Texas 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025) Status: Introduced

HB 262 — Relating to the production and ownership of brine.

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  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced August 20, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the Texas statutes: Section 27.002, Water Code.

  • CHAPTER 124. OWNERSHIP OF BRINE MINERALS Sec. 124.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "brine minerals" means the interstitial particles and solutes suspended, dissolved, or otherwise contained in brine, including bromine, magnesium, potassium, lithium, boron, chlorine, iodine, calcium, strontium, sodium, sulfur, barium, sodium chloride, and other minerals, chemical elements, compounds, or products produced with or extracted from brine. Sec. 124.002. OWNERSHIP OF BRINE MINERALS. Except as otherwise expressly provided by a conveyance, contract, deed, reservation, exception, limitation, lease, assignment, or other binding obligation, the owner of the mineral estate of the land owns the brine minerals below the surface of the land as real property and is responsible for protecting the correlative rights of other owners.

    amended

  • Section 27.002, Water Code

    (26) "Brine" means a subterranean liquid or semiliquid of varying salinities and the interstitial particles and solutes suspended, dissolved, or otherwise contained in the liquid or semiliquid, including the brine minerals, as defined by Section 124.001, Natural Resources Code. The term does not include groundwater, as defined by Section 36.001(5), surface water, as described by Section 11.021(a), fluid oil and gas waste, as defined by Section 122.001, Natural Resources Code, or oil, gas, or a product of oil or gas, as defined by Section 85.001, Natural Resources Code.

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  • , not including: (A) oil, gas, or any product of oil or gas as defined by Section 85.001, Natural Resources Code; or (B) fluid oil and gas waste, as defined by Section 122.001, Natural Resources Code → brine minerals, interstitial particles and solutes in the liquid or produced from the liquid, the processing and brine minerals, interstitial particles and solutes in the liquid or produced from the liquid, , including rules establishing reporting requirements for operators of brine production wells and injection wells used for brine mining

    amended

Action History

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Not signed on (183)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 262?
HB 262 is sponsored by Pat Curry.
What is the current status of HB 262?
This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced August 20, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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