Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) in Article VI, following the appropriations to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (page VI-27), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider and renumbering subsequent riders accordingly:

____.  Release of Water Quality Studies on Salinity. Out of existing appropriations, by September 1, 2026, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall publish on an Internet website a report on the results of long-term studies conducted between 2003 and 2025 by the commission and other state agencies of estuarine salinity gradients. The report should assess, based on available information from stakeholders and the studies, the effects of additional wastewater loading, desalination, and changes in hydrological conditions and rainfall on estuarine salinity gradients and estuarine dependent wildlife.