Monitoring the Session

SB 731

bill requires water pressure boosters in tall senior housing

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Borris MilesDSenate 13

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 required water pressure boosters for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

55 and older, four stories or more, with housing tax credits.

The bill orders the state housing agency to require a water pressure booster in certain senior apartment buildings so water can reach every floor during an emergency. It covers only buildings that got low income housing tax credits, are reserved for people 55 and older, and are four or more stories tall. The agency must get every covered building into compliance by December 31, 2026, and report to the Legislature by March 1, 2027 on who complied and who did not.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the Senate Health & Human Services committee 5-4 on Mar 27, 2025. Placed on the intent calendar on May 22, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB731 · 2025-01-07

SOLD BY

Sen. Borris MilesDSenate 13

ITEM

relating to required water pressure boosters for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.

WHAT IT DOES

55 and older, four stories or more, with housing tax credits.

The bill orders the state housing agency to require a water pressure booster in certain senior apartment buildings so water can reach every floor during an emergency. It covers only buildings that got low income housing tax credits, are reserved for people 55 and older, and are four or more stories tall. The agency must get every covered building into compliance by December 31, 2026, and report to the Legislature by March 1, 2027 on who complied and who did not.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version S · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version S · March 30, 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

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Health & Human Services
  5. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  6. Considered in public hearing
  7. Testimony taken in committee
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Considered in public hearing
  10. Vote taken in committee
  11. Reported favorably as substituted
  12. Committee report printed and distributed
  13. Placed on intent calendar
  14. Not again placed on intent calendar
  15. Placed on intent calendar
  16. Not again placed on intent calendar
  17. Placed on intent calendar
  18. Not again placed on intent calendar
  19. Placed on intent calendar
  20. Not again placed on intent calendar
ALSO NOTED · NOT CHARGED (1)

DELAYED START · analysis confidence 35%

THE TEXT

…“not later than December 31, 2026”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The deadline for covered buildings to have the boosters lands after the November 3, 2026 election. It is a routine retrofit window, and the law itself takes effect September 1, 2025.

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Borris Miles

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15KHillCo PAC$10KActBlue Texas$9K

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 · Sep 4, 2024 to Nov 30, 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 25, 2024 to Nov 3, 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.

Report IDs: 100990780, 101043817.

HillCo PAC$10,000.00

HillCo PAC

$10,000.00

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

Also funds 131 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 8, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 24, 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.

Report IDs: 101043817.

ActBlue Texas$8,833.00

ActBlue Texas

$8,833.00

Cash
$8,833.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$8,833.00

Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 1, 2024 to Sep 4, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 1, 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: 100990780.

Money

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

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 25, 2024 to Nov 3, 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.

Report IDs: 100990780, 101043817.

×

HillCo PAC

$10,000.00

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

Also funds 131 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 8, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 24, 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.

Report IDs: 101043817.

×

ActBlue Texas

$8,833.00

Cash
$8,833.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$8,833.00

Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 1, 2024 to Sep 4, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 1, 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: 100990780.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses8
For
4
Against
0
On
4
Names

For

  • AARP Texas1 registration
  • City of Houston1 registration
  • Harris County1 registration
  • Self; Texas Right To Know1 registration

On

  • Self; Rural Rental Housing Association1 registration
  • Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers1 registration
  • Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP)1 registration
  • Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs1 registration
Sources

8 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version S · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version S · March 30, 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 Senate · Filed Jan 7, 2025

05/27/2025 S Not again placed on intent calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report

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

Senate committee · Health & Human Services · Committee vote 5 aye, 4 nay · Out of committee

Subjects

Aging

Housing--General

Taxation--Property-Exemptions

Water--General

HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 315 words

89R9542 JG-D

By: Miles
S.B. No. 731

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to required water pressure boosters for certain housing

developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax

credits.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 2306.6741 to read as follows:

Sec. 2306.6741. WATER PRESSURE BOOSTER REQUIRED. (a) This

section applies only to a development that:

(1) has received an allocation of low income housing

tax credits under this subchapter;

(2) is a multifamily residential development whose

residential units are reserved for individuals 55 years of age and

older; and

(3) is four stories or more in height.

(b) The department shall require each development to which

this section applies to be equipped with a water pressure booster

capable of providing water to each floor of the development during

an emergency.

(c) The department may adopt rules to implement this

section.

SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "development" means a

development to which Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added

by this Act, applies.

(b) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

shall ensure that each development is in compliance with Section

2306.6741, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than

December 31, 2026. The department may establish a process to carry

out this subsection in phases.

(c) Not later than March 1, 2027, the Texas Department of

Housing and Community Affairs shall prepare and submit to the

legislature a written report on:

(1) the overall number of developments in compliance

with Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added by this Act; and

(2) for any development that is not in compliance with

that section, the reason for the noncompliance and any actions

taken by the department to ensure compliance with that section.

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