---
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).