Jeffrey Barry, Texas State Representative of 29th district | www.votejeffbarry.com
Jeffrey Barry, Texas State Representative of 29th district | www.votejeffbarry.com
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to management plans adopted by groundwater conservation districts’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill amends the Water Code concerning management plans adopted by groundwater conservation districts in Texas. The revisions stipulate that these plans, including any amendments, must utilize the district's best available data and be submitted to the regional water planning group. The plans should outline the most recently approved desired future conditions and the corresponding amount of modeled available groundwater. A new requirement is added to amend a management plan before the second anniversary of adopting desired future conditions. Additionally, if a petition challenges the reasonableness of these conditions, the executive administrator can deem a plan administratively complete, provided it includes certain specified information. Changes in the procedures and timing for petitions will apply starting from the bill's effective date, Sept. 1, 2025.
Jeffrey Barry, member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, proposed another nine bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Barry graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1996 with a BS.
Jeffrey Barry is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 29th House district. He replaced previous state representative Ed Thompson in 2025.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 5575 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to publication of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee's annual report |
| HB 5574 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to the membership of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee |
| HB 5322 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas |
| HB 4657 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to establishing the Local Government Water Redevelopment Fund |
| HB 2962 | 03/31/2025 | Relating to an exemption from taxes imposed on the gross receipts of electricity sold to political subdivisions |
| HB 3608 | 03/25/2025 | Relating to the eligibility of municipal solid waste personnel for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program |
| HB 3569 | 03/25/2025 | Relating to certain contract refusals, terminations, and suspensions of licensed insurance agents by a property and casualty insurer |
| HB 3561 | 03/25/2025 | Relating to emergency services requirements for certain plots or tracts of land in the unincorporated area of certain counties |
| HB 1622 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to making permanent the limitation on increases in the appraised value of certain real property for ad valorem tax purposes |
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