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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Sets Strict Limits on Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions and Mandates Regular Health Reviews
Last action · May 9, 2025: Left pending in committeeSponsor: Ron Reynolds
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to establishment of maximum allowable ground level concentrations of hydrogen sulfide by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Residents near industrial or agricultural operations gain enforceable air quality limits, with maximum allowable concentrations capped at 0.04 for residential areas and 0.06 parts per million for other properties over 30 minutes.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Residents near emission sources
Downwind properties are protected by newly established maximum allowable ground level concentrations of hydrogen sulfide.
Emission source operators
Operators are prohibited from causing emissions that exceed specified parts per million thresholds and face major violation classifications for non-compliance.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
The agency is required to establish rules, review health studies every five years, and classify violations under the Water Code.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the maximum allowable hydrogen sulfide concentration for residential areas?
When does the commission have to adopt the rules?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- May 9, 2025HouseLeft pending in committee
- May 9, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- May 9, 2025HouseConsidered in public hearing
- May 8, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Environmental Regulation
- Mar 10, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
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- Nov 14, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Mandatory Regular Health Reviews
The bill introduces a statutory requirement for the environmental commission to reevaluate hydrogen sulfide limits at least every five years based on new health studies.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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