Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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22 By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2496
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77 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
88 AN ACT
99 relating to a study by the Texas Commission on Environmental
1010 Quality and the Department of State Health Services regarding the
1111 human health risks associated with exposure to hydrogen sulfide.
1212 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1313 SECTION 1. (a) In this section:
1414 (1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
1515 Environmental Quality.
1616 (2) "Department" means the Department of State Health
1717 Services.
1818 (b) The commission and the department shall conduct a joint
1919 study to assess the potential human health risks associated with
2020 exposure to hydrogen sulfide.
2121 (c) Not later than December 1, 2026, the commission and
2222 department shall submit to the legislature a report on the results
2323 of the study and any recommendations for legislative or other
2424 action.
2525 (d) This section expires January 1, 2027.
2626 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.