Monitoring the Session

HB 3925

bill opens standard air permits to contested case hearings

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 contested case hearings on the issuance, renewal, or revocation of authorizations to use certain standard air quality permits.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Nearby residents can ask for a trial-style hearing. These used to be exempt.

The bill lets a person ask for a formal contested case hearing when the state issues, renews, or revokes permission for a facility to operate under a standard air quality permit. It touches facilities that use standard air permits, the state environmental agency that grants them, and nearby residents or others who claim the decision breaks the state Clean Air Act chapter. Starting with applications filed on or after September 1, 2025, these authorizations can be challenged in a trial-style administrative hearing instead of being exempt from that process.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 6, 2025 and referred to the House Environmental Regulation committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3925 · 2025-03-06

SOLD BY

Rep. Ron ReynoldsDHouse 27

ITEM

relating to contested case hearings on the issuance, renewal, or revocation of authorizations to use certain standard air quality permits.

WHAT IT DOES

Nearby residents can ask for a trial-style hearing. These used to be exempt.

The bill lets a person ask for a formal contested case hearing when the state issues, renews, or revokes permission for a facility to operate under a standard air quality permit. It touches facilities that use standard air permits, the state environmental agency that grants them, and nearby residents or others who claim the decision breaks the state Clean Air Act chapter. Starting with applications filed on or after September 1, 2025, these authorizations can be challenged in a trial-style administrative hearing instead of being exempt from that process.

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

DATA CENTERS, WATER AND THE GRID

THE TEXT

“A person may request a contested case hearing on the issuance, renewal, or revocation of an authorization to use a standard permit”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill opens standard air permit authorizations, which can cover power and industrial facilities, to formal hearing challenges before they take effect.

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 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 Mar 6, 2025

03/27/2025 H Referred to Environmental Regulation: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

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

Companion

SB 279 by Miles (very similar)

Subjects

Environment--Air

PERMITS

Text

The text as introduced · 277 words

By: Reynolds
H.B. No. 3925

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to contested case hearings on the issuance, renewal, or

revocation of authorizations to use certain standard air quality

permits.

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

SECTION 1. Section 382.05195, Health and Safety Code, is

amended by amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (g-1) to

read as follows:

(g) Except as provided by Subsection (g-1), the [ The ]

adoption or amendment of a standard permit or the issuance,

renewal, or revocation of an authorization to use a standard permit

is not subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(g-1) A person may request a contested case hearing on the

issuance, renewal, or revocation of an authorization to use a

standard permit if the person alleges that the issuance, renewal,

or revocation is in conflict with a provision of this chapter. A

contested case hearing under this subsection is subject to the

requirements of Subchapters C through G, Chapter 2001, Government

Code, and Section 5.556, Water Code.

SECTION 2. Section 382.05195(g-1), Health and Safety Code,

as added by this Act, applies only to the issuance, renewal, or

revocation of an authorization to use a standard permit the

application for which is filed on or after the effective date of

this Act. The issuance, renewal, or revocation of an authorization

to use a standard permit the application for which was filed before

the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at

the time the application was filed, and the former law is continued

in effect for that purpose.

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