---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disposal of pesticides."
description: "Relating to the disposal of pesticides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Texas HB 191 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Environment--General (I0340)", "Environment--Hazardous", "Toxic & Nuclear Waste (I0333)", "PESTICIDES & HERBICIDES (S1080)", "TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE (U0221)", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0566)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson, Charles \"Doc\"", "González, Mary", "Kolkhorst", "Stephenson", "Stucky"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 63
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1700b3ac-8e0b-4b80-ac98-5b15583389b3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 191.xml"
source_hash: "d35b443dab2fdaa2d5092c63ff0ad9b34bb3e8692bc6c97d07c8a65eb396a00e"
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 191 (86) — Relating to the disposal of pesticides.

## 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/HB00191I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **125–16** (pass) · lower
- other — **125–16** (fail) · upper
- passage — **129–11** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Stephenson — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-18** 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`
- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Point of order overruled
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-06** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/1700b3ac-8e0b-4b80-ac98-5b15583389b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).