House Committee on Environmental Regulation

Leadership

ChairBrooks Landgraf (R)House District 81 · OdessaVice ChairClaudia Ordaz (D)House District 79 · El Paso

Composition

Members

89th Legislature (2025), listed by role, then alphabetically

Rafael Anchía (D)House District 103 · DallasKeith Bell (R)House District 4 · ForneyBenjamin Bumgarner (R)House District 63 · Flower MoundPenny Morales Shaw (D)House District 148 · HoustonTom Oliverson (R)House District 130 · CypressRon Reynolds (D)House District 27 · Missouri CitySteve Toth (R)House District 15 · The Woodlands

Activity

89th Legislature (2025), regular session

Efficiency is the share of bills referred to the committee during the session that it reported out. Source: Texas Legislature Online committee reports.

Interim Charges

1. Monitoring. Monitor the implementation and associated rulemaking of all legislation passed by the Committee and enacted by the 89th Legislature, including the following:
   • HB 3866, relating to the installation and operation of intermediate bulk container recycling facilities;
   • HB 4413, relating to mass balance attribution of renewable biomass feedstocks used to produce renewable chemicals;
   • SB 763, relating to standard permits for certain concrete plants; and
   • SB 2037, relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal.
2. Improving the Regulatory Process. Study environmental regulations governing air, land, and water quality, waste disposal, and industrial development. Examine opportunities to streamline permitting processes, reduce unnecessary or duplicative regulatory requirements, and improve coordination among responsible agencies. Evaluate how current regulatory requirements affect economic development, infrastructure investment, and business operations across the state while ensuring environmental safeguards remain effective. Develop recommendations to improve regulatory processes, interagency coordination, and provide greater predictability for regulated entities.
3. Agency Oversight. Monitor the agencies under the Committee’s jurisdiction, including for fraud, waste, and abuse, where applicable. The jurisdiction of the Environmental Regulation Committee includes the following agencies:
   • Environmental matters that are regulated by the Department of State Health Services or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
   • Oversight of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as it relates to environmental regulation; and
   • The Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission.

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