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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain inactive wells."
+description: "Relating to the severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain inactive wells."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 533"
+citation: "Texas SB 533 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Oil & Gas (I0545)", "Taxation--Energy Resources (I0810)", "Taxation--Motor Fuels (I0809)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Paddie", "Springer"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-30"
+last_action: "2019-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f40d2ba3-fb19-471c-b577-30607771d81f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 533.xml"
+source_hash: "7ad2af4e45d47463d62c97c8cec9bce8e82d534aa2399a9dca2f2f4606c51414"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas SB 533 (86) — Relating to the severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain inactive wells.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00533I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- Springer — primary (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-30** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-01-30** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-03-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-03-26** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-03-26** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-03-27** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-03-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-03-27** Record vote
+- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-03-27** Record vote
+- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-01** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-23** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-23** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Record vote
+- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-24** House passage reported
+- **2019-04-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-04-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-04-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-04-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f40d2ba3-fb19-471c-b577-30607771d81f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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