PROPERTY/SERVITUDES: Provides relative to pipeline servitudes
HB 686 is a procedural amendment bill that modifies the language of a previous law regarding pipeline servitudes. The bill changes specific words from mandatory terms like "shall" to optional terms like "may" or "is," which alters how property rights are described in the statute. These changes directly affect the legal text governing pipelines but do not introduce new policies or regulations. The bill is currently in the legislative process and has not yet been enacted into law.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Last action May 14, 2024
Floor votes · House Mar 21, 2024
How they voted
97–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 102
Mar 21, 2024
D
Democratic32
100% Yea
R
Republican70
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Apr 17, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jack McFarland
RRepublican
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