---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to designate certain persons as the operator of an orphaned oil or gas well."
description: "Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to designate certain persons as the operator of an orphaned oil or gas well."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1762"
citation: "Texas SB 1762 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy--Conservation (I0317)", "Energy--Geothermal (IP9BV)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Darby"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74cddb24-49dd-462a-8cb0-a0b2b07485b0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1762.xml"
source_hash: "ceebfedd0155dfb5a3c413a86b0e39c343cafccc652a786687e9e58b2457d087"
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 1762 (89R) — Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to designate certain persons as the operator of an orphaned oil or gas well.

## 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/SB01762I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01762E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01762H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01762S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01762F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Darby — 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 Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-10** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Postponed
- **2025-05-20** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/74cddb24-49dd-462a-8cb0-a0b2b07485b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).