HJR 7 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue.

HJR 7 proposes a constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of Texas' state sales and use tax revenue to the Texas Water Fund. It would require that this dedicated revenue be allocated exclusively to water infrastructure projects, with new rules allowing temporary suspension during declared disasters. The bill would amend the state constitution to establish this dedicated funding stream, replacing current flexible allocation methods for water fund money. This proposal was reported adversely by the Senate Finance Committee with a 14-0 vote against in May 2025.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Jun 2, 2025
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What changed between versions

Engrossed Enrolled · 5 edits · Jun 1, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was converted from an Engrossed draft to an Enrolled version, which is the final version sent to the Governor. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, though some text formatting was cleaned up and a few minor wording adjustments were made to clarify certain provisions.
TECHNICAL

Removed draft formatting artifacts and placeholder text from the Engrossed version to create the clean Enrolled text ready for signature.

TIMELINE

Adjusted the expiration date for the comptroller's deposit duty from August 31, 2035 to August 31, 2047 to align with the new temporary provision timeline.

FISCAL

Changed the revenue threshold for the Texas water fund deposit from $48 billion to $46.5 billion to reflect updated tax revenue projections.

REQUIREMENT

Added new subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to clarify that allocations can be suspended during declared disasters and that at least 25% of initial appropriations must go to the New Water Supply for Texas Fund.

DEFINITION

Refined the definition of restricted funds to more clearly specify that money cannot be used for transporting non-brackish groundwater produced from wells in the state.

Floor votes · House Apr 29, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
52
Key actions
15
Committee
11
Amendments
8
Jun 2, 2025
Introduced
Filed with the Secretary of State
executive
Jun 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 29, 2025
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
upper
May 29, 2025
Introduced
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
lower
May 29, 2025
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
lower
May 28, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 28, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
May 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Finance
upper
May 1, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted as amended
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Introduced
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Natural Resources
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
6 primary · 43 co-sponsors

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