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HB1238 • 2025

Relating to the inspection of the location of a proposed Class I injection well.

Relating to the inspection of the location of a proposed Class I injection well.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Guillen
Last action
2025-05-28
Official status
05/28/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-05-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the inspection of the location of a proposed Class I injection well.

Relating to the inspection of the location of a proposed Class I injection well.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the inspection of the location of a proposed Class I injection well.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  6. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  7. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  8. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  9. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  10. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  11. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  12. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  14. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  15. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  17. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  18. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  19. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  23. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  24. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Posting rule suspended

  25. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  26. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  27. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  28. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Natural Resources

  29. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  30. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  31. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  32. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#570

  33. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  35. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  36. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  37. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Zwiener

  38. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#521

  39. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  41. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#522

  42. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  44. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  45. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  46. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  47. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  48. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  49. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  50. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  51. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  52. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  53. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  54. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Natural Resources

  55. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the inspection of the location of a proposed Class I injection well.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 1238 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 1238

AN ACT

relating to the inspection of the location of a proposed Class I

injection well.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 27.016, Water Code, is amended to read as

follows:

Sec. 27.016. INSPECTION OF WELL LOCATION.
(a)
On receiving

an application for a permit, the executive director shall
:

(1)
have an inspection made of the location of the

proposed disposal well to determine the local conditions and the

probable effect of the well
;
and

(2)
[
shall
] determine the requirements for the setting

of casing, as provided in Sections 27.051, 27.055, and 27.056 [
of

this code
].

(b)

For a proposed Class I injection well, the executive

director may satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a) by

accepting an inspection report prepared by an engineer or

geoscientist licensed in this state.

The report must:

(1)

confirm that the engineer or geoscientist

inspected the location of the proposed injection well to determine

the local conditions and the probable effect of the well; and

(2)

state the engineer's or geoscientist's

determination regarding the requirements for the setting of casing

as required by Subsection (a)(2).

(c)

An engineer or geoscientist may conduct an inspection

under Subsection (b)(1):

(1)

in person at the location of the proposed

injection well; or

(2) virtually through:

(A) satellite or other aerial imagery;

(B) mapping software; or

(C) other appropriate information sources.

(d)

The executive director may require an engineer or

geoscientist that submits a virtual inspection described by

Subsection (c)(2) to conduct an additional in-person inspection if

the initial visual inspection reveals an issue the executive

director determines merits an in-person inspection.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a permit application filed with the Texas Commission on

Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. A

permit application filed before the effective date of this Act is

subject to the law in effect on the date the application is filed,

and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1238 was passed by the House on April

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 6, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1238 was passed by the Senate on May

14, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor