---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the commencement of construction of a project following the issuance of a draft permit for a permit amendment to an air quality permit."
description: "Relating to the commencement of construction of a project following the issuance of a draft permit for a permit amendment to an air quality permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2726"
citation: "Texas HB 2726 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment--Air (I0325)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Kuempel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 79
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b01fb08-0153-4372-be00-fd1186bbb735"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2726.xml"
source_hash: "369d1090329e76c7900e06e1658ee2ed5f6872c8d33f1535d48e312b6667449a"
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 2726 (86) — Relating to the commencement of construction of a project following the issuance of a draft permit for a permit amendment to an air quality permit.

## 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/HB02726I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **113–30** (fail) · upper
- passage — **102–46** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Kuempel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Environmental Regulation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-10** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Motion to table fails
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Postponed
- **2019-05-06** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-06** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-06** Record vote
- **2019-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-07** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** 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 1/1/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b01fb08-0153-4372-be00-fd1186bbb735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).