---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the treatment, recycling for beneficial use, or disposal of drill cuttings."
description: "Relating to the treatment, recycling for beneficial use, or disposal of drill cuttings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 502"
citation: "Texas SB 502 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment--Recycling (I0336)", "Environment--Water (I0320)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Hughes", "Morales, Eddie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/023a7e08-dc00-436c-9a90-7f7583ba7fd9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 502.xml"
source_hash: "44d07f7c07f3130ff7eaae9d777221bdec2c465344e11ce204aa7727738eabf7"
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 502 (88) — Relating to the treatment, recycling for beneficial use, or disposal of drill cuttings.

## 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/SB00502I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00502E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00502H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00502S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00502F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-19** 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 w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Co-author authorized
- **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`
- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23** 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/023a7e08-dc00-436c-9a90-7f7583ba7fd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).