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relating to the provision by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality to the pertinent state representative and state senator of
notice of certain administrative actions of the commission.
Penalty notices and settlement comment periods go to the local legislators.
The bill requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to notify the local state representative and state senator when it gives notice of a penalty or opens public comment on a proposed enforcement settlement. It touches the commission and the legislators who represent the area where an environmental violation occurred. Lawmakers will now get direct word of penalties and settlements in their districts, on top of the existing Texas Register publication.
Labels
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 813 (Vetoed) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 813 (Vetoed). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on May 1, 2025. Died in the House: never got out of the Environmental Regulation committee.
relating to the provision by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality to the pertinent state representative and state senator of
notice of certain administrative actions of the commission.
WHAT IT DOES
Penalty notices and settlement comment periods go to the local legislators.
The bill requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to notify the local state representative and state senator when it gives notice of a penalty or opens public comment on a proposed enforcement settlement. It touches the commission and the legislators who represent the area where an environmental violation occurred. Lawmakers will now get direct word of penalties and settlements in their districts, on top of the existing Texas Register publication.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
CSSB 2386 (Miles) Relating to providing notice to a state representative and senator of certain administrative actions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (viva voce vote) (30-1) "Nay" Sparks (30-1) "Nay" Sparks
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 30 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
CSSB 2386 (Miles) Relating to providing notice to a state representative and senator of certain administrative actions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (viva voce vote) (30-1) "Nay" Sparks (30-1) "Nay" Sparks
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 30 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to engrossment. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
CSSB 2386 (Miles) Relating to providing notice to a state representative and senator of certain administrative actions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (viva voce vote) (30-1) "Nay" Sparks (30-1) "Nay" Sparks
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses10
For
6
Against
2
On
2
Names
For
Conference of Urban Counties1 registration
Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance1 registration
Harris County Commissioners Court1 registration
Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club1 registration
Public Citizen1 registration
Self1 registration
Against
Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO)1 registration
Zachry Corporation1 registration
On
Texas Chemistry Council1 registration
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality1 registration
Sources
10 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.
Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.
State Agencies, Boards & Commissions--Admin. Procedure
PUBLIC NOTICE
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, TEXAS COMMISSION ON
Text
The text as introduced · 282 words
89R1999 MP-D
By: Miles
S.B. No. 2386
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality to the pertinent state representative and state senator of
notice of certain administrative actions of the commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.060, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 7.060. NOTICE OF PENALTY. If the commission is
required to give notice of a penalty under Section 7.057 or 7.059,
the commission shall :
(1) publish notice of its decision in the Texas
Register not later than the 10th day after the date on which the
decision is adopted ; and
(2) notify the state representative and state senator
who represent the area where the violation for which the penalty is
being assessed occurred .
SECTION 2. Section 7.075(a), Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) Before the commission approves an administrative order
or proposed agreement to settle an administrative enforcement
action initiated under this subchapter to which the commission is a
party, the commission shall :
(1) allow the public to comment in writing on the
proposed order or agreement ;
(2) publish notice [ . Notice ] of the opportunity to
comment on the proposed order or agreement [ shall be published ] in
the Texas Register not later than the 30th day before the date on
which the public comment period closes ; and
(3) notify the state representative and state senator
who represent the area in which the violation that is the subject of
the proposed order or agreement occurred .
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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