---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to causes of action for withholding payments of the proceeds from the sale of oil and gas production."
description: "Relating to causes of action for withholding payments of the proceeds from the sale of oil and gas production."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1259"
citation: "Texas SB 1259 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "ROYALTIES (S0398)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/595711f8-582b-4a66-989f-86d094af04eb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1259.xml"
source_hash: "47c42dea8af8ded36a697bdb120649fdcde3d8cc1f690966a02943073002787a"
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 1259 (87) — Relating to causes of action for withholding payments of the proceeds from the sale of oil and gas production.

## 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/SB01259I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Smith — 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
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-30** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-07** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
- **2021-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** 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/595711f8-582b-4a66-989f-86d094af04eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).