---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of an open burn pit registry for certain service members and veterans."
description: "Relating to the creation of an open burn pit registry for certain service members and veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 306"
citation: "Texas HB 306 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--General (I0385)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "SERVICE MEMBER AND VETERAN OPEN BURN PIT REGISTRY ACT (P0667)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Herrero", "Hinojosa", "Lozano", "Miller", "Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc4368ff-e685-4b51-99b6-e460b2949090"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 306.xml"
source_hash: "c5e4d81050b2ce23a3f66227aa383edffb61624fd7d8f31a561cc9f1e9a9e720"
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 306 (86) — Relating to the creation of an open burn pit registry for certain service members and veterans.

## 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/HB00306I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **122–13** (pass) · lower
- passage — **104–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- other — **104–1** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Herrero — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Lozano — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-04** 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`
- **2019-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-02** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-02** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-10** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** 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/dc4368ff-e685-4b51-99b6-e460b2949090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).