---
title: Water--Development - Texas Legislation
subject: Water--Development
total_bills: 17
unique_authors: 14
critical_bills: 2
high_cost_bills: 3
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/water-development"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Water--Development

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 17
- **Unique Authors:** 14
- **Critical Compliance:** 2 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 3 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 11

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 13 bills
- **Senate:** 4 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 2 bills
- **Moderate:** 7 bills
- **Low:** 8 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 3 bills
- **Peter Flores** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Charles Schwertner** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Cody Harris** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Drew Darby** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Joan Huffman** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Juan Hinojosa** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Judith Zaffirini** (D, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [WATER](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/water) (17 shared bills)
- [Water--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/water-general) (13 shared bills)
- [WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, TEXAS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/water-development-board-texas) (8 shared bills)
- [State Finances](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances) (7 shared bills)
- [State Finances--Management & Control](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances-management-control) (6 shared bills)
- [Environment](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/environment) (5 shared bills)
- [Environment--Water](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/environment-water) (5 shared bills)
- [Disaster Preparedness & Relief](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/disaster-preparedness-relief) (5 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Water Development Board](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-water-development-board) - 11 bills
- [Texas Commission on Environmental Quality](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-commission-on-environmental-quality) - 5 bills
- [Department of State Health Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-state-health-services) - 2 bills
- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 2 bills
- [Office of the Governor](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-governor) - 1 bills
- [Groundwater Conservation Districts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/groundwater-conservation-districts) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB1](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to youth camp emergency plans and... | Critical | High |
| [SB3](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb3-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flas... | Critical | High |
| [SB1261](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1261-89th-regular) | Relating to the financing of water supply ... | Moderate | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB1](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to youth camp emergency plan... | Drew Darby (R) | Critical |
| [SB3](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb3-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to outdoor warning sirens in... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Critical |
| [SB5](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb5-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to making supplemental appro... | Joan Huffman (R) | Moderate |
| [HB2078](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2078-89th-regular) | Relating to the joint planning of des... | Stan Gerdes (R) | Moderate |
| [HB4630](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4630-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of artesia... | Stan Kitzman (R) | Low |
| [HJR7](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hjr7-89th-regular) | Proposing a constitutional amendment ... | Cody Harris (R) | Low |
| [SB1194](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1194-89th-regular) | Relating to creating the Central Texa... | Peter Flores (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1261](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1261-89th-regular) | Relating to the financing of water su... | Charles Perry (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1268](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1268-89th-regular) | Relating to the review and updating b... | Cesar Blanco (D) | Low |
| [SB1532](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1532-89th-regular) | Relating to the information required ... | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Low |
| [SB1967](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1967-89th-regular) | Relating to the provision of financia... | Juan Hinojosa (D) | Low |
| [SB2204](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2204-89th-regular) | Relating to the applicability of unif... | Brian Birdwell (R) | Low |
| [SB2885](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2885-89th-regular) | Relating to the use of reclaimed wate... | Peter Flores (R) | Moderate |
| [SB480](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb480-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of a local ... | Charles Perry (R) | Low |
| [SB616](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb616-89th-regular) | Relating to aquifer storage and recov... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB7](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb7-89th-regular) | Relating to the oversight and financi... | Charles Perry (R) | Moderate |
| [SB971](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb971-89th-regular) | Relating to the definition of a rural... | Kevin Sparks (R) | Low |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/water-development)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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