MINERALS: Provides for the risk charge against nonparticipating owners in drilling units. (8/1/22)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
May 2022
Introduced Feb 17, 2022
Signed May 13, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 22, 2022 · House May 10, 2022
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 34
Mar 22, 2022
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican22
72% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
2
May 13, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 5.
upper
May 10, 2022
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 20, 2022
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
Apr 19, 2022
Committee
Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
Mar 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
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