Bill Commons

TX HB 49

enacted

Relating to the treatment and beneficial use of fluid oil and gas waste and related material, including a limitation on liability for that treatment or use.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 49 pass?

Yes. TX HB 49 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 49 about?

TX HB 49 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the treatment and beneficial use of fluid oil and gas waste and related material, including a limitation on liability for that treatment or use.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 49?

Darby, Morales, Eddie, Craddick and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 49, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Darbyprimary
  • Morales, Eddieprimary
  • Craddickprimary
  • Dysonprimary
  • Canalesprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Bumgarnercosponsor
  • Cortezcosponsor
  • Currycosponsor
  • Deancosponsor
  • Garcia, Joseycosponsor
  • Guerracosponsor
  • Isaaccosponsor
  • Landgrafcosponsor
  • Leo Wilsoncosponsor
  • McLaughlincosponsor
  • Plesacosponsor
  • Troxclaircosponsor
  • Villaloboscosponsor
  • Whartoncosponsor
  • Barrycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-05-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  18. 2025-05-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  19. 2025-05-22

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  20. 2025-05-22

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-05-21

    Vote taken in committee

  22. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-05-21

    Left pending in committee

  24. 2025-05-21

    Testimony taken in committee

  25. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

  26. 2025-05-21

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-05-13

    Referred to Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-05-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  29. 2025-05-12

    Received from the House

    introduction

  30. 2025-05-10

    Reported engrossed

  31. 2025-05-10

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

  33. 2025-05-10

    Passed

    passage

  34. 2025-05-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  35. 2025-05-09

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

  37. 2025-05-09

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  38. 2025-05-09

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  39. 2025-05-09

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  40. 2025-05-09

    Placed on General State Calendar

  41. 2025-05-07

    Considered in Calendars

  42. 2025-04-23

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  43. 2025-04-22

    Committee report distributed

  44. 2025-04-22

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  45. 2025-04-17

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  46. 2025-04-17

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  47. 2025-04-17

    Vote reconsidered in committee

  48. 2025-04-17

    Considered in formal meeting

  49. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  50. 2025-04-07

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  51. 2025-04-07

    Considered in public hearing

  52. 2025-03-24

    Left pending in committee

  53. 2025-03-24

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  54. 2025-03-24

    Considered in public hearing

  55. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Energy Resources

    referral-committee

  56. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  57. 2025-03-14

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-09 · pass · 118-22

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • Little: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Cain: absent
    • Lozano: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Martinez Fischer: absent
    • Ros: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • King: absent
    • González: absent
    • M: absent
    • Guerr: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-10 · pass · 109-21

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Collier: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • Longoria: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rose: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Turner: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Bernal: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Goodwin: absent
    • Hefner: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Ordaz: absent
    • Perez, M.: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Reynolds: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 49 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-25 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 49.xml

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