The document summarizes updates from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). It discusses legislative outcomes from the 2023 session including bills related to data modernization, the TWDB sunset bill, and TexMesonet funding. It also outlines TWDB's exceptional item requests to the legislature for funding related to water data, groundwater monitoring, and TexMesonet, and the amounts that were approved. Finally, it provides information on groundwater availability model releases and updates in progress, guidelines for model amendment requests and brackish aquifer characterization projects, and potential future research projects.