Monitoring the Session

HB 1341

bill makes TCEQ set hydrogen sulfide limits

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Ron ReynoldsDHouse 27

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to establishment of maximum allowable ground level concentrations of hydrogen sulfide by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

The limits get rechecked against new health studies at least every five years.

The bill orders the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to set, by rule, maximum ground level limits for hydrogen sulfide gas and to recheck those limits against new health studies at least every five years. It touches anyone running a source that releases hydrogen sulfide, and it caps their net ground level concentration at 0.04 parts per million over 30 minutes where the gas reaches homes, recreation areas or businesses, and 0.06 where it reaches only other land. Violations must be classified as major-significance violations under the agency's enforcement rules, and the commission has until September 1, 2026, to adopt the rules.

Labels

Labels: PENDING FOREVER. Heard by the House Environmental Regulation committee on May 9, 2025 and left pending. Never voted out. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1341 · 2024-11-14

SOLD BY

Rep. Ron ReynoldsDHouse 27

ITEM

relating to establishment of maximum allowable ground level concentrations of hydrogen sulfide by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

WHAT IT DOES

The limits get rechecked against new health studies at least every five years.

The bill orders the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to set, by rule, maximum ground level limits for hydrogen sulfide gas and to recheck those limits against new health studies at least every five years. It touches anyone running a source that releases hydrogen sulfide, and it caps their net ground level concentration at 0.04 parts per million over 30 minutes where the gas reaches homes, recreation areas or businesses, and 0.06 where it reaches only other land. Violations must be classified as major-significance violations under the agency's enforcement rules, and the commission has until September 1, 2026, to adopt the rules.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 7, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Environmental Regulation
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Ron Reynolds

Donors

Texas Sands PAC$30KTexas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$25KTexas House Democratic Campaign Committee$7K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Sands PAC$30,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$30,000.00

Cash
$30,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$30,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 5, 2024 to Feb 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100982635, 101040208.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$25,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$25,000.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$25,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 27, 2024 to Jan 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100982635, 101028685, 101035822.

Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee$7,000.00

Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee

$7,000.00

Cash
$7,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$7,000.00

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Apr 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101057584.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$30,000.00

Cash
$30,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$30,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 5, 2024 to Feb 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100982635, 101040208.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$25,000.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$25,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 27, 2024 to Jan 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100982635, 101028685, 101035822.

×

Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee

$7,000.00

Cash
$7,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$7,000.00

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Apr 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101057584.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 7, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 14, 2024

05/09/2025 H Left pending in committee

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Environmental Regulation · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

SB 2350 by Alvarado (identical)

Subjects

Environment--Air

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, TEXAS COMMISSION ON

Text

The text as introduced · 316 words

89R4563 CMO-D

By: Reynolds
H.B. No. 1341

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to establishment of maximum allowable ground level

concentrations of hydrogen sulfide by the Texas Commission on

Environmental Quality.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety

Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0217 to read as follows:

Sec. 382.0217. MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE GROUND LEVEL

CONCENTRATIONS OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE. (a) To protect public health,

the commission shall:

(1) by rule establish maximum allowable ground level

concentrations of hydrogen sulfide; and

(2) subject to Subsection (b), review the latest

health studies regarding hydrogen sulfide emissions and reevaluate

the maximum allowable concentrations at least once every five

years.

(b) In establishing the maximum allowable concentrations,

the commission:

(1) may establish different concentrations based on

whether an area is used for residential, recreational, business,

commercial, or agricultural purposes; and

(2) may not allow any person to cause or allow

emissions of hydrogen sulfide from a source or sources operated on a

property or multiple sources operated on contiguous properties to

exceed a net ground level concentration of:

(A) 0.04 parts per million averaged over any

30-minute period if the downwind concentration of hydrogen sulfide

affects a property used for residential, recreational, business, or

commercial purposes; or

(B) 0.06 parts per million averaged over any

30-minute period if the downwind concentration of hydrogen sulfide

affects only property used for purposes other than residential,

recreational, business, or commercial purposes.

(c) The commission by rule shall classify a violation of the

allowable ground level concentrations established by this section

as having major significance under Section 5.754, Water Code.

SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2026, the Texas

Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules required by

Section 382.0217, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.