---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the declaration of an oil or gas emergency by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the liability of a person for assistance, advice, or resources provided in relation to an oil or gas emergency."
description: "Relating to the declaration of an oil or gas emergency by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the liability of a person for assistance, advice, or resources provided in relation to an oil or gas emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1759"
citation: "Texas SB 1759 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Darby", "Dyson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/794fc27d-cde3-401b-b208-d7b199b833b2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1759.xml"
source_hash: "97603a4eb53d996d210bf20a661c80a073522cb770894f5e6b5ea6fea046953a"
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 1759 (89R) — Relating to the declaration of an oil or gas emergency by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the liability of a person for assistance, advice, or resources provided in relation to an oil or gas emergency.

## 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/SB01759I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01759E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01759H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01759S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01759F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Dyson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Energy Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-12** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-12** Read
- **2025-05-12** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-14** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** 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/794fc27d-cde3-401b-b208-d7b199b833b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).