Legislators continued to file bills for the 86th Texas Legislative Session. Bills of note pertain to state park funding, public comment, greenhouse gas emissions, concrete batch plants, air quality permits, and single-use plastic bags.
Recently filed bills relate to local government prohibitions or restrictions on the sale or use of a container or package, legislation relating to water quality protection areas, and legislation relating to the regulation by certain municipalities of disposable plastic bag use.
Bills relating to the repeal of permit requirements for intrastate shipment of bees, a restriction on permits authorizing direct discharges of waste or pollutants into water in certain areas of the Edwards Aquifer, and a bill to the establish Texas Environmental Justice Advisory Council, and the creation of a global climate change commission.