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93 bills filed for 2027 so far

Matched from the Legislature's official subject index, or caption words for bills not yet indexed.

• HB 108Relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the effects of certain electric utility monopolies.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 116Relating to rates for electric service provided to public school districts and other local governmental entities in certain counties.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 122Relating to the definition of emergency vehicle for the purposes of weight limitations.Rep. Martinez
• HB 129Relating to customer bill payment assistance programs offered by municipally owned utilities that provide retail water or sewer utility service.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 139Relating to maximum nonfuel rates certain electric utilities may charge residential retail customers.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 166Relating to the eligibility for grants for alternative fueling facilities.Rep. Cortez
• HB 167Relating to the repeal of the exemptions from sales and use taxes for property used in certain data centers and large data center projects.Rep. Martinez Fischer
• HB 184Relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the feasibility of constructing certain extra high voltage transmission lines.Rep. Slawson
• HB 189Relating to the regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats.Rep. Isaac
• HB 194Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of the water resources in certain counties.Rep. Martinez
• HB 220Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to impose an administrative penalty on a propane distribution system retailer.Rep. Morales, Eddie
• HB 240Relating to rate proceedings for water or sewer service conducted during or after the purchase of a water or sewer system by a utility.Rep. Walle
• HB 262Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of certain commercial facilities that dispose of oil and gas waste; imposing a fee.Rep. Morales, Eddie
• HB 266Relating to a prohibition of the application of biosolids to certain land.Rep. Oliverson
• HB 302Relating to procedural requirements for uranium mining area permits and associated production area authorizations.Rep. Guillen
• HB 327Relating to the permitting of concrete batch plants located in an area of a municipality not subject to zoning regulations.Rep. Ward Johnson
• HB 336Relating to requiring a seller of residential property or unimproved real property to be used for residential purposes to disclose an oil, gas, or mineral lease on the property and oil and gas equipment on the property or adjoining property.Rep. González, Jessica
• HB 356Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate noise levels in residential areas; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Walle
• HB 364Relating to the penalties applicable to a person who fails to timely complete and return a water use survey submitted to the person by the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board; increasing a criminal penalty; providing civil penalties.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 374Relating to certain requirements applicable to governmental entities with respect to an agreement prohibiting the release of information regarding a data center project; providing a civil penalty.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 379Relating to emergency preparedness and contingency operations plans, inspections, and enforcement for senior retirement communities.Rep. Lalani
• HB 382Relating to the eligibility of certain local governmental entities affected by the realignment of defense worker jobs or facilities to receive grants.Rep. Ordaz
• HB 408Relating to the repeal of the exemptions from sales and use taxes for property used in certain data centers and large data center projects.Rep. Isaac
• HB 428Relating to a request by a member of the legislature for an unannounced inspection of a permanent concrete batch plant by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.Rep. Walle
• HB 448Relating to monitoring air contaminant emissions in certain counties.Rep. Lalani
• HB 468Relating to the designation of routes for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.Rep. Leo Wilson
• HB 484Relating to the production and ownership of brine.Rep. Curry
• HB 502Relating to a study by the Railroad Commission of Texas of the feasibility of converting abandoned or inactive oil and gas wells in Bexar County to geothermal energy production.Rep. Garcia, Josey
• HB 506Relating to the persons entitled to request a public hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant.Rep. Walle
• HB 514Relating to wind energy agreements and the right of a surface estate owner to capture and employ wind energy.Rep. Garcia, Josey
• HB 520Relating to the establishment of a grant program to support the elimination of illegally disposed of scrap tires.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 529Relating to water conservation plans, data center and related facility water use and wastewater reporting, water resource impact assessments, notice to local entities, public participation, and public disclosure; providing for enforcement and fees.Rep. Bhojani
• HB 547Relating to county noise study requirements and site construction approval for facilities operated by certain large load electric customers, authorizing a fee.Rep. Bhojani
• HB 570Relating to providing water to voters near a polling place.Rep. Lalani
• HB 587Relating to the authority of a county to regulate the construction of certain industrial and offensive land use facilities.Rep. Money
• HB 589Relating to the provision of loans and grants from the Texas energy fund for certain electric generating facilities.Rep. Lalani
• HB 593Relating to the translation of certain forms and information associated with complaints filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.Rep. Lalani
• HB 595Relating to a study and report on burying power lines in the Gulf Coast region.Rep. Lalani
• HB 601Relating to a study and report on burying power lines in the Gulf Coast region.Rep. Lalani
• HB 680Relating to emergency financing and the issuance of obligations by certain coastal water districts.Rep. Ochoa
• HB 681Relating to the repeal of the exemptions from sales and use taxes for property used in certain data centers and large data center projects.Rep. Vasut
• HB 696Relating to prohibiting certain governmental entities from entering into an agreement prohibiting the entity from releasing certain information regarding a data center project.Rep. Ochoa
• HB 706Relating to election and public hearing requirements before a municipality may enter into a data center development agreement under certain economic development programs.Rep. Ochoa
• HB 730Relating to the interconnection of large load customers and the recovery of costs of generation facilities serving large load customers by electric utilities operating outside of the ERCOT power region.Rep. Perez, Vincent
• HB 732Relating to the ineligibility of certain data centers for state and local economic development incentives.Rep. Perez, Vincent
• HB 734Relating to the public disclosure of local economic development agreements involving data centers.Rep. Perez, Vincent
• HB 750Relating to the repealing of the sales tax exemption for data centers.Rep. Jimenez
• HB 787Relating to the authority of a county commissioners court to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by each taxing unit that taxes the property of the portion of the appraised value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of certain water conservation systems.Rep. Zwiener
