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Bill Relating to the ownership of and certain insurance policy provisions regarding the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of land. Relating to the ownership of and certain insurance policy provisions regarding the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of land. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 SB 785 Texas SB 785 (88)
bill
Energy--General (I0315)
Energy--Geothermal (IP9BV)
Mines & Mineral Resources (I0536)
Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)
Water--General (I0885)
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Anchía
Birdwell
Darby
Guerra
Morales, Eddie
5 57 5 2023-02-08 2023-06-18 openstates ocd-bill/36f5cb7e-48b6-4cb5-bbad-7525606177c6 ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 785.xml 15a008e48582fe3d43e59d8b240bcaf29cff8afd7aa6def9f8fc5cf1d9ea8561 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas SB 785 (88) — Relating to the ownership of and certain insurance policy provisions regarding the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of land.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • passage to engrossment — 00 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 785 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 301 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1400 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 291 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 00 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Anchía — primary (person)
  • Birdwell — primary (person)
  • Darby — primary (person)
  • Guerra — primary (person)
  • Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
  • Blanco — cosponsor (person)
  • Flores — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-08 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2023-02-08 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-01 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-01 Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development referral-committee
  • 2023-03-23 Co-author authorized
  • 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 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-04-17 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-04-17 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-04-19 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-04-19 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-04-19 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2023-04-19 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-04-19 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-19 Passed to engrossment as amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-04-19 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-19 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-04-19 Record vote
  • 2023-04-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-19 Passed passage
  • 2023-04-19 Record vote
  • 2023-04-19 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-04-20 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2023-04-21 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-04-21 Referred to Energy Resources referral-committee
  • 2023-05-12 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2023-05-12 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-05-12 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-17 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-05-17 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-05-18 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-05-18 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-05-20 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2023-05-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-05-22 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 2023-05-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-23 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-23 Record vote
  • 2023-05-23 House passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-25 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2023-05-25 Read
  • 2023-05-25 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  • 2023-05-25 Record vote
  • 2023-05-25 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  • 2023-05-26 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-28 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-29 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-18 Filed without the Governor's signature became-law
  • 2023-06-18 Effective immediately became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36f5cb7e-48b6-4cb5-bbad-7525606177c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).