Relating to the joint planning of desired future conditions in groundwater management areas.
HB 2078 requires Texas groundwater districts to include specific, detailed data in their management plans, such as annual groundwater usage, recharge rates, aquifer discharge volumes, and projections from the state water plan. It mandates that districts identify performance standards, outline concrete actions to achieve "desired future conditions" for groundwater, and explain progress in plain language. The bill also requires annual joint planning meetings between districts in the same management area to review accomplishments and update future conditions. This directly affects all groundwater districts managing aquifers across Texas, aiming to standardize planning and improve accountability for sustainable water use.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 14, 2025
Signed Jun 20, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from an 'Engrossed' version to an 'Enrolled' version, which is the final version ready for the Governor's signature. The substantive legislative content regarding groundwater management planning remains unchanged, but the formatting was cleaned up to remove internal markup symbols and align the text for official publication.
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Removed internal legislative markup symbols (like 'AA' and line numbers) and standardized the bill title and header formatting to match the official enrolled version.
Floor votes · House May 15, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
51
Key actions
18
Committee
11
Amendments
2
Jun 20, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage reported
lower
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
upper
May 22, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 19, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 15, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (118-16-11)
house
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to Natural Resources
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carrie Isaac
RRepublican
P
Charles Perry
RRepublican
P
Stan Gerdes
RRepublican
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