• HB 793Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to require water pollution abatement plans for certain pipelines; authorizing a fee; providing for the imposition of a civil penalty.Rep. Zwiener
• HB 797Relating to establishment of maximum allowable ground level concentrations of hydrogen sulfide by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 812Relating to emergency generators or other power sources for nursing facilities and certain multiunit complexes; providing a civil penalty.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 821Relating to the repeal of the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office.Rep. Harrison
• HB 829Relating to the repeal of the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act.Rep. Harrison
• HB 851Relating to the repeal of the sales and use tax exemptions for data centers and the ineligibility of data centers for enterprise project tax refunds.Rep. Perez, Vincent
• HB 867Relating to the interconnection and market participation of electric vehicles in the ERCOT power region.Rep. Anchía
• HB 890Relating to the release of a balloon and associated littering; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Canales
• HB 928Relating to required municipal and county approval to construct a data center.Rep. Mizani
• HB 949Relating to requirements and preferences for purchasing construction materials produced in the United States and this state.Rep. Dean
• HB 993Relating to establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a geothermal energy workforce education and training initiative.Rep. Salinas
• HB 994Relating to the establishment of the Texas geothermal energy production policy council.Rep. Salinas
• SB 32Relating to the issuance by the Public Utilities Commission of Texas of a permit for the construction of a large computational load site; providing an administrative penalty.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 33Relating to the recovery of costs related to providing electricity service to customers at a computational load site.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 34Relating to county authority to regulate the development of certain large electricity users.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 35Relating to the sharing of information related to large load customers by the independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region with the Texas Water Development Board.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 36Relating to the eligibility of data centers and large data center projects to participate in certain incentive programs offered by the state and local governments.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 58Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 59Relating to a requirement to report to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation an abandoned or deteriorated water well identified during an inspection of an on-site sewage disposal system.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 72Relating to the membership of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 76Relating to the regulation of used automotive parts recycling, including the removal of license plates and registration insignia.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 85Relating to the purposes for which the Texas Water Development Board may use money in the economically distressed areas account.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 112Relating to water testing by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at correctional facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and county jails.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 160Relating to the production of aggregates near a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility; conforming changes.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 163Relating to the authority of the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District to consider certain factors before granting or denying a permit.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 165Relating to communications between the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the governor, the lieutenant governor, or a member of the legislature.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 168Relating to the certification of discovery issues to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in contested cases referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings by the commission.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 191Relating to the interconnection of a facility in the ERCOT power region to certain other facilities.Sen. Hall
• SB 192Relating to the equipment used to dispense energy to electric vehicles, including the source of power for that equipment.Sen. Hall
• SB 224Relating to the requirements for notice of utility disconnection to tenants of a submetered multifamily property.Sen. West
• SB 238Relating to the use of a standard permit for certain temporary concrete plants to support a public works project.Sen. Cook, Molly, Alvarado, Gutierrez, Rehmet
• SB 239Relating to design considerations of transportation projects by the Texas Department of Transportation.Sen. Cook, Molly, Gutierrez, Menéndez, Rehmet
• SB 240Relating to the eligibility of certain retail electric customers for designation as critical care residential customers.Sen. Cook, Molly, Blanco, Gutierrez, Menéndez, Rehmet
• SB 263Relating to the regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats.Sen. Perry
• SB 264Relating to the rights of certain parties in connection with the performance of certain tests on certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.Sen. Perry
• SB 266Relating to the authority of a municipality with a population of 50,000 or more to transfer certain water-related revenue and receive water-related funding; making nonsubstantive changes.Sen. Perry
• SB 283Relating to the establishment of a grant program to support the elimination of illegally disposed of scrap tires.Sen. Blanco
• SB 285Relating to signage requirements for certain projects financed by the Texas Water Development Board.Sen. Perry
• SB 292Relating to cybersecurity for retail public utilities that provide water or sewer service.Sen. Perry, Sparks
• SB 293Relating to the repeal of the exemptions from sales and use taxes for property used in certain data centers and large data center projects.Sen. Huffman, Alvarado, Ashby, Bettencourt, Campbell, et al.
• SB 296Relating to the siting, construction, permitting, and operation of certain data centers; requiring local option elections; imposing a temporary moratorium; establishing an annual payments to county residents; repealing certain tax exemptions; providing civil penalties.Sen. Gutierrez
• HJR 48Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right to engage in the exploration for and production and export of oil, gas, and other minerals.Rep. Landgraf
• HJR 51Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the commissioners court of a county to exempt from ad valorem taxation by each political subdivision that taxes the property the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of a rainwater harvesting or graywater system.Rep. Zwiener
• HJR 59Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the amount of the appraised value of real property that arises from the installation or construction on the property of a generator that is primarily for the production and distribution of energy for on-site use.Rep. Landgraf
• HCR 18Expressing support for a federally owned transcontinental pipeline system that runs from the western coast of the Mexico-United States border to refineries located along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana.Rep. Dorazio