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Thirteen Days – May 19

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

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.

Posted in 2009 ACT Legislative Recommendations, Clean Air, Climate Change, Daily Update, Electronic Waste Recycling, Energy efficiency, HB 1553, HB 280, HB 821, House Committee on Energy Resources, SB 16, SB 184, SB 541, SB 545, SB 546, Senate Committee on Business and Commerce | No Comments »

Important Bills on House Calendar Today – May 14

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Great news! Yesterday, two of ACT’s high priotity bills made it to second reading in the House. (Given the fact the House made it through 7 pages of a 24-page calendar, this truly is great news.) HB 821, Rep Leibowitz’s producer takeback television recycling bill, passed to engrossment. This bill addresses ACT’s top priority for electronic waste recycling this year. We’ve posted the press release from Robin Schneider of the Texas Campaign for the Environment (and ACT e-waste team leader) with details about the bill.

HB 280 also came up for second reading, but Rep. Anchia requested that it be postponed until 9:00 today, when it can be considered at the same time as SB 546, Sen. Fraser’s energy efficiency goal legislation.

Several other bills that address ACT legislative recommendations were on yesterday’s calendar, but most of them were not heard and move on to today’s calendar. The exception was HB 2783; Rep. Anchia’s energy efficiency standards for building codes bill (which is the House companion to a section of SB 16), passed to third reading.

Here are the bills ACT will track today:

Energy Efficiency:

HB 280 Anchia Relating to energy efficiency goals and programs and demand reduction targets; creating an office of energy efficiency deployment in the state energy conservation office.
HB 2210 Anchia Relating to efficiency standards for certain appliances; providing a civil penalty.

Renewable Energy:

HB 1391
 Strama Relating to the promotion and use of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements; authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds.

Clean Air:

HB 4208
 Patrick, Diane Relating to idling the diesel engine of a school bus while the bus is parked at a public school or school event.

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