaired by a Republican
 

Mar 19, 2025


(H) Dutton signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Swanson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Walle signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
(H) Left pending in committee
 

Apr 9, 2025


(H) House Natural Resources met.
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Committee substitute considered in committee
(H) Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
(H) Reported favorably as substituted
 

Apr 15, 2025


(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
(H) Committee report distributed
 

Apr 16, 2025


(H) Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
 

Apr 23, 2025


(H) Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
 

Apr 25, 2025


(H) Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
(H) Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
(H) Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
(H) Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
(H) Transferred to Calendars Committee
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
(H) Considered in Calendars
 

Apr 29, 2025


(H) Placed on General State Calendar
(H) Read 2nd time
(H) Passed to engrossment
(H) Record vote

RV#883: Yea 128 (R 67, D 61) - Nay 18 (R 18, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Cook; Harris; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Olcott; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut

Absent - Money; Schofield

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Moody

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Apr 30, 2025


(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H) Record vote

RV#1027: Yea 114 (R 57, D 57) - Nay 19 (R 18, D 1)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Harris; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Lozano; Money; Olcott; Schatzline; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut

Absent - Fairly; Gates; Richardson

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Moody

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

Gary Gates: "When Record No. 1027 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Valoree Swanson: "When Record No. 1027 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

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(H) Reported engrossed
(S) Received from the House
 

May 5, 2025


(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate Local Government, chaired by a Republican
 

May 26, 2025


(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Left pending in committee
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments
(S) Committee report printed and distributed
 

May 28, 2025


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Three day rule suspended
(S) Record vote

20250528_HB1532_2R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed

20250528_HB1532_3R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Record vote
 

May 29, 2025


(H) Senate passage reported
 

May 30, 2025


(H) Reported enrolled
(H) Signed in the House
 

May 31, 2025


(S) Signed in the Senate
(E) Sent to the Governor
 


(H) Creighton signed onto the bill as Sponsor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Mon 5/26/2025) Registering before S Local Government as Cade Tredway for North Harris County Regional Water Authority
(Mon 5/26/2025) Registering before S Local Government as CJ Tredway for Central Harris County Regional Water Authority
(Wed 3/19/2025) Registering before H Natural Resources as Eddie Lucio for North Harris County Regional Water Authority
 

For

(Wed 3/19/2025) Testifying before H Natural Resources as Frederick Flickinger for City of Houston
(Wed 3/19/2025) Testifying before H Natural Resources as Tina Petersen for Harris County Flood Control District
(Wed 3/19/2025) Registering before H Natural Resources as Alexa Aragonez for City of Houston
(Mon 5/26/2025) Registering before S Local Government as Clint Magee for City of Humble
(Wed 3/19/2025) Registering before H Natural Resources as Cyrus Reed for Sierra Club
(Wed 3/19/2025) Registering before H Natural Resources as John Kroll for City of Humble
(Mon 5/26/2025) Registering before S Local Government as Kaitlyn Murphy for Greater Houston Partnership
(Wed 3/19/2025) Registering before H Natural Resources as Taylor Landin for Greater Houston Partnership
 

On

(Wed 3/19/2025) Registering before H Natural Resources as Justin Taak for TCEQ



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