Katrina Pierson, Texas State Representative of 33rd District | https://www.facebook.com/KatrinaForTexas/
Katrina Pierson, Texas State Representative of 33rd District | https://www.facebook.com/KatrinaForTexas/
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the consideration of the provision of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency services by a commissioners court or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality when determining whether to grant or deny a petition for the creation of certain conservation and reclamation 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 to establish requirements for petitions requesting the creation of conservation and reclamation districts, specifically water control and improvement districts, freshwater supply districts, and municipal utility districts. It mandates that such petitions include plans for law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency services, as well as roads designed to accommodate fire truck turnarounds, if located outside a municipality's boundaries. The bill requires commissioners courts and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to evaluate these provisions when determining whether to approve the creation of a district, ensuring public benefit, necessity, and feasibility. The new guidelines apply to petitions filed on or after the bill's effective date, which is either immediate upon receiving the necessary legislative votes or September 1, 2025.
Katrina Pierson, member of the House Committee on S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health, proposed another seven bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Pierson graduated from Kilgore College in 2003 with an AS and again in 2006 from the University of Texas at Dallas with a BS.
Katrina Pierson is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 33rd House district. She replaced previous state representative Justin Holland 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 4060 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a peace officer employed by the taxing unit |
| HB 4036 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to liability limits in a health care liability claim |
| HB 3971 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to renaming the Sunset Advisory Commission the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and to the duties of that department |
| HB 3878 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to the authority of a physician to provide and dispense and to delegate authority to provide and dispense certain drugs |
| HB 3814 | 03/26/2025 | Relating to health benefit plan coverage for perimenopause and menopause medications |
| HB 3253 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the rural constable's office salary assistance grant program |
| HB 1076 | 03/07/2025 | Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee |
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