SB 1172 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to exempting certain transactions from regulation by the Texas Real Estate Commission.

SB 1172 exempts specific real estate transactions involving natural resources from requiring a Texas Real Estate Commission license. It directly affects property owners, energy developers, and businesses dealing with mineral rights, water rights, standing timber, or energy sources like solar and wind. The bill adds definitions for "mineral" and "other energy source" and creates a new exemption (subsection 9) in the Occupations Code, removing licensing requirements for sales, leases, or transfers of these resource interests. This change applies to transactions such as selling oil/gas rights, solar installations, or timber, streamlining processes for these specific property dealings.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Signed May 24, 2025

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Engrossed → Enrolled · 7 edits · May 24, 2025

MODERATE

This bill amends the Texas Occupations Code to clarify exemptions from real estate broker regulation, primarily by adding new definitions for 'Mineral' and 'Other energy source' and expanding the list of exempt transactions. The changes ensure that specific types of mineral rights transactions and energy-related activities are clearly excluded from requiring a real estate broker license.

Scope change

The bill expands exemptions from real estate broker licensing requirements to include additional transaction types involving minerals, energy sources, and water rights.

DEFINITION

Added definition of 'Mineral' to include oil, gas, hydrocarbons, coal, lignite, uranium, and various mineral classifications.

Added definition of 'Other energy source' to include geothermal, nuclear, solar, and wind energy.

Added new definition of 'Water' covering diffused surface water, groundwater, and state water.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new exemption category for transactions involving minerals, mining, quarries, standing timber, and other energy sources.

Added new exemption for transactions involving water rights as defined in the Water Code.

Added new exemption for transactions on behalf of commercial signage entities.

Reorganized and renumbered existing exemption categories to accommodate new additions while maintaining the original structure.

Floor votes · House May 5, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

May 24, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor

executive

May 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed in the House

lower

May 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed in the Senate

upper

May 12, 2025

Introduced

Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

lower

May 12, 2025

Introduced

Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

upper

May 12, 2025

Introduced

House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

upper

May 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

House passage as amended reported

upper

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

May 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to 3rd reading as amended

lower

May 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

May 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

May 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Introduced

Received from the Senate

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Left pending in committee

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Business & Commerce

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors