SCR 13 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources.

This Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR 13) urges the U.S. Department of State and the International Boundary and Water Commission to ensure Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty on shared water resources. It specifically addresses Mexico's failure to deliver the required 350,000 acre-feet of water annually (averaged over five years), with a current deficit of 984,814 acre-feet. The resolution highlights how this shortfall harms Texas water users, including municipal, agricultural, and industrial sectors in the Rio Grande Valley, impacting reservoir levels and causing economic losses like the closure of Texas' only sugar mill. As a non-binding resolution, it formally requests U.S. federal agencies to take action but does not change legal obligations.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Signed May 15, 2025
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Engrossed Enrolled · 1 edit · May 15, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was converted from an 'Engrossed' draft to an 'Enrolled' final version, adding official certification signatures and dates while removing internal tracking numbers and page markers. No substantive policy changes, legal requirements, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were altered; the content of the resolution regarding water treaty compliance remains identical.
TECHNICAL

Removed internal legislative tracking identifiers (e.g., 'S.C.R.ANo.A13', line numbers) and added final certification blocks with signatures, dates, and vote counts to finalize the bill for the Governor's signature.

Floor votes · House Apr 29, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
38
Key actions
14
Committee
10
May 15, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
House passage reported
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recalled from subcommittee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Committee
Referred to s/c on State-Federal Relations by Speaker
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Adopted
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
6 primary · 23 co-sponsors

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