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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to promotion of the use of recyclable materials as feedstock for processing and manufacturing."
+description: "Relating to promotion of the use of recyclable materials as feedstock for processing and manufacturing."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 649"
+citation: "Texas SB 649 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Environment--Recycling (I0336)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM OFFICE", "TEXAS (V1109)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thompson, Ed", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-05"
+last_action: "2019-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9676a1dc-0275-4bc4-b151-25e0e1a21675"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 649.xml"
+source_hash: "72c515d679d44fe8daf7b1e76521f0639ba3c4ae06363204bd93f4ded54e1374"
+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 SB 649 (86) — Relating to promotion of the use of recyclable materials as feedstock for processing and manufacturing.
+
+## 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/SB00649I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-02-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-01** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-10** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-11** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-23** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-26** Referred to Environmental Regulation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-02** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2019-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Record vote
+- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-07** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-07** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-08** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-20** Filed without the Governor's signature
+- **2019-05-20** 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/9676a1dc-0275-4bc4-b151-25e0e1a21675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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