Monitoring the Session

HB 3429

bill putting fluoride levels on water bills

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Tony TinderholtRHouse 94

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 duty of a public water supply system to provide certain information to consumers regarding fluoride in drinking water.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Natural, added and combined total, every bill.

The bill requires public water systems that add fluoride to drinking water and charge for it to print fluoride information on every customer's water bill. The bill must show the natural fluoride level, the added fluoride amount, and the combined total, accurate for water delivered within one week before the bill. Water customers of fluoridating systems will see these numbers on bills for billing periods starting on or after September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 26, 2025 and referred to the House Natural Resources committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3429 · 2025-02-26

SOLD BY

Rep. Tony TinderholtRHouse 94

ITEM

relating to the duty of a public water supply system to provide certain information to consumers regarding fluoride in drinking water.

WHAT IT DOES

Natural, added and combined total, every bill.

The bill requires public water systems that add fluoride to drinking water and charge for it to print fluoride information on every customer's water bill. The bill must show the natural fluoride level, the added fluoride amount, and the combined total, accurate for water delivered within one week before the bill. Water customers of fluoridating systems will see these numbers on bills for billing periods starting on or after September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Natural Resources
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Tony Tinderholt

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$50KTexans For Conservative Leadership$35KTexans United for Conservative Majority PAC$14K

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 28, 2024 to Jan 12, 2025. 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$50,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$50,000.00

Cash
$50,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$50,000.00

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 · on Oct 29, 2024. 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: 100985343.

Texans For Conservative Leadership$35,000.00

Texans For Conservative Leadership

$35,000.00

Cash
$35,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$35,000.00

Also funds 5 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 31, 2024. 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: 100985343.

Texans United for Conservative Majority PAC$13,812.00

Texans United for Conservative Majority PAC

$13,812.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$13,812.00
Total
$13,812.00
polling $13,812.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Oct 28, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 2024. 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: 100985343.

Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$50,000.00

Cash
$50,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$50,000.00

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 · on Oct 29, 2024. 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: 100985343.

×

Texans For Conservative Leadership

$35,000.00

Cash
$35,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$35,000.00

Also funds 5 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 31, 2024. 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: 100985343.

×

Texans United for Conservative Majority PAC

$13,812.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$13,812.00
Total
$13,812.00
polling $13,812.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Oct 28, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 2024. 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: 100985343.

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 26, 2025

03/21/2025 H Referred to Natural Resources: Mar 21 2025 9:52AM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Natural Resources · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Environment--Water

Utilities--Water & Sewer

Text

The text as introduced · 238 words

89R4949 KRM-D

By: Tinderholt
H.B. No. 3429

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the duty of a public water supply system to provide

certain information to consumers regarding fluoride in drinking

water.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety

Code, is amended by adding Section 341.0335 to read as follows:

Sec. 341.0335. FLUORIDATED WATER; DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN

INFORMATION. (a) A public water supply system that furnishes to

the public for a charge drinking water to which fluoride has been

added shall disclose in a conspicuous place on each customer's

water bill:

(1) the amount of fluoride that occurs naturally in

the drinking water furnished by the system to the customer;

(2) the amount of fluoride added to the drinking water

before distribution to the customer; and

(3) the combined amount of fluoride present in the

drinking water from the sources described by Subdivisions (1) and

(2).

(b) Information disclosed under Subsection (a) must be

accurate for drinking water distributed to a customer not more than

one week before the bill is provided to the customer.

SECTION 2. Section 341.0335, Health and Safety Code, as

added by this Act, applies only to a public water supply system bill

issued for a billing period that begins on or after the effective

date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.