---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the delegation to the Railroad Commission of Texas of purchasing functions regarding the reclamation of certain abandoned mines."
description: "Relating to the delegation to the Railroad Commission of Texas of purchasing functions regarding the reclamation of certain abandoned mines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1587"
citation: "Texas SB 1587 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment--General (I0340)", "Mines & Mineral Resources (I0536)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Hughes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/172fed30-b516-4641-9239-163abeae258b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1587.xml"
source_hash: "92e14c8f6752f709059f598711df8dd13ff3235247a247296434824256e7b904"
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 1587 (86) — Relating to the delegation to the Railroad Commission of Texas of purchasing functions regarding the reclamation of certain abandoned mines.

## 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/SB01587I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Energy Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **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/172fed30-b516-4641-9239-163abeae258b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).