Monitoring the Session

HB 2179

five East Texas counties join the emissions reduction plan

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Joanne ShofnerRHouse 11

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 the addition of certain counties to the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Sabine and Shelby.

The bill adds five East Texas counties (Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Sabine and Shelby) to the list of affected counties under the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan law. It touches people, businesses and local governments in those five counties, along with the state program that serves affected counties. Starting September 1, 2025, those counties count as affected counties under the plan, the same as the counties already on the list.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Jan 28, 2025 and referred to the House Environmental Regulation committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2179 · 2025-01-28

SOLD BY

Rep. Joanne ShofnerRHouse 11

ITEM

relating to the addition of certain counties to the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan.

WHAT IT DOES

Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Sabine and Shelby.

The bill adds five East Texas counties (Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Sabine and Shelby) to the list of affected counties under the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan law. It touches people, businesses and local governments in those five counties, along with the state program that serves affected counties. Starting September 1, 2025, those counties count as affected counties under the plan, the same as the counties already on the list.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Environmental Regulation
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Joanne Shofner

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$20KMontgomery Bennett$15,000Bill Patton$11,000

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 · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$20,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 8, 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: 101007132, 101027774, 101071421.

Montgomery Bennett$15,000.00
Bill Patton$11,000.00
Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 8, 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: 101007132, 101027774, 101071421.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

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 Jan 28, 2025

03/14/2025 H Referred to Environmental Regulation: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

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

Subjects

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY

NEWTON COUNTY (GY145)

PANOLA COUNTY

SABINE COUNTY (GA4RY)

SHELBY COUNTY (G60NQ)

Environment--Air

Transportation--Miscellaneous

VEHICLE EMISSIONS

Text

The text as introduced · 171 words

89R9572 JRR-D

By: Shofner
H.B. No. 2179

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the addition of certain counties to the Texas Emissions

Reduction Plan.

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

SECTION 1. Section 386.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(2) "Affected county" includes:

(A) Bastrop County;

(B) Bexar County;

(C) Caldwell County;

(D) Comal County;

(E) Ellis County;

(F) Gregg County;

(G) Guadalupe County;

(H) Harrison County;

(I) Hays County;

(J) Henderson County;

(K) Hood County;

(L) Hunt County;

(M) Johnson County;

(N) Kaufman County;

(N-1) Nacogdoches County;

(N-2) Newton County;

(O) Nueces County;

(O-1) Panola County;

(P) Parker County;

(Q) Rockwall County;

(R) Rusk County;

(R-1) Sabine County;

(S) San Patricio County;

(S-1) Shelby County;

(T) Smith County;

(U) Travis County;

(V) Upshur County;

(W) Williamson County;

(X) Wilson County; and

(Y) any other county designated as an affected

county by commission rule because of deteriorating air quality.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.