The House Committee on Energy Resources

89th Legislature

May 8, 2025

upon lunch recess

Agricultural Museum, 1W.14

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 8, 2025, and permission granted on May 8, 2025, to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on Energy Resources met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Darby, at 1:01 p.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Darby; Morales, Eddie; Dean; Garcia, Josey; Gates; Gerdes; Guerra; Reynolds; and Rosenthal.

A quorum was present.

HB 4891

The chair laid out HB 4891 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

The chair moved that HB 4891, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Darby; Morales, Eddie; Dean; Garcia, Josey; Gates; Gerdes; Guerra; Reynolds; Rosenthal (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Craddick; Dyson (2).

SB 1150

The chair laid out SB 1150, the companion to HB 2766.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

The chair moved that SB 1150, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Darby; Morales, Eddie; Dean; Garcia, Josey; Gates; Gerdes; Guerra; Reynolds; Rosenthal (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Craddick; Dyson (2).

SB 2122

The chair laid out SB 2122, the companion to HB 3158.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

The chair moved that SB 2122, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Darby; Morales, Eddie; Dean; Garcia, Josey; Gates; Gerdes; Guerra; Reynolds; Rosenthal (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Craddick; Dyson (2).

HB 5600

The chair laid out HB 5600 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The chair offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

The amendment was adopted without objection.

The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without objection.

The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments into a committee substitute.

The chair moved that HB 5600, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Darby; Morales, Eddie; Dean; Garcia, Josey; Gerdes; Guerra; Reynolds; Rosenthal (8).

Nays:                           Representative Gates (1).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Craddick; Dyson (2).

At 1:07 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

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Rep. Darby, Chair

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Santino Camacho, Clerk