Bill Commons

TX HB 3824

enacted

Relating to fire safety standards and emergency operations plans for the operation of battery energy storage facilities; providing administrative penalties.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 3824 pass?

Yes. TX HB 3824 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 3824 about?

TX HB 3824 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to fire safety standards and emergency operations plans for the operation of battery energy storage facilities; providing administrative penalties.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 3824?

Gerdes, Schwertner, King are the primary sponsors of TX HB 3824, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-26
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Gerdesprimary
  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Hayescosponsor
  • Hicklandcosponsor
  • Hullcosponsor
  • Luthercosponsor
  • Metcalfcosponsor
  • Morales Shawcosponsor
  • Shofnercosponsor
  • Slawsoncosponsor
  • Hallcosponsor
  • Alderscosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-31

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-29

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-28

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  9. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  11. 2025-05-27

    Co-sponsor authorized

  12. 2025-05-26

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  13. 2025-05-26

    Senate Amendments distributed

  14. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  15. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  17. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  20. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  22. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  23. 2025-05-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  24. 2025-05-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  25. 2025-05-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-05-22

    Vote taken in committee

  27. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-16

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-05-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-05-16

    Received from the House

    introduction

  31. 2025-05-15

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  33. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  34. 2025-05-15

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  35. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  36. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  37. 2025-05-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-14

    Passed to engrossment

  40. 2025-05-14

    Laid out as postponed business

  41. 2025-05-13

    Postponed

  42. 2025-05-13

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  43. 2025-05-10

    Placed on General State Calendar

  44. 2025-05-08

    Considered in Calendars

  45. 2025-05-07

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  46. 2025-05-06

    Committee report distributed

  47. 2025-05-06

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  48. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  49. 2025-04-30

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  50. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

  51. 2025-04-02

    Left pending in committee

  52. 2025-04-02

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  53. 2025-04-02

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-03-26

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  55. 2025-03-26

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  56. 2025-03-05

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 123-13

    Member-level votes (156)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Money: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Olcott: absent
    • Or: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • Y: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Martinez Fischer: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Troxclai: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 139-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Virdel: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 3824 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-25 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 135-2

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Lowe: no
    • Shahee: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • González: not voting
    • M: not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Jones, J.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Canales: absent

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3824.xml

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