---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the rights and liabilities of the owner of the surface estate of the tract of land on which a well to be plugged or replugged by the Railroad Commission of Texas is located."
description: "Relating to the rights and liabilities of the owner of the surface estate of the tract of land on which a well to be plugged or replugged by the Railroad Commission of Texas is located."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3619"
citation: "Texas HB 3619 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Environment--Water (I0320)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6ec88e9-1fd9-40dd-8af1-bc9078e493de"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3619.xml"
source_hash: "babea4df863687d049e19ae7bd4220f6d694ac638a44acef7becee1e3326d4ed"
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 HB 3619 (89R) — Relating to the rights and liabilities of the owner of the surface estate of the tract of land on which a well to be plugged or replugged by the Railroad Commission of Texas is located.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB03619I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03619E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03619H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03619S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03619F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **108–27** (pass) · lower
- passage — **108–27** (pass) · upper
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dean — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Energy Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-21** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-21** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6ec88e9-1fd9-40dd-8af1-bc9078e493de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).