---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the inspection of a municipal solid waste management facility or site by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before a permit application is issued, amended, extended, or renewed."
description: "Relating to the inspection of a municipal solid waste management facility or site by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before a permit application is issued, amended, extended, or renewed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1435"
citation: "Texas HB 1435 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment--Solid Waste (I0330)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Thompson, Ed"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8559d9b-4c12-4fdc-b0ce-e9b606369b7a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1435.xml"
source_hash: "f9c50175431be927b06786030c683278fc29202b2b8fb984e334362f9cd910be"
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 1435 (86) — Relating to the inspection of a municipal solid waste management facility or site by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before a permit application is issued, amended, extended, or renewed.

## 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/HB01435I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Environmental Regulation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **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** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Co-sponsor authorized
- **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
- **2019-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** 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/f8559d9b-4c12-4fdc-b0ce-e9b606369b7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).