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  89R2937 SRA-D     By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2953       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the awarding of contracts by the Texas Department of   Transportation for certain materials used in road construction   projects.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 223, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 223.0471 to read as follows:           Sec.   223.0471.     PROHIBITED PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN BIDS BASED   ON USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE CRITERIA FOR   MATERIAL SELECTION.   In comparing bids for materials to be used in a   project to which this chapter applies, the department may not give a   preference to a bid that proposes using certain materials based on   environmental, social, and governance criteria, including carbon   emission criteria, if the proposed materials are less cost   effective or durable than alternative materials for the same   project.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.