Oil and gas; prohibiting covered civil liability actions. Effective date.

The header was updated to indicate this is a 'Committee Substitute' rather than an 'Enrolled' bill, and the legislative session details were adjusted to reflect the 60th Legislature (2026).

Page numbers and footer information were updated to match the new Committee Substitute format, replacing the original Enrolled Senate page markers.

Added a specific effective date of November 1, 2026, to Section 2.

Added standard signature blocks for the Governor and Secretary of State to finalize the enrolled version.

Added additional names (Boles, Bashore, Hays, and Steagall) to the list of House sponsors in the header.

Sponsors listed on the title page were updated to reflect the Senate floor version, adding House members Moore and Archer to the list of sponsors.

Minor formatting changes were made, including the addition of a date (February 5, 2026) and adjustments to line breaks and indentation throughout the document.

Updated the document header to reflect the House of Representatives Floor Version for the 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) and added House co-authors.

Replaced the Senate-specific amendment motion language with the standard Act enactment text.

Added a Committee Report section indicating the bill was passed by the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee.

The amendment location shifted from Page 1, Line 23 to Page 2, Line 15, indicating a change in the specific text being amended within the bill.

The eligibility criteria for the amendment were broadened to include 'any purchaser of covered product' for electricity generation, whereas the original text only mentioned 'manufacture'.

The definition of 'fossil fuel' was updated to explicitly include natural gas liquids and refined products in addition to natural gas, oil, coal, and liquefied petroleum gas.

The definition of 'manufacturer' was expanded to include persons or entities that produce, process, fractionate, refine, store, or transport covered products.

A new definition for 'Transporter' was added to clarify that it includes entities engaged in transporting, transferring, conveying, or moving covered products.

New categories of defendants were added to the protection against civil liability, including processors, fractionators, refiners, storage operators, pipeline operators, and purchasers of covered products for electricity generation.

The bill header was updated to reflect new co-sponsors (Thompson of the Senate, and Moore and Archer of the House) and changed the status from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed'.