The civic record
Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Water Development Board ordered to study flood-hazard placement standards for RVs and temporary structures
Last action · July 31, 2025: FiledSponsor: Lulu Flores
Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.
What This Bill Proposed
The Texas Water Development Board must conduct a study on safety standards for placing recreational vehicles and temporary dwellings in s, reporting its findings and legislative recommendations by January 1, 2027.
Prepares potential future regulations governing how and where mobile housing and recreational vehicles can be situated in flood-prone zones across the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Texas Water Development Board
The board is legally required to perform the study, consult with federal and state agencies, and submit a report with legislative recommendations.
Residents using recreational vehicles or temporary dwellings in flood hazard areas
May become subject to new placement and safety standards developed as a result of future legislation informed by this study.
Key Facts
You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the main goal of House Bill 237?
When is the final report due?
What else do you want to know?
News Coverage
Follow the record
Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Jul 31, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
View official text →Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Sponsors
Connected Entities
Sources
capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
Publisher tools