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HB3071 • 2025

Relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Geren
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed without the Governor's signature

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective immediately

  3. 2025-06-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  5. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  7. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    House adopts conference committee report

  8. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#4107

  9. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  11. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate adopts conference committee report

  12. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  14. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  15. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Conference committee report filed

  16. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  17. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate appoints conferees

  18. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  19. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  20. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  21. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House requests conference committee

  22. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House appoints conferees

  23. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House refuses to concur-reported

  24. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House requests conference committee-reported

  25. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House appoints conferees-reported

  26. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage as amended reported

  27. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments distributed

  28. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  29. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  30. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  31. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  32. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  33. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  34. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  36. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  37. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  38. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) submitted

  39. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  40. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  41. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  42. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  44. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  45. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  46. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  47. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  48. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Natural Resources

  49. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  50. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  51. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1798

  52. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  53. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  54. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  55. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  56. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  57. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Geren

  58. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  59. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1687

  60. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  61. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  62. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  63. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  64. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  65. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  66. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  67. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  68. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  69. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  70. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  71. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  72. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  73. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Environmental Regulation

  74. 2025-02-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 3071 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 3071

AN ACT

relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits

issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety

Code, is amended by adding Section 361.1201 to read as follows:

Sec.

361.1201.

CANCELLATION OF CERTAIN LANDFILL PERMITS.

(a) This section applies only to a facility that is located in:

(1)

a county with a population of more than 2.1

million; and

(2)

the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the county's

principal municipality with a population of more than 900,000.

(b)

The commission shall cancel a permit issued for a

municipal solid waste landfill facility if the facility has not

accepted waste for a period of 25 consecutive years.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3071 was passed by the House on May 8,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 9, 1 present, not

voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to

H.B. No. 3071 on May 28, 2025, and requested the appointment of a

conference committee to consider the differences between the two

houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report

on H.B. No. 3071 on May 31, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 101,

Nays 30, 2 present, not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3071 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays

1; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference

committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and

that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.

3071 on May 31, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

__________________

Governor