System updates will be applied on February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM. These updates will include changes to the user interface. Work is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete, during which the site will be unavailable.

	
Amend CSHB 2877 by adding a new SECTION 6 to read as follows 
and renumbering the following SECTIONS appropriately:
	SECTION 6.  Section 7.141, Water Code, is amended by adding 
Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows:
(2-a) "Dispose of" means to discharge, deposit, 
inject, dump, spill, leak, or place solid waste, hazardous waste, 
medical waste, used oil, low-level radioactive waste, or a 
lead-acid battery, whether containerized or uncontainerized, into 
or on land or water so that the solid waste, hazardous waste, 
medical waste, used oil, low-level radioactive waste, lead-acid 
battery, or any constituent thereof may be emitted into the air, 
discharged into surface water or groundwater, or introduced into 
the environment in any other manner.  The term does not include 
passive migration, continuous release, seepage, or other movement 
that occurs:
(A)  after the substance is initially disposed 
of; and                 
(B)  without human initiation or assistance.