Texas - HB788 - 2013

Relating to permitting of greenhouse gas emissions by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; limiting the amount of a fee.

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Added On: 03-30-2013
Updated On: 06-14-2013
Status: Enacted
Primary Sponsors: Juan Hinojosa (Democratic), Ron Reynolds (Democratic), Wayne Smith (Republican)





Companion Bills (1)

Actions (67)

  • 01-29-2013 - Filed
  • 02-18-2013 - Referred to Environmental Regulation
  • 02-18-2013 - Read first time
  • 03-19-2013 - Left pending in committee
  • 03-19-2013 - Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 03-19-2013 - Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 03-19-2013 - Considered in public hearing
  • 03-19-2013 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 03-26-2013 - Reported favorably as substituted
  • 03-26-2013 - Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 03-26-2013 - Vote reconsidered in committee
  • 03-26-2013 - Considered in public hearing
  • 04-02-2013 - Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 04-03-2013 - Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 04-03-2013 - Committee report distributed
  • 04-04-2013 - Corrected comm. report distributed
  • 04-04-2013 - Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
  • 04-05-2013 - Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
  • 04-08-2013 - Considered in Calendars
  • 04-18-2013 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 04-18-2013 - Record vote
  • 04-18-2013 - Passed to engrossment
  • 04-18-2013 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 04-18-2013 - Record vote
  • 04-18-2013 - Amendment fails of adoption
  • 04-18-2013 - Amendment withdrawn
  • 04-18-2013 - Read 2nd time
  • 04-18-2013 - Placed on General State Calendar
  • 04-19-2013 - Reported engrossed
  • 04-19-2013 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 04-19-2013 - Record vote
  • 04-19-2013 - Passed
  • 04-19-2013 - Read 3rd time
  • 04-22-2013 - Referred to Natural Resources
  • 04-22-2013 - Read first time
  • 04-22-2013 - Received from the House
  • 04-30-2013 - Left pending in committee
  • 04-30-2013 - Testimony taken in committee
  • 04-30-2013 - Considered in public hearing
  • 04-30-2013 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 05-07-2013 - Considered in public hearing
  • 05-09-2013 - Committee report printed and distributed
  • 05-09-2013 - Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 05-09-2013 - Reported favorably as substituted
  • 05-17-2013 - Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
  • 05-17-2013 - Senate Amendments distributed
  • 05-17-2013 - Senate passage as amended reported
  • 05-17-2013 - Record vote
  • 05-17-2013 - Passed
  • 05-17-2013 - Read 3rd time
  • 05-17-2013 - Record vote
  • 05-17-2013 - Three day rule suspended
  • 05-17-2013 - Vote recorded in Journal
  • 05-17-2013 - Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  • 05-17-2013 - Laid before the Senate
  • 05-17-2013 - Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  • 05-20-2013 - House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
  • 05-20-2013 - Reported enrolled
  • 05-20-2013 - Text of Senate Amendment(s)
  • 05-20-2013 - House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
  • 05-20-2013 - Record vote
  • 05-20-2013 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 05-21-2013 - Signed in the House
  • 05-21-2013 - Signed in the Senate
  • 05-22-2013 - Sent to the Governor
  • 06-14-2013 - Signed by the Governor
  • 06-14-2013 - Effective immediately

Votes (3)

DateMotion (click for details)ChamberCommitteeYes
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No
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Other
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Passed
04-18-20132nd Reading Amendment 2 by Turner, ChrisHouse509115no
04-18-2013HB 788Third Reading HouseHouse1192315yes
05-20-2013HB 788Third Reading HouseHouse13956yes

News (2)

Coming Soon to the TCEQ: Greenhouse Gas Permits? - StateImpact Texas
Published by stateimpact.npr.org
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:07:12 GMT

Mike Heim, a Texas oil and gas executive, previously told the House Natural Resources Committee that moving the permitting process to the TCEQ could bring millions of dollars to the state. ... Oil and gas executives testified Tuesday at a House Environmental Regulation Committee meeting in favor of a bill that could change that. The bill, HB 788, authored by Rep. Wayne Smith, R-Baytown, would have the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, take over and streamline the greenhouse gas permitting ...

Lege Lines: The Score
Published by austinchronicle.com
Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:06:26 GMT

How the 83rd did on water infrastructure, the budget, education, the environment, and transportation