2025 bills / H.B. 478
H.B. 478 Brine Mining Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill creates the Brine Conservation Act, which sets rules for brine mining and gives the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining authority to make rules for it, including over drilling units and fields. It requires permits, sets civil and criminal penalties, allows forfeiture of sureties, regulates how proceeds are paid, and repeals outdated language.
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Official description
- enacts the Brine Conservation Act (act), including:
- defining terms
- outlining the scope and application of the act
- providing for the authority and jurisdiction of the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining, including rulemaking authority
- establishing civil and criminal penalties
- providing for forfeiture of sureties
- addressing the sale of equipment, installation, or material by the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining
- providing for the establishment and modification of brine production drilling units, pooling, or fields
- requiring permits
- regulating the payment of proceeds
- repeals outdated language
- makes technical and conforming amendments
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to approve it · 2/20/2025 8:26 AMWho voted how
- 69 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal House vote · 2/25/2025 3:25 PM
- 4 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to change the bill · 3/3/2025 9:07 AMWho voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to approve it · 3/3/2025 9:12 AMWho voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal Senate vote · 3/7/2025 11:40 PMWho voted how
- 68 yes, 1 no, 6 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · 3/7/2025 11:59 PM