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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to land services performed by a landman."
+description: "Relating to land services performed by a landman."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 604"
+citation: "Texas SB 604 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy--General (I0315)", "Energy--Geothermal (IP9BV)", "Energy--Wind (IA9YE)", "Lawyers (I0515)", "Mines & Mineral Resources (I0536)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "RENEWABLE ENERGY (S0611)", "Taxation--Franchise (I0807)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "King"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-25"
+last_action: "2023-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0700b9e-422b-4aba-a100-fe99da27a8df"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 604.xml"
+source_hash: "35928d9a126db5ff26a51b28ae93ecf85c92603b931369d37f6b335f590214d9"
+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 604 (88) — Relating to land services performed by a landman.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB00604I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00604E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00604H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00604S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00604F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **129–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hefner — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-25** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-17** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-11** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-14** Referred to Energy Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-05** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-05** Postponed
+- **2023-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-06** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2023-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-08** Record vote
+- **2023-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-08** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-11** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-11** Read
+- **2023-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-11** Record vote
+- **2023-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-11** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-24** See remarks for effective date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0700b9e-422b-4aba-a100-fe99da27a8df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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