Monitoring the SessionSB 885
Died in committee
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relating to who may request a public hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant.
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Up from 440. Permanent residence no longer required.
The bill widens who can ask the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a public hearing on a proposed concrete plant permit, doubling the distance from 440 to 880 yards and dropping the rule that a resident must live in a permanent residence. It also lets representatives of schools, places of worship, licensed day-care centers, hospitals, nursing facilities and medical facilities within that distance request a hearing, and it orders the commission to write rules on who counts as a representative. The change covers only permit applications filed after those rules take effect, so more nearby people and institutions get a say on new concrete plants from then on.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 1175 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 1175 (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 Jan 23, 2025 and referred to the Senate Natural Resources committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB885 · 2025-01-23
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relating to who may request a public hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant.
Up from 440. Permanent residence no longer required.
The bill widens who can ask the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a public hearing on a proposed concrete plant permit, doubling the distance from 440 to 880 yards and dropping the rule that a resident must live in a permanent residence. It also lets representatives of schools, places of worship, licensed day-care centers, hospitals, nursing facilities and medical facilities within that distance request a hearing, and it orders the commission to write rules on who counts as a representative. The change covers only permit applications filed after those rules take effect, so more nearby people and institutions get a say on new concrete plants from then on.
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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 Sen. Eckhardt, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 9, 2023: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Relating to who may request a public hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Jan 23, 2025
02/13/2025 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 1726 by Collier (similar)
HB 3043 by Walle (similar)
Environment--Air
CEMENT & CONCRETE
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, TEXAS COMMISSION ON
The text as introduced · 322 words
89R4432 KRM-F By: Eckhardt, et al. S.B. No. 885 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to who may request a public hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 382.058(c), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) For purposes of this section, only a representative of a school, place of worship, licensed day-care center, hospital, nursing facility, or medical facility or a person [ those persons actually ] residing [ in a permanent residence ] within 880 [ 440 ] yards of the proposed plant may request a hearing under Section 382.056 as a person who may be affected. The commission shall adopt rules establishing who qualifies as a representative of a school, place of worship, licensed day-care center, hospital, nursing facility, or medical facility under this section. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a hearing regarding an application for a permit that is submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of the rules described by Section 382.058(c), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act. A hearing regarding an application for a permit that was submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before the effective date of the rules described by Section 382.058(c), Health and Safety Code, as amended by 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 immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
