HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Environmental Regulation 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Thursday, March 30, 2023 

PLACE:       E2.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. Brooks Landgraf 

HB 26          Ordaz
Relating to the permitting of medical waste facilities by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 692         Rogers | et al.                                        
Relating to the authorization for certain land applications and disposal of dairy waste.

HB 1503        González, Mary                                         
Relating to the establishment of a grant program to support the elimination of illegally disposed of scrap tires.

HB 1598        Darby                                                 
Relating to local government and other political subdivision regulation of certain solid waste facilities.

HB 2211        Landgraf                                              
Relating to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in this state and the express preemption of local regulation of those emissions.

HB 2214        Landgraf                                              
Relating to the allocation of Texas Emissions Reduction Plan funds.

HB 2222        Lozano                                                
Relating to certain eligibility requirements for grants under the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program.

HB 3015        Kuempel                                               
Relating to solid waste management contracts

HB 3060        Thompson, Ed                                          
Relating to the regulation of recycling and recycled products.

HB 3100        Landgraf                                              
Relating to the creation of a hydrogen infrastructure and vehicle grant program under the Texas emissions reduction plan.

HB 3128        Kitzman                                               
Relating to the regulation of on-site sewage disposal systems, including requiring a license for on-site sewage disposal system pumping technicians.

HB 3855        Morales Shaw                                          
Relating to projects that may be considered for a grant under the new technology implementation grant program administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 4489        Harris, Cody                                          
Relating to complaints regarding odors emanating from poultry facilities.

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