Monitoring the SessionSB 2636
Died in committee
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
relating to the denial of certain applications for a permit or other authorization under the Texas Clean Air Act on the basis of certain adverse impacts.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Disproportionate impact on a nearby low-income population means denial.
The bill orders the state environmental commission to deny certain air permit applications when a facility's emissions would hit a nearby low-income population harder than other populations in the area. It covers new or modified facilities that go through new source review, and the commission must weigh the facility's own effect plus the combined effect with other existing or proposed facilities nearby. Starting with applications filed on or after September 1, 2025, a qualifying permit must be denied when the commission finds that disproportionate harm.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 4785 by Rep. Anchía (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 4785 by Rep. Anchía (Died in committee). 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.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 13, 2025 and referred to the Senate Natural Resources committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB2636 · 2025-03-13
relating to the denial of certain applications for a permit or other authorization under the Texas Clean Air Act on the basis of certain adverse impacts.
Disproportionate impact on a nearby low-income population means denial.
The bill orders the state environmental commission to deny certain air permit applications when a facility's emissions would hit a nearby low-income population harder than other populations in the area. It covers new or modified facilities that go through new source review, and the commission must weigh the facility's own effect plus the combined effect with other existing or proposed facilities nearby. Starting with applications filed on or after September 1, 2025, a qualifying permit must be denied when the commission finds that disproportionate harm.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 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.
$129,500.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 27, 2024 to May 12, 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: 100990378, 101033698, 101040111, 101052272.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$129,500.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 27, 2024 to May 12, 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: 100990378, 101033698, 101040111, 101052272.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Anchía, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 4, 2023: Left pending in committee
Relating to the denial of certain applications for a permit or other authorization under the Texas Clean Air Act on the basis of adverse environmental justice impacts.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Mar 13, 2025
04/03/2025 S Referred to Natural Resources
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Natural Resources · Final status: Died in committee
HB 2722 by Anchía (identical)
Environment--Air
PERMITS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, TEXAS COMMISSION ON
The text as introduced · 293 words
89R8348 JRR-D By: Johnson S.B. No. 2636 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the denial of certain applications for a permit or other authorization under the Texas Clean Air Act on the basis of certain adverse impacts. 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 382.0595 to read as follows: Sec. 382.0595. DENIAL OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR PERMIT OR OTHER AUTHORIZATION ON BASIS OF CERTAIN ADVERSE IMPACTS. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall deny an application for a permit or other authorization under this chapter that is subject to new source review if the commission determines that emissions from the facility that is the subject of the application will have a disproportionately adverse effect on the health, property, or environment of a low-income population in the vicinity of the facility as compared to the effects of those emissions on other populations in the area. In making the determination, the commission shall consider the facility's individual effect and the overall cumulative effect of the facility on a low-income population in conjunction with other proposed or existing facilities in the area. SECTION 2. Section 382.0595, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an application for a permit or other authorization that is filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a permit or other authorization filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of the filing, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.