HB 573: bill letting legislators request surprise concrete batch plant inspections

Caption

relating to a request by a member of the legislature for an unannounced inspection of a concrete batch plant by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Takes a written complaint from a constituent in the district.

The bill lets a Texas legislator ask the state environmental agency to make a surprise inspection of a concrete batch plant when a constituent who lives in the district, and who could be affected by the plant, sends the legislator a written complaint. It touches concrete plants holding state air permits, nearby residents, legislators, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The agency must prioritize these requests, keep a file on each one, and send the legislator and the resident its complaint policies and notices, but it can still say no, as long as it explains why within 90 days.

Labels

Labels: ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 1 Republican, 4 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 10, 2025. Died in the Senate: received, never referred to a committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB573 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Armando WalleDHouse 140

Rep. Charlie GerenRHouse 99

Rep. Nicole CollierDHouse 95

+ 2 more authors

ITEM

relating to a request by a member of the legislature for an unannounced inspection of a concrete batch plant by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

WHAT IT DOES

Takes a written complaint from a constituent in the district.

The bill lets a Texas legislator ask the state environmental agency to make a surprise inspection of a concrete batch plant when a constituent who lives in the district, and who could be affected by the plant, sends the legislator a written complaint. It touches concrete plants holding state air permits, nearby residents, legislators, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The agency must prioritize these requests, keep a file on each one, and send the legislator and the resident its complaint policies and notices, but it can still say no, as long as it explains why within 90 days.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 23, 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

Nov 12, 2024Filed
Mar 3, 2025Read first time
Mar 3, 2025Referred to Environmental Regulation
Apr 3, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 3, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 3, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 3, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 3, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 17, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 17, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 17, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
Apr 30, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 30, 2025Committee report distributed
May 1, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 7, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 9, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
May 9, 2025Read 2nd time
May 9, 2025Passed to engrossment
May 9, 2025Record vote RV#1973
May 9, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 10, 2025Read 3rd time
May 10, 2025Passed
May 10, 2025Record vote RV#2052
May 10, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 10, 2025Reported engrossed
May 12, 2025Received from the House

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 94 yea · 37 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 10, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Armando Walle

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$43K Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$18K Border Health PAC$10K

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 4, 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$42,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$42,500.00

Cash: $42,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $42,500.00

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 19, 2024 to Sep 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101027868, 101056902, 101071964.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$17,500.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$17,500.00

Cash: $17,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $17,500.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Sep 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101056902, 101071964.

Border Health PAC$10,000.00

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 15, 2025. 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: 101027868.

Money

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

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$42,500.00

Cash: $42,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $42,500.00

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 19, 2024 to Sep 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101027868, 101056902, 101071964.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$17,500.00

Cash: $17,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $17,500.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Sep 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101056902, 101071964.

×

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 15, 2025. 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: 101027868.

Votes2

House May 10, 2025

Yea: 94
Nay: 37
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 0
Excused: 17

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 2052

HB 573 was passed by (Record 2052): 94 Yeas, 37 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 94 (published)
Nay: 37 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 17 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 9, 2025

Yea: 102
Nay: 40
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 0
Excused: 6

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1973

CSHB 573 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1973): 102 Yeas, 40 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 102 (published)
Nay: 40 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 6 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses7

For: 5
Against: 0
On: 2

Names

For

City of Houston1 registration
Harris County Commissioners Court1 registration
Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club1 registration
Public Citizen1 registration
Self1 registration

On

Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association1 registration
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality1 registration

Sources

7 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 23, 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 12, 2024

05/12/2025 S Received from the House

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

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

House committee · Environmental Regulation · Committee vote 6 aye, 0 nay, 3 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Environment--Air

Legislature

CEMENT & CONCRETE

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, TEXAS COMMISSION ON

Text

The text as introduced · 309 words

89R2899 KRM-D

By: Walle
H.B. No. 573

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a request by a member of the legislature for an

unannounced inspection of a concrete batch plant by the Texas

Commission on Environmental Quality.

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

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

Code, is amended by adding Section 382.070 to read as follows:

Sec. 382.070. LEGISLATOR REQUEST FOR INSPECTION OF CERTAIN

CONCRETE PLANTS. (a) This section applies only to a concrete plant

that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central mixing

operating under a permit issued under this chapter.

(b) A member of the legislature may request that the

commission conduct an unannounced inspection of a concrete plant on

behalf of a person who:

(1) permanently resides in the member's district;

(2) qualifies as a person who may be affected under

Section 382.058(c); and

(3) submits a written complaint to the member.

(c) The commission shall prioritize responding to a request

filed by a member of the legislature under this section.

(d) The commission shall maintain a file on the request in

the manner provided by Section 5.176(a), Water Code. Section

5.176(c), Water Code, applies to a request filed under this

section.

(e) The commission shall provide to the member of the

legislature and the person who submitted the complaint to the

member:

(1) the policies and procedures described by Section

5.177(a), Water Code; and

(2) the notice described by Section 5.177(b), Water

Code.

(f) If the commission denies a request for an unannounced

inspection, the commission shall provide an explanation of the

reason the request was denied to the member of the legislature and

the person who submitted the complaint not later than the 90th day

after the request was filed.

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

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

Border Health PAC

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

Border Health PAC

House May 10, 2025

House May 9, 2025

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