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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of an open burn pit registry for certain service members and veterans."
+description: "Relating to the creation of an open burn pit registry for certain service members and veterans."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 306"
+citation: "Texas HB 306 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health--General (I0385)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "SERVICE MEMBER AND VETERAN OPEN BURN PIT REGISTRY ACT (P0667)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Herrero", "Hinojosa", "Lozano", "Miller", "Price"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc4368ff-e685-4b51-99b6-e460b2949090"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 306.xml"
+source_hash: "c5e4d81050b2ce23a3f66227aa383edffb61624fd7d8f31a561cc9f1e9a9e720"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 306 (86) — Relating to the creation of an open burn pit registry for certain service members and veterans.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00306I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **122–13** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **104–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- other — **104–1** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Herrero — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa — primary (person)
+- Lozano — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-19** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-03** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-17** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-24** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-02** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-02** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-10** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-10** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-24** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc4368ff-e685-4b51-99b6-e460b2949090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+