HB 3106
bill letting reservoir regions plan by “safe yield”
Died in committee
Verdict: No flags
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
Caption
relating to the development of certain regional water plans using safe yield water availability analyses.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Summary
Smaller yearly supply that outlasts the record drought. Or explain why not.
The bill lets regional water planning groups in areas that rely mostly on reservoir water judge how much water a reservoir can supply using a "safe yield" analysis, meaning a smaller yearly amount that would hold up through a drought longer than the worst one on record. It touches regional water planning groups whose areas depend largely on surface water from reservoirs. Groups that choose not to use safe yield must write an explanation of that choice into their regional water plan, starting September 1, 2025.
Labels
Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 20, 2025 and referred to the House Natural Resources committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Receipt
The receipt
89R-HB3106 · 2025-02-20
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ITEM
relating to the development of certain regional water plans using safe yield water availability analyses.
WHAT IT DOES
Smaller yearly supply that outlasts the record drought. Or explain why not.
The bill lets regional water planning groups in areas that rely mostly on reservoir water judge how much water a reservoir can supply using a "safe yield" analysis, meaning a smaller yearly amount that would hold up through a drought longer than the worst one on record. It touches regional water planning groups whose areas depend largely on surface water from reservoirs. Groups that choose not to use safe yield must write an explanation of that choice into their regional water plan, starting September 1, 2025.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
HISTORY
- Filed
- Read first time
- Referred to Natural Resources
FILED UNDER
DATA CENTERS, WATER AND THE GRID
THE TEXT
…“may evaluate the availability of water from a reservoir based on an analysis of the reservoir's safe yield”…
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill changes how regional planners may count available reservoir water, which shapes how much water plans say is available to allocate.
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Votes
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
Fiscal
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
How this was graded
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Sources
Texas House · Filed Feb 20, 2025
03/20/2025 H Referred to Natural Resources: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Natural Resources · Final status: Died in committee
Subjects
Water--Development
Water--General
Text
The text as introduced · 177 words
89R5612 KRM-F By: Goodwin H.B. No. 3106 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the development of certain regional water plans using safe yield water availability analyses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 16.053, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e-3) to read as follows: (e-3) When developing a regional water plan under Subsection (e), a regional water planning group for an area that is largely dependent on surface water from one or more reservoirs may evaluate the availability of water from a reservoir based on an analysis of the reservoir's safe yield, expressed in terms of a reduced annual water volume that would continue to be available from the reservoir for a period longer than that of a drought of record. A planning group described by this subsection that decides not to use a safe yield analysis in developing its regional water plan shall provide in its plan an explanation of the reason for that decision. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.