Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

House Energy Resources Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB49

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the treatment and beneficial use of fluid oil and gas waste and related material, including a limitation on liability for that treatment or use.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB48

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of House Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of an organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Department of Public Safety.
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Texas House Bill HB5103

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the abandonment of mineral proceeds for purposes of certain unclaimed property laws.
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Texas House Bill HB5105

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the imposition on a payor of proceeds of production from an oil or gas well of a duty to notify a payee when payments to the payee are suspended.
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Texas House Bill HB5106

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the information a payor of the proceeds of production from an oil and gas well is required to provide a payee.
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Texas House Bill HB3707

Filed
3/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the inspection, purchase, sale, possession, storage, transportation, and disposal of petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, and oil and gas waste; creating criminal offenses and increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense.
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Texas House Bill HB5475

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a study and report on the Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act.
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Texas Senate Bill SB2949

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain regulations involving motor fuels or other hazardous materials, including the transportation of motor fuels and other hazardous materials and restrictions on certain motor fuel depots; creating criminal offenses; authorizing a civil penalty.
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Texas Senate Bill SB879

Filed
1/22/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/27/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/3/25  
Out of House Committee
4/28/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an exemption for drillers or operators of closed-loop geothermal injection wells from certain requirements applicable to persons involved in activities under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4835

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the pipeline transport and geologic storage of certain substances under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2122

Filed
3/10/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to imposition of application fees for certain permits and permit amendments for the disposal of oil and gas waste.
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Texas House Bill HB3911

Filed
3/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the plugging or replugging of certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
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Texas House Bill HB4426

Filed
3/11/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to permits issued by the Railroad Commission of Texas for commercial surface disposal facilities.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5224

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the designation of certain natural gas facilities as seasonally critical.
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Texas House Bill HB4021

Filed
3/7/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the declaration of an oil or gas emergency by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the liability of a person for assistance, advice, or resources provided in relation to an oil or gas emergency.