---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the duty of a lessee or other agent in control of certain state land to drill an offset well, pay compensatory royalty, or otherwise protect the land from drainage of oil or gas by a horizontal drainhole well located on certain land."
description: "Relating to the duty of a lessee or other agent in control of certain state land to drill an offset well, pay compensatory royalty, or otherwise protect the land from drainage of oil or gas by a horizontal drainhole well located on certain land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1258"
citation: "Texas SB 1258 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "ROYALTIES (S0398)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Goldman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d22561f4-3ffb-4e00-9f21-c4468ad64c66"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1258.xml"
source_hash: "9ea27d84a759ffcaa5e5e42eb48c10c68192e592cd22acb01a0909980f493b6e"
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 1258 (87) — Relating to the duty of a lessee or other agent in control of certain state land to drill an offset well, pay compensatory royalty, or otherwise protect the land from drainage of oil or gas by a horizontal drainhole well located on certain land.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB01258I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01258E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01258H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01258S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01258F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-03** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-05** Referred to Energy Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d22561f4-3ffb-4e00-9f21-c4468ad64c66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).