Today, the Senate passed the committee substitute to SB 875, as amended, with 23 ayes and 8 nays.
Key components of the bill:
- C.S.S.B. 875 creates an affirmative defense for Texas businesses against enforcement actions citing nuisance and trespass claims arising from greenhouse gas emissions in those cases where the permit holder is in substantial compliance with a rule, permit, order, license, certificate, registration, approval, or other form of authorization issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the federal government, or an agency of the federal government.
- C.S.S.B. 875 amends current law relating to compliance with state and federal environmental permits.