2025 bills / H.B. 85
H.B. 85 Environmental Permitting Modifications (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill requires the Division of Air Quality to create and publish guidance and rules on federal plantwide permit limits, review its permit-by-rule registration rules, and add at least five new source categories to that program. It also requires a report to a legislative committee on that review, sets a repeal date for those sections, and makes technical changes.
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Official description
- requires the Division of Air Quality (division) to:
- develop and publish guidance and rules related to federal plantwide applicability limitations
- review the division's rules related to permit by rule registration
- include at least five new categories of sources in the division's permit by rule program
- report to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee the results of the division's review of the permit by rule program
- adds a repeal date for the sections related to plantwide applicability limitations and permit by rule registration
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 24, 2025Who voted how
- 10 yes, 2 no, 2 absentHouse Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 24, 2025Who voted how
- 64 yes, 9 no, 2 absentFinal House vote · Feb 4, 2025Who voted how
- 2 yes, 1 no, 4 absentSenate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 17 yes, 4 no, 8 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how
- 23 yes, 1 no, 5 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 5, 2025Who voted how