Monitoring the Session

SB 2114

Hughes Bill Strikes Reservoir Sites Still Unbuilt After 50 Years

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Bryan HughesRSenate 1

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 removal of certain proposed reservoir sites from the state water plan.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Out of the state water plan for good, even if a regional plan still lists it.

The bill orders the Texas Water Development Board to strike any proposed reservoir site from the state water plan if construction has not started within 50 years of the site first appearing in any version of the plan. Once a site is removed, it can never be put back into a later plan, even if a regional water plan still lists it. Landowners and communities at long-stalled reservoir sites lose the cloud of a permanent 'unique value' designation, and water planners lose those sites as future options.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 10, 2025 and referred to the Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB2114 · 2025-03-10

SOLD BY

Sen. Bryan HughesRSenate 1

ITEM

relating to the removal of certain proposed reservoir sites from the state water plan.

WHAT IT DOES

Out of the state water plan for good, even if a regional plan still lists it.

The bill orders the Texas Water Development Board to strike any proposed reservoir site from the state water plan if construction has not started within 50 years of the site first appearing in any version of the plan. Once a site is removed, it can never be put back into a later plan, even if a regional water plan still lists it. Landowners and communities at long-stalled reservoir sites lose the cloud of a permanent 'unique value' designation, and water planners lose those sites as future options.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
FILED UNDER

DATA CENTERS, WATER AND THE GRID

THE TEXT

…“the board shall remove a site designated as a site of unique value for the construction of a reservoir in the state water plan”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill decides which proposed reservoir sites stay in the state's long-term water supply plan by forcing out sites that sat unbuilt for 50 years.

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Bryan Hughes

Donors

GOPAC Election Fund$250KCRAFTPAC (Court Reform Action for Texas Families)$100KCourt Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$100K

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 · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 23, 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.

GOPAC Election Fund$250,000.00

GOPAC Election Fund

$250,000.00

Cash
$250,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$250,000.00

Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 17, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 17, 2025 to Oct 15, 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: 101028838, 101071548.

CRAFTPAC (Court Reform Action for Texas Families)$100,000.00

CRAFTPAC (Court Reform Action for Texas Families)

$100,000.00

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

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

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

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Sep 4, 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: 101067724.

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$100,000.00

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

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

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 13, 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: 101071548.

Money

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

×

GOPAC Election Fund

$250,000.00

Cash
$250,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$250,000.00

Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 17, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 17, 2025 to Oct 15, 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: 101028838, 101071548.

×

CRAFTPAC (Court Reform Action for Texas Families)

$100,000.00

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

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

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

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Sep 4, 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: 101067724.

×

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

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

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 13, 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: 101071548.

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 Senate · Filed Mar 10, 2025

03/24/2025 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

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

Senate committee · Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Water--Development

Water--General

WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, TEXAS

Text

The text as introduced · 296 words

89R15514 CMO-F

By: Hughes
S.B. No. 2114

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the removal of certain proposed reservoir sites from

the state water plan.

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

SECTION 1. Section 16.051(g-1), Water Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(g-1) Notwithstanding any other [ provisions of ] law, except

as provided by Section 16.0511, a site is considered to be a

designated site of unique value for the construction of a reservoir

if the site is recommended for designation in the 2007 state water

plan adopted by the board and in effect on May 1, 2007. The

designation of a unique reservoir site under this subsection

terminates on September 1, 2015, unless there is an affirmative

vote by a proposed project sponsor to make expenditures necessary

in order to construct or file applications for permits required in

connection with the construction of the reservoir under federal or

state law.

SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended

by adding Section 16.0511 to read as follows:

Sec. 16.0511. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN SITES FOR PROPOSED

RESERVOIR FROM STATE WATER PLAN. (a) Notwithstanding Section

16.051, the board shall remove a site designated as a site of unique

value for the construction of a reservoir in the state water plan

under Section 16.051, regardless of the site's inclusion in a

regional water plan under Section 16.053, if construction for a

proposed reservoir project at the site does not begin before the

50th anniversary of the site's initial inclusion in any version of

the plan.

(b) A site removed from the state water plan under

Subsection (a) may not be included in any subsequent version of the

plan.

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