Bill Commons

TX SB 1978

died on adjournment

Relating to the interconnection of a facility in the ERCOT power region to certain other facilities.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1978 pass?

No. TX SB 1978 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-23): Referred to State Affairs

What is TX SB 1978 about?

TX SB 1978 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the interconnection of a facility in the ERCOT power region to certain other facilities.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1978?

Hall is the primary sponsor of TX SB 1978, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-06
Latest action
2025-05-23 — Referred to State Affairs
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hallprimary
  • Hughescosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-23

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-23

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-05-21

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  4. 2025-05-21

    Reported engrossed

  5. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  6. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  7. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  8. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-21

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  10. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  12. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-20

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  14. 2025-05-20

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-05-20

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-05-16

    Committee report printed and distributed

  17. 2025-05-16

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2025-05-15

    Vote taken in committee

  19. 2025-05-15

    Vote reconsidered in committee

  20. 2025-05-08

    Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

    committee-failure

  21. 2025-05-08

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-04-22

    Left pending in committee

  23. 2025-04-22

    Testimony taken in committee

  24. 2025-04-22

    Considered in public hearing

  25. 2025-04-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  26. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-03-06

    Filed

    filing

  29. 2025-03-06

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 20-11

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • J. Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 20-11

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • J. Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1978.xml

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