84th Texas Legislature Regular Session update November 18, 2014

The CEC will be providing updates about activities in the Texas Legislature that are related to the environment. Please let us know if you are particularly interested in an legislation, and we’ll keep a special eye out for it. Over the next several months, we will also be providing guest commentary about various pieces of legislation.

We’ll be collecting our updates at cechouston.org/category/texas-legislature/.

Significant dates for the legislature:

• January 13, 2015: First day of legislative session begins at noon
• March 13, 2015: Deadline for filing most bills
• June 1, 2015: Last day of regular session
• June 21, 2015: Last day the governor can sign or veto bills passed during the regular legislative session
• November 3, 2014: Uniform Election Date