SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
HB 101 – relating to the development of and contracting for reclaimed water facilities in certain municipalities. SUPPORT
- Signed by Governor
- Earliest effective date 5/23/17
HB 129 – Relating to the manner in which a payor of proceeds derived from the sale of oil or gas production is required to provide certain information to a royalty interest owner. SUPPORT
- Signed by Governor
- Effective date 9/1/17
HB 1643 – Relating to the prosecution of the offense of operation of an unmanned aircraft over certain facilities. SUPPORT
- * Signed by Governor
- * Earliest effective date 9/1/17
HB 1774 (Companion SB 10) – Relating to actions on and liability associated with certain insurance claims. NEUTRAL
- Signed by Governor
- Effective date 9/1/17
- HB 1818 – Relating to the continuation and functions theRailroadCommission of Texas. SUPPORT
- Signed by Governor
- Effective date 9/1/17
- HB 2277 – Relating to fixing the median cost of high-cost gas wells. SUPPORT
* Signed by Governor
* Effective date 9/1/17
HB 2319 – Relating to weight limitations for natural gas motor vehicles. SUPPORT
- Signed by Governor
* Effective date 6/19/17
HB 2780 & SB 1289 – Relating to the purchase of iron and steel products made in the United States for certain governmental entity projects. (SB 1289 substituted.) NEUTRAL
- Signed by Governor
* Effective date 9/1/17
HB 2819 – Relating to establishing an Advisory Committee for the TexNet Monitoring Program. SUPPORT
- Signed by Governor
- Effective date 9/1/17
HB 3198 – Relating to liability for the additional tax imposed on land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land in the event of a change of use of the land as a result of oil and gas operations. SUPPORT
* Signed by Governor
* Effective date 9/1/17
HB 3232 – Relating to the penalty imposed on certain delinquent oil and gas severance taxes. SUPPORT
- Signed by Governor
* Effective date 9/1/17
SB 1541 (Companion HB 2488) – Relating to the treatment and recycling for beneficial use of drill cuttings. SUPPORT
- Signed by the Governor
- Effective Date 5/26
SB 1305 (Companion HB 2813) – Relating to the abolishment of the transportation infrastructure fund and grant program money from the fund. SUPPORT
- Signed by Governor
- Earliest Effective Date 12/31/17
SB 1524 (Companion HB 3854) – Relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting and intermodal shipping container; authorizing a fee; creating an offense. SUPPORT
- Signed by Governor
- Earliest effective date 1/1/18
HB 2638 & SB 1422 – Relating to the protection and use of intellectual property by the Railroad Commission of Texas. (SB 1422 substituted. ) SUPPORT
- Signed by Governor
- Earliest effective date 5/22/17
SB 1731 – relating to the repeal of laws governing certain state entities
including the functions of those entities, and to certain duties,
- responsibilities, and functions of the Texas Commission on Environmental
- Quality on the abolishment of certain of those entities. SUPPORT
- (SB 26 by Estes containing TERP extensions amended onto SB 1731.)
- * Signed by Governor
* Effective date 8/30/17
SB 1871 (HB 891)- Relating to the creation of the offense of theft of petroleum products. (SB 1871 by Zaffirini substituted on House floor for HB 891 by Raymond ) SUPPORT
- Signed by Governor 5/19
- Earliest effective date 9/1/17
SCR 26 – Recognition that this period in our nation’s history represents an opportunity for to work with leadership of the federal government to transcend partisan politics and correct misuses of federal power. SUPPORT
- * Signed by Governor on 6/15/17
Vetoed by Governor
HB 2377 – Relating to the development of brackish groundwater. SUPPORT
* VETO 6/15/17
SB 1215 – Relating to responsibility for the consequences of defects in the plans, specifications, or other documents for the construction or repair of an improvement to real property. NEUTRAL
- VETO 6/15/17
DID NOT PASS
HB 31 – Relating to the regulation of groundwater. SUPPORT
- Placed on senate intent calendar, not heard
HB 237 – Relating to the name and governance of the Railroad Commission of Texas. OPPOSED
- Left pending in House Energy Resources
HB 247 (Companion SB 568) – Relating to the posting by the Railroad Commission of Texas on its Internet website of certain enforcement information. OPPOSED
- HB 247 was left pending in House Energy Resources
- SB 568 was placed on senate calendar, not heard
- HB 1597 – Relating to the recovery of stranded oil, gas, or oil and gas from depleting Cenozoic Era reservoirs. NEUTRAL
- Left pending in House Energy Resources
HB 2621 – Relating to state and local tax incentives for certain enhanced oil recovery projects. SUPPORT
- Left pending in House Ways and Means
HB 2682 – Relating to the administration of and funding for the Texas emissions reduction plan. SUPPORT
- Left pending in House Environmental Regulation
HB 2688 – Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to prevent waste of oil and gas. NEUTRAL
- Left pending in House Energy Resources
HB 2715 – Relating to the composition and use of money in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund. SUPPORT
- Referred to Senate Finance, left pending
HB 2753 – Relating to the analysis of inspection and maintenance requirements for air quality permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain oil and gas facilities. OPPOSE
- Left pending in Calendars
HB 3201 – Relating to the designation of a well as a two-year inactive well or three-year inactive well for purposes of the oil and gas severance tax exemption. SUPPORT
- Set on House calendar, not heard by deadline
HB 3471 – Relating to a sales tax refund or severance tax credit for sales tax overpayments by certain oil or gas severance taxpayers. SUPPORT
- Set on House calendar, not head by deadline
HB 4231 – Relating to allocating a portion of oil and gas production tax revenue to the counties from which the oil and gas originated. SUPPORT
- Set on House calendar, not heard by deadline
HCR 84 – Urging Congress to identify federal regulatory programs that harm the Texas oil and gas industry and delegate relevant regulatory responsibilities to state agencies. SUPPORT
- Left pending in State/Federal Power Responsibility
SB 177 – Relating to unit operations for oil, gas, or oil and gas production from depleting reservoirs or carbon dioxide storage. NEUTRAL
- Left pending in Senate Natural Resources
SB 740 – Relating to the acquisition of property by an entity with eminent domain authority. OPPOSE
- Referred to/left pending in House Land and Resource Management
SB 626 – Relating to the acquisition of certain real property in conjunction with the acquisition of real property for a public use through eminent domain procedures. OPPOSE
- Left pending in House Land and Resource Management
SB 627 – Relating to notice of a property owner’s rights relating to the examination or survey of property by an entity with eminent domain authority. OPPOSE
- Left pending in House Land and Resource Management
SB 628 – Relating to establishing actual progress for the purposes of determining the right to repurchase real property from a condemning entity. OPPOSE
- Left pending in House Business and Industry
SB 1979 – Relating to liability for the additional tax imposed on land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural land if the use of the land changes as a result of a condemnation. NEUTRAL
- Referred to/left in House Ways and Means
SB 2100 – Relating to a study of the fees charged by the Railroad Commission of Texas. OPPOSE
- Referred to/left in House Energy Resources