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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of closed-loop geothermal injection wells. Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of closed-loop geothermal injection wells. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 SB 786 Texas SB 786 (88)
bill
Energy--General (I0315)
Energy--Geothermal (IP9BV)
Environment--Water (I0320)
INJECTION WELLS (S0692)
Mines & Mineral Resources (I0536)
RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)
enacted
Anchía
Birdwell
Darby
Guerra
Morales, Eddie
5 51 2 2023-02-08 2023-06-02 openstates ocd-bill/17082cd4-0617-4098-ab57-17447a564b70 ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 786.xml 230f1c0251fb279233c1b3a501f77a86be431326e5da0f2e2873e5a5190d8b50 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas SB 786 (88) — Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of closed-loop geothermal injection wells.

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

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 786 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 300 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1470 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Anchía — primary (person)
  • Birdwell — primary (person)
  • Darby — primary (person)
  • Guerra — primary (person)
  • Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
  • Blanco — cosponsor (person)
  • Zaffirini — 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 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-04-05 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-04-06 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-06 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-04-06 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-04-12 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-04-13 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-04-13 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-04-13 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment reading-2
  • 2023-04-13 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-13 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-04-13 Record vote
  • 2023-04-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-13 Passed passage
  • 2023-04-13 Record vote
  • 2023-04-13 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-04-14 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2023-04-17 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-04-17 Referred to Energy Resources referral-committee
  • 2023-04-18 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2023-04-18 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-08 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-05-09 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-05-09 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-05-11 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-05-15 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2023-05-15 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-05-15 Postponed
  • 2023-05-17 Laid out as postponed business
  • 2023-05-17 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 2023-05-18 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-18 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-18 Record vote
  • 2023-05-18 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-18 House passage reported passage
  • 2023-05-18 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-18 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-19 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-02 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-02 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17082cd4-0617-4098-ab57-17447a564b70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).