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TX HB4413
Bill
Status
6/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Dennis Paul
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AI Summary
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Adds statutory definitions for "renewable biomass" to include materials from National Forest System and public lands removed for hazard fuel reduction, disease/insect control, or ecosystem restoration, as well as organic matter from nonfederal and Indian trust lands
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Defines renewable biomass to encompass agricultural commodities, plants, trees, algae, microorganisms, and various waste materials including crop residue, wood waste, animal waste, food waste, municipal solid waste, and wastewater treatment waste
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Creates a new definition for "renewable chemical" as any monomer, polymer, plastic, formulated product, or chemical substance produced from renewable biomass feedstocks or certified under approved third-party mass balance attribution systems
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Requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to identify and approve third-party certification systems for mass balance attribution that can be used to certify renewable chemicals
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Takes effect September 1, 2025; passed the House 139-0 on May 13, 2025, and the Senate 30-1 on May 23, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to mass balance attribution of renewable biomass feedstocks used to produce renewable chemicals.
Environment
Last Action
Effective on 9/1/25
6/20/2025