Texas Oil and Gas Association Good Government Committee

What this organization says it wants

Texas Oil and Gas Association Good Government Committee is on record about 45 bills, through federal lobbying filings and testimony to state committees. 10 of those state a side we can place on the scale. Naming a bill is not a position, so the rest count as involvement only.

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The positions, and the documents they come from

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• ForTX-89-hb9Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income.

  “FOR: Texas Association of Manufacturers, Texas Chemistry Council, Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the record

• ForTX-89-hb143Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas and the Public Utility Commission of Texas to address a failure by an operator to maintain an electrical power line serving a well site or certain surface facilities in accordance with the National Electrical Code.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the record

• ForTX-89-hb4688Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the record

• ForTX-89-sb7Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.

  “FOR: Texas Oil & Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the record

• ForTX-89-sb30Relating to recovery of health care-related damages in certain civil actions.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the record

• ForTX-89-sb34Relating to funding for certain volunteer fire departments, to the preparation for and the prevention, management, and potential effects of wildfires, and to emergency communications in this state.

  “FOR: Texas Oil & Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the record

• ForTX-89-sb39Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the record

• ForTX-89-sb1146Relating to the plugging or replugging of certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the record

• ForTX-89-hjr1Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.

  “FOR: Texas Association of Manufacturers, Texas Chemistry Council, Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the record

• ForTX-89-hjr7Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the record

• ForTX-89-hb8Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district.

  “FOR: Texas Oil & Gas Association, Texas Chemistry Council, Texas Association of Manufacturers”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb40Relating to the business court.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb48Relating to the creation of an organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Department of Public Safety.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb105Relating to the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act.

  “FOR: Texas Chemistry Council, Texas Association of Manufacturers, Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb265Relating to the allocation of certain constitutional transfers of money to the economic stabilization fund, the state highway fund, and the Grow Texas fund and to the permissible uses of money deposited to the Grow Texas fund.

  “FOR: Texas oil and gas association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb2890Relating to an interstate compact for the liquefied natural gas industry.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• AgainstTX-89-hb3069Relating to the approval of a certificate of convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects.

  “AGAINST: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb3159Relating to a severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain previously inactive restimulation wells; providing a civil penalty.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb5224Relating to the designation of certain natural gas facilities as seasonally critical.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-sb494Relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-sb1145Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to issue permits for the land application of water produced from certain mining and oil and gas extraction operations.

  “In particular TXOGA is supportive of SB 1145 by Sen. Birdwell and HB 2584 by Rep. Landgraf, which provide an alternative to disposing produced water by allowing the TCEQ to permit land application of treated produced water.”

  Published by the organisationStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-sb1150Relating to the plugging of and reporting on inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas; authorizing an administrative penalty.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-sb1320Relating to the establishment of the organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Texas Department of Public Safety.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-sb1759Relating to the declaration of an oil or gas emergency by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the liability of a person for assistance, advice, or resources provided in relation to an oil or gas emergency.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-sb1806Relating to the inspection, purchase, sale, possession, storage, transportation, and disposal of petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, and oil and gas waste; creating criminal offenses and increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-sb2037Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-sb2206Relating to a franchise tax credit for, and the application of sales and use taxes to, certain research and development expenses.

  “FOR: Texas Chemistry Council, Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-sb2337Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-sb2692Relating to the filing of an appeal regarding certain water, drainage, or sewer rates with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hjr35Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of and use of money in the Grow Texas fund and allocating certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund.

  “FOR: Texas oil and gas association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hjr47Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund, dedicating the money in that fund to benefit areas of the state significantly affected by oil and gas production, and providing for the transfer of certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and certain other funds and accounts.

  “FOR: Texas oil and gas association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb188Relating to the allocation of certain constitutional transfers of money to certain funds and accounts, including the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund, and to the permissible uses of money deposited to the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund.

  “FOR: Texas oil and gas association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb1647Relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• AgainstTX-89-hb1730Relating to a study regarding the effects of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals on public health.

  “AGAINST: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb2584Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to issue permits for the land application of water produced from certain mining and oil and gas extraction operations.

  “In particular TXOGA is supportive of SB 1145 by Sen. Birdwell and HB 2584 by Rep. Landgraf”

  Published by the organisationStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb3707Relating to the inspection, purchase, sale, possession, storage, transportation, and disposal of petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, and oil and gas waste; creating criminal offenses and increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb3911Relating to the plugging or replugging of certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb4021Relating to the declaration of an oil or gas emergency by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the liability of a person for assistance, advice, or resources provided in relation to an oil or gas emergency.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• AgainstTX-89-hb4891Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of certain commercial facilities that dispose of oil and gas waste; imposing a fee.

  “AGAINST: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-89-hb5067Relating to notices of appeals for matters within the exclusive intermediate appellate jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Court of Appeals District.

  “FOR: Texas Oil and Gas Association”

  Testimony to a Texas committeeStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2025Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-88-hb2374Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate an energy source or engine.

  “TXOGA Statement in Support of Legislation Protecting Energy Choice”

  Published by the organisationStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2023Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-88-sb1017Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate an energy source or engine.

  “TXOGA Statement in Support of Legislation Protecting Energy Choice”

  Published by the organisationStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2023Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-87-hb2730Relating to the acquisition of real property by an entity with eminent domain authority and the regulation of easement or right-of-way agents.

  “We hope Governor Abbott will sign this important bill into law.”

  Published by the organisationStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2021Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-87-sb601Relating to the creation and activities of the Texas Produced Water Consortium.

  “TXOGA Applauds Law Creating Texas Produced Water Consortium”

  Published by the organisationStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2021Open the recordnot counted yet

• ForTX-86-hb3557Relating to civil and criminal liability for engaging in certain conduct involving a critical infrastructure facility; creating criminal offenses.

  “HB 3557 strengthens protections for private property owners and businesses while preserving the right to legally and respectfully protest and express free speech”

  Published by the organisationStated by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)2019Open the recordnot counted yet

Marked positions are on record but not yet counted: we have not placed those bills on our scale, so they do not move any number on this page.

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