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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to causes of action for withholding payments of the proceeds from the sale of oil and gas production."
+description: "Relating to causes of action for withholding payments of the proceeds from the sale of oil and gas production."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1259"
+citation: "Texas SB 1259 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "ROYALTIES (S0398)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-09"
+last_action: "2021-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/595711f8-582b-4a66-989f-86d094af04eb"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1259.xml"
+source_hash: "47c42dea8af8ded36a697bdb120649fdcde3d8cc1f690966a02943073002787a"
+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 1259 (87) — Relating to causes of action for withholding payments of the proceeds from the sale of oil and gas production.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-18** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-27** Record vote
+- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Record vote
+- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-30** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2021-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-07** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-07** Record vote
+- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-10** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-24** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/595711f8-582b-4a66-989f-86d094af04eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+