HB 3115: bill rewriting what Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District can’t do

Caption

relating to the authority of the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District to regulate certain wells.

Summary

The district’s list of barred powers gets rewritten.

This bill rewrites the list of things the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District is barred from doing. The district may not make owners of permit-exempt wells used only for household or livestock purposes install a meter, may not sell or export groundwater outside the district, and may not supply water inside a city's or utility's service area without that city's or utility's consent. For people inside this one district, small household and livestock well owners keep their wells unmetered, and the district stays out of the water-selling business.

Labels

Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 21, 2025. Died in the Senate: received, never referred to a committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3115 · 2025-02-20

SOLD BY

Rep. Ellen TroxclairRHouse 19

ITEM

relating to the authority of the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District to regulate certain wells.

WHAT IT DOES

The district’s list of barred powers gets rewritten.

This bill rewrites the list of things the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District is barred from doing. The district may not make owners of permit-exempt wells used only for household or livestock purposes install a meter, may not sell or export groundwater outside the district, and may not supply water inside a city's or utility's service area without that city's or utility's consent. For people inside this one district, small household and livestock well owners keep their wells unmetered, and the district stays out of the water-selling business.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 5, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Feb 20, 2025Filed
Mar 20, 2025Read first time
Mar 20, 2025Referred to Natural Resources
May 7, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 7, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 7, 2025Left pending in committee
May 9, 2025Considered in formal meeting
May 9, 2025Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
May 9, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 12, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 12, 2025Committee report distributed
May 12, 2025Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
May 19, 2025Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
May 21, 2025Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
May 21, 2025Read 2nd time
May 21, 2025Passed to engrossment
May 21, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 21, 2025Read 3rd time
May 21, 2025Passed
May 21, 2025Record vote RV#3115
May 21, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 21, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 21, 2025Reported engrossed
May 22, 2025Received from the House

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 113 yea · 28 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 21, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Ellen Troxclair

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$100K Texans for Lawsuit Reform PC$10K Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$5K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$100,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 14, 2025 to Feb 3, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101031227, 101040659.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PC$10,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Oct 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101072162.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$5,083.34

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$5,083.34

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $83.34
Total: $5,083.34

advertising $83.34

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Sep 25, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100982032, 101031227, 101072162.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 14, 2025 to Feb 3, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101031227, 101040659.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Oct 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101072162.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$5,083.34

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $83.34
Total: $5,083.34

advertising $83.34

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Sep 25, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100982032, 101031227, 101072162.

Votes1

House May 21, 2025

Yea: 113
Nay: 28
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 6
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 3115

HB 3115 (Bonnen, Capriglione, Cunningham, Dean, Harrison, Hefner, Holt, Hull, LaHood, Leach, Leo Wilson, Little, Luther, Metcalf, Money, Morgan, Olcott, Oliverson, Patterson, Pierson, Richardson, Schatzline, Schoolcraft, Slawson, Spiller, Tinderholt, and Toth - no) (113 - 28 - 2)

Shared roll motion

The following bills which were considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed by the following record vote (members registering votes and the results of the vote are shown following the bill number). (Record 3115): 140 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 113 (published)
Nay: 28 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 6 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 5, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

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

05/22/2025 S Received from the House

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Natural Resources · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 3 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

COW CREEK GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (DE1RX)

Special Districts & Authorities--Groundwater Conserve Dist.

Water--Conservation (I097L)

Text

The text as introduced · 197 words

89R4700 JBD-F

By: Troxclair
H.B. No. 3115

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation

District to regulate certain wells.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 8838.106(b), Special District Local Laws

Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The district may not:

(1) require the owner of a well used solely for

domestic or livestock purposes that is exempt from permitting under

Section 36.117(b)(1), Water Code, to install a meter or measuring

device on the well;

(2) sell, transport, or export groundwater outside of

the district; or

(3) enter into a contract or engage in an action to

supply water to any person in the service area of any municipality

or retail public utility located in the district, except with the

consent of the municipality or retail public utility.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

House May 21, 2025