---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to local government and other political subdivision regulation of certain solid waste facilities."
description: "Relating to local government and other political subdivision regulation of certain solid waste facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1598"
citation: "Texas HB 1598 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Environment--Solid Waste (I0330)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8882384-efc8-4763-a2c7-e8e3898af253"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1598.xml"
source_hash: "7a7bbf6c34d5d0115572c2b8f6a559c8f849e971d89e100f3ed88862a1d7526b"
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 1598 (88) — Relating to local government and other political subdivision regulation of certain solid waste facilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01598I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01598E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01598H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01598S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01598F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **124–23** (pass) · lower
- passage — **122–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Referred to Environmental Regulation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-19** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Record vote
- **2023-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8882384-efc8-4763-a2c7-e8e3898af253`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).