Monitoring the Session

HB 448

air monitors near coal plants next to big counties

Filed

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Suleman LalaniDHouse 76

Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade

Caption

relating to monitoring air contaminant emissions in certain counties.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

One monitor per plant, readings posted live, starting September 1, 2027.

The bill requires the state environmental agency to install and run at least one air quality monitor in each county that borders a county of 3.3 million or more people and also has a coal-fired power plant. It touches the agency, the coal plants in those counties, and the people living nearby, with at least one monitor placed near each such plant and tracking ozone, fine particulate matter and sulfur dioxide. The readings must be posted live on the agency's website and folded into its yearly monitoring plan starting September 1, 2027.

Labels

Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 89R HB 826 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.

Receipt

The receipt

90R-HB448 · 2026-11-09

SOLD BY

Rep. Suleman LalaniDHouse 76

ITEM

relating to monitoring air contaminant emissions in certain counties.

WHAT IT DOES

One monitor per plant, readings posted live, starting September 1, 2027.

The bill requires the state environmental agency to install and run at least one air quality monitor in each county that borders a county of 3.3 million or more people and also has a coal-fired power plant. It touches the agency, the coal plants in those counties, and the people living nearby, with at least one monitor placed near each such plant and tracking ozone, fine particulate matter and sulfur dioxide. The readings must be posted live on the agency's website and folded into its yearly monitoring plan starting September 1, 2027.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Suleman Lalani

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$38KTexas House Democratic Campaign Committee$12KTSA 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 · Oct 28, 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$37,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$37,500.00

Cash
$37,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$37,500.00

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 · Dec 10, 2024 to Aug 31, 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: 100987680, 101007262, 101030846, 101036309, 101069420.

Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee$11,569.08

Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee

$11,569.08

Cash
$7,000.00
Paid by others
$4,569.08
Total
$11,569.08
Other filed descriptions $4,569.08

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 · Feb 3, 2026 to Jun 2, 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: 101040256, 101061992.

TSA PAC$10,000.00

TSA PAC

$10,000.00

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

Also funds 15 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 1, 2024 to Oct 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 23, 2025 to Oct 10, 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: 101030846, 101072241.

Money

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

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Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$37,500.00

Cash
$37,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$37,500.00

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 · Dec 10, 2024 to Aug 31, 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: 100987680, 101007262, 101030846, 101036309, 101069420.

×

Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee

$11,569.08

Cash
$7,000.00
Paid by others
$4,569.08
Total
$11,569.08
Other filed descriptions $4,569.08

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 · Feb 3, 2026 to Jun 2, 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: 101040256, 101061992.

×

TSA PAC

$10,000.00

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

Also funds 15 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 1, 2024 to Oct 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 23, 2025 to Oct 10, 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: 101030846, 101072241.

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 a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.

89R HB 826

by Rep. Lalani, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 5, 2025: Referred to Environmental Regulation

Relating to monitoring air contaminant emissions in certain counties.

Caption, 89R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026

11/09/2026 H Filed

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Subjects

Environment--Air

Text

The text as introduced · 253 words

90R3900 CMO-D

By: Lalani
H.B. No. 448

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to monitoring air contaminant emissions in certain

counties.

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

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

Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0162 to read as follows:

Sec. 382.0162. MONITORING OF AIR CONTAMINANTS IN CERTAIN

COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county that:

(1) is adjacent to a county with a population of 3.3

million or more; and

(2) contains a coal-fired electric generating

facility.

(b) The commission shall install and maintain at least one

air quality monitor in each county described by Subsection (a). The

monitors required under this section must:

(1) meet federal reference method or federal

equivalent method criteria approved by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency;

(2) be operated in accordance with 40 C.F.R. Part 53;

and

(3) at a minimum, monitor:

(A) ozone;

(B) respirable particulate matter with a

diameter of less than 2.5 microns; and

(C) sulfur dioxide.

(c) At least one monitor must be located near each

coal-fired electric generating facility located in each county

described by Subsection (a).

(d) The commission shall make available in real time on its

Internet website data collected from a monitor required under this

section.

(e) The commission shall include each monitor installed

under this section in the commission's annual monitoring network

plan for each of the pollutants listed in Subsection (b)(3).

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.