TX SB 1978
died on adjournmentRelating to the interconnection of a facility in the ERCOT power region to certain other facilities.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
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
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Hallprimary
- Hughescosponsor
- Kolkhorstcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-06
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-03-06
Filed
filing
2025-03-17
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-17
Referred to Business & Commerce
referral-committee
2025-04-22
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-22
Testimony taken in committee
2025-04-22
Left pending in committee
2025-05-08
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-08
Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
committee-failure
2025-05-15
Vote reconsidered in committee
2025-05-15
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-16
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-16
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-20
Co-author authorized
2025-05-20
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-20
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-20
Record vote
2025-05-20
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-05-20
Record vote
2025-05-21
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-21
Record vote
2025-05-21
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-21
Passed
passage
2025-05-21
Record vote
2025-05-21
Reported engrossed
2025-05-21
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-05-23
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-23
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
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.
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