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 |
ACT will continue to follow these bills and post updates on their progress. To receive action alerts from ACT, please sign up for our email list. And to follow bill progress in real-time, sign up to follow ACT on Twitter.
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2011 ACT Legislative Agenda
ACT's 2011 Legislative Agenda is now available online. In 2011, ACT calls on the Texas Legislature to safeguard our health and our environment by adopting key recommendations in air, clean energy, land, waste & recycling, water and reform of our state government.
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