Time Running Out for Proposed Texas High-Level Waste Ban

摘要

The window is rapidly closing for a proposed bill that would ban the storage of high-level nuclear waste in Texas after a week of floor meetings in the state’s Senate ended without a vote on the measure. Despite appearing on the regular order of business for the full chamber, S.B. 1046, sponsored by state Sen. Brian Birdwell (R), didn’t get a vote at Thursday’s session. The bill doesn’t appear on the state Senate’s “notice of intent” for Friday’s meeting. S.B. 1046 is the state Senate-side version of H.B. 2692, introduced in March by state Rep. Brooks Landgraf (R).