SB2496 - Relating to a study by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Department of State Health Services regarding the human health risks associated with exposure to hydrogen sulfide.

  89R16911 KRM-D     By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2496       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study by the Texas Commission on Environmental   Quality and the Department of State Health Services regarding the   human health risks associated with exposure to hydrogen sulfide.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  (a)  In this section:                (1)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality.                (2)  "Department" means the Department of State Health   Services.          (b)  The commission and the department shall conduct a joint   study to assess the potential human health risks associated with   exposure to hydrogen sulfide.          (c)  Not later than December 1, 2026, the commission and   department shall submit to the legislature a report on the results   of the study and any recommendations for legislative or other   action.          (d)  This section expires January 1, 2027.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.