---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan fund and account."
description: "Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan fund and account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3745"
citation: "Texas HB 3745 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment--Air (I0325)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "VEHICLE EMISSIONS (S0128)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Birdwell", "Capriglione", "Rose", "Thompson, Ed", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 81
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0430a2e-ea51-4081-92c1-bcae30a50fe9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3745.xml"
source_hash: "19494230f17fb5ccacbe2a2a8eee9ffe8150f2393fc0655a2f4519f00a9b26c6"
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 3745 (86) — Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan fund and account.

## 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/HB03745I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **145–1** (fail) · upper
- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Environmental Regulation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-18** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-04-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** 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** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** 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** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0430a2e-ea51-4081-92c1-bcae30a50fe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).