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Watershed outlines 2025 Texas legislation affecting Austin land‑use, ETJ and flood funding
Summary
Watershed Protection staff briefed the commission on several 2025 Texas bills that could affect Austin's land use, ETJ authority and flood‑response funding.
Watershed Protection staff presented an overview of bills the City monitored during the 2025 regular and special sessions and flagged those likely to affect Austin's flood, land‑use and water quality programs.
Kayla Champlin told the commission that Watershed monitored roughly 247 bills of department interest; about 30 ultimately became law. Major topics the department tracked included DEI‑related bills (five tracked, none passed), land‑use bills affecting lot size and residential by‑right conversions, bills to allow third‑party plan review (which would have limited city control over floodplain and water‑quality approvals),…
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