Original post found at Alliance for a Clean Texas.
With the deadline for House bills to pass third reading last Friday at midnight, the 81st Session entered its final phase. The good news is that seven of ACT’s high priority bills have made it to the last two weeks of the session. Here’s a run-down of the bills’ current status:
SB 545 Fraser — Passed the Senate; currently in House Committee on Energy Resources
SB 541 Watson — Passed the Senate; currently in House Committee on State Affairs
SB 546 Fraser — Passed both Senate and House
HB 280 Anchia — SB 546 is companion (HB 280 made it through House)
SB 16 Averitt — Passed the Senate; committee substitute adopted by House Committee on Environmental Regulation (5/18).
HB 1553 Burnam — Left pending in House Calendars Committee (no longer moving)
SB 184 Watson — Passed Senate; in House Committee on Environmental Regulation
HB 821 Leibowitz — Passed House; in Senate Committee on Business and Commerce
HB 300 Isett — Passed House; in Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security