Bill Text: TX HB459 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment by the Railroad Commission of Texas of a policy to eliminate the routine flaring of natural gas from wells or other facilities regulated by the commission.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-28 - Referred to Energy Resources [HB459 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB459-Introduced.html
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| By: Rosenthal | H.B. No. 459 | |
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| relating to the establishment by the Railroad Commission of Texas | ||
| of a policy to eliminate the routine flaring of natural gas from | ||
| wells or other facilities regulated by the commission. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 86, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 86.186 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 86.186. ELIMINATION OF ROUTINE FLARING. (a) The | ||
| commission by rule shall establish a policy to eliminate before | ||
| December 31, 2031, the routine flaring of gas from wells or other | ||
| facilities regulated by the commission. | ||
| (b) The policy may include: | ||
| (1) regulatory, incentive-based, or voluntary | ||
| approaches for achieving the goals of the policy; and | ||
| (2) interim goals for individual wells or other | ||
| facilities or for operators of wells or other facilities. | ||
| (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the policy must | ||
| allow flaring for safety or emergency purposes or purposes | ||
| authorized under Section 86.185. | ||
| (d) The policy may not allow flaring to be conducted for an | ||
| extended period for a purpose that is not related to safety or an | ||
| emergency. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
