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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to causes of action for withholding payments of the proceeds from the sale of oil and gas production."
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description: "Relating to causes of action for withholding payments of the proceeds from the sale of oil and gas production."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "SB 1259"
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citation: "Texas SB 1259 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "ROYALTIES (S0398)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Smith"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-03-09"
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last_action: "2021-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/595711f8-582b-4a66-989f-86d094af04eb"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1259.xml"
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source_hash: "47c42dea8af8ded36a697bdb120649fdcde3d8cc1f690966a02943073002787a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 1259 (87) — Relating to causes of action for withholding payments of the proceeds from the sale of oil and gas production.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01259F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Birdwell — primary (person)
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- Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-18** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-27** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-27** Record vote
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- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-27** Record vote
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- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-30** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2021-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-07** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-07** Record vote
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- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
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- **2021-05-10** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-24** Effective immediately `became-law`
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## Source
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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).
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