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SB785   Passed by the House and Senate
Referred to House Energy Resources Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the ownership of and certain insurance policy provisions regarding the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of land.
Republican Bill, authored by Birdwell
Co-authors: Blanco; Flores
Sponsors: Darby; Guerra; Morales, Eddie; Anchía
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Wed 2/8/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Brian Birdwell signed onto the bill as Author
 

Wed 3/1/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Thu 3/23/2023


(S) César Blanco signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 3/29/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 4/5/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 4/17/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Pete Flores signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/19/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 30 (R 18, D 12) - Nays 1 (R 1, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Middleton

 

Fri 4/21/2023


(H) Referred to the House Energy Resources Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Thu 5/18/2023


(H) Referred to the House Calendars Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 5/23/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1993 (SB 785 was passed)

RV#1993: Yeas 140 (R 79, D 61) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Murr: "When Record No. 1993 was taken, I was excused because of a committee meeting. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Sun 5/28/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Mon 5/29/2023


(H) Signed in the House


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Wed 3/29/2023) Testifying before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Sebree, Ben for Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance (TXGEA)
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Bremer, Jennifer for Texas Land and Mineral Owners Association
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Carlile, Jimmy for Fasken Oil and Ranch Ltd
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Davis, Tricia for self (with Texas Royalty Council (TRC))
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Landwehr, Martha for BASF Corporation
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Ludwick, Chandler for ConocoPhillips
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Maley, Charles for self (with South Texans Property Rights Association)
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Mazur, Jeremy for Texas 2036
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Messer, Judd for Advanced Power Alliance
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Neeley, Josiah for R Street Institute
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Oberbeck, Tulsi for Texas Oil & Gas Association
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Reed, Cyrus for Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Simmons, Carrie for Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Taff, Cynthia for self (with Sage Geosystems)
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Tillman, Calvin for self
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Williams, Julie for Chevron
 

On

(Wed 3/29/2023) Testifying before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Mills, Ken for Texas General Land Office
(Wed 3/29/2023) Testifying before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Ross, Malcolm for self



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