---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to notice of a radioactive substance release."
description: "Relating to notice of a radioactive substance release."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2203"
citation: "Texas HB 2203 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Environment--Hazardous", "Toxic & Nuclear Waste (I0333)", "Open Records (I0548)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Miller", "Reynolds", "Stephenson", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abd4169d-6751-4b9a-b289-29b79a0db5cc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2203.xml"
source_hash: "c2e1c46c709e5fc83c90f4650788b60af0a98a25a29ee3668b51db557d470995"
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 2203 (86) — Relating to notice of a radioactive substance release.

## 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/HB02203I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Stephenson — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Environmental Regulation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abd4169d-6751-4b9a-b289-29b79a0db5cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).