---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of brine mining."
description: "Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of brine mining."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1186"
citation: "Texas SB 1186 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment--Water (I0320)", "INJECTION WELLS (S0692)", "Mines & Mineral Resources (I0536)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)", "Water--General (I0885)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Darby", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fb9ba78-dbaf-4a6a-a2df-acdfaf7a90b0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1186.xml"
source_hash: "c8677eba36666fabf6886933abc27ab1f9444cb3504a11a585c8ea056e221ecf"
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 1186 (88) — Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of brine mining.

## 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/SB01186I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01186E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01186H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01186S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01186F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **136–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Energy Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2023-05-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-27** 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/1fb9ba78-dbaf-4a6a-a2df-acdfaf7a90b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).