** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs 

TIME & DATE:   8:00 AM, Friday, May 23, 2025 

PLACE:         E1.012 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Charles Perry 

HB 654         Leo Wilson | et al.      SP: Creighton
Relating to the dismissal of a criminal charge related to the illegal hunting of certain deer; authorizing fees.

HB 1523        Gerdes                    SP: Schwertner
Relating to a restriction on the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects.

HB 1690        Gerdes                    SP: Kolkhorst
Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

HB 2078        Gerdes | et al.          SP: Perry
Relating to the joint planning of desired future conditions in groundwater management areas.

HB 2080        Gerdes | et al.          SP: Perry
Relating to the review of the duties of a groundwater conservation district by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 2128        Spiller | et al.         SP: Hagenbuch
Relating to a study of rural firefighting and technical rescue service capabilities.

HB 3333        Morales, Eddie           SP: Blanco
Relating to a restriction on permits authorizing direct discharges of waste or pollutants into water in certain stream segments, stream assessment units, and drainage areas.

HB 3898        Raymond                   SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance to certain political subdivisions for brackish water desalination.

HB 4158        Louderback               SP: Huffman
Relating to the compensation of the directors of the Texana Groundwater Conservation District.

HB 4530        Romero | et al.          SP: Johnson
Relating to the dedication and management of water rights placed in the Texas Water Trust.

HB 4630        Kitzman                   SP: Perry
Relating to the regulation of artesian water wells by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 5339        Wilson                    SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the establishment by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of a grant program to support the study of regenerative agriculture at public institutions of higher education.

HB 5659        Dean | et al.            SP: Hughes
Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to certain water-related transactions involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

HCR 76         Louderback | et al.      SP: Hinojosa, Adam
Urging the federal government to curb the mass importation of foreign shrimp into the United States.

HCR 108        Guillen | et al.         SP: Blanco
Urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to maintain the Tomato Suspension Agreement.

Public testimony is limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 15 copies to the committee clerk with your name and/or the name of your organization on each copy, and email a digital copy to the clerk of the committee at Jayna.Grove_sc@senate.texas.gov.

Bills added after last posting:

HB 2078

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