SB75

Signed by Governor
Authored by Bob Hall (R)
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Caption: Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.
Initially Referred to Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to House State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
This bill would cost taxpayers $1,649,765.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.

RPT Priority #6: Secure the Electric Grid ENDORSED


Primary authors: Alvarado (D); Bettencourt (R); Blanco (D); Campbell (R); Cook (D); Creighton (R); Eckhardt (D); Flores (R); Hughes (R); Kolkhorst (R); Menendez (D); Middleton (R); Paxton (R); Perry (R); West (D); Zaffirini (D)
Co-authors: A. Hinojosa (R); Birdwell (R); Gutierrez (D); Hagenbuch (R); Huffman (R); J. Hinojosa (D); King (R); Miles (D); Nichols (R); Parker (R); Sparks (R)
Sponsors: Wilson (R)


(S) Wilson signed onto the bill as Sponsor
 

Nov 12, 2024


(S) Hall signed onto the bill as Author
(S) Alvarado signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Blanco signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Campbell signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Cook signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Creighton signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Eckhardt signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Flores signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Hughes signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Menendez signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Middleton signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Paxton signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Perry signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) West signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Zaffirini signed onto the bill as Primary Author
(S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate
(S) Filed
 

Feb 3, 2025


(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate Business & Commerce, chaired by a Republican
 

Mar 5, 2025


(S) A. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Gutierrez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Hagenbuch signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Miles signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Parker signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Sparks signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Mar 6, 2025


(S) King signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Mar 11, 2025


(S) Nichols signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Mar 12, 2025


(S) Huffman signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) J. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Mar 19, 2025


(S) Birdwell signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Apr 1, 2025


(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Testimony taken in committee
(S) Left pending in committee
 

Apr 8, 2025


(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Vote taken in committee
 

Apr 14, 2025


(S) Reported favorably as substituted
(S) Committee report printed and distributed
 

Apr 15, 2025


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Apr 16, 2025


(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

20250416_SB75_E: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Three day rule suspended
(S) Record vote
(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed

20250416_SB75_3R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Record vote
(S) Reported engrossed
 

Apr 17, 2025


(H) Received from the Senate
 

Apr 22, 2025


(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
 

May 5, 2025


(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
(H) Left pending in committee
 

May 7, 2025


(H) Considered in formal meeting
(H) Committee substitute considered in committee
(H) Reported favorably as substituted
 

May 14, 2025


(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
(H) Committee report distributed
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
 

May 16, 2025


(H) Considered in Calendars
 

May 20, 2025


(H) Placed on General State Calendar
(H) Read 2nd time
(H) Postponed
(H) Laid out as postponed business
(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Wilson amended the bill.
(H) Record vote

RV#3082: Yea 142 (R 83, D 59) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Absent - Harrison; Vo

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Harris

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(H) A Republican amendment (No. 2) from Slawson amended the bill.
(H) Record vote

RV#3083: Yea 142 (R 82, D 60) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Absent - Troxclair; Virdell

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Harris

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(H) Passed to 3rd reading as amended
(H) Record vote

RV#3084: Yea 143 (R 84, D 59) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Harris; Hinojosa

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May 21, 2025


(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H) Record vote

RV#3137: Yea 144 (R 85, D 59) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Absent - Gervin-Hawkins; Hayes; Simmons

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Harris

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(S) House passage as amended reported
 

May 26, 2025


(H) Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
 

May 28, 2025


(H) Signed in the House
(E) Sent to the Governor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Tue 4/1/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Brian Lloyd for ONCOR Electric Delivery, LLC
(Tue 4/1/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Mark Bell for Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as James Lentz for self (with CCL)
 

For

(Tue 4/1/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Chuck DeVore for
(Mon 5/5/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Cindi Castilla for self (with Texas Eagle Forum)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as David Tice for self
(Mon 5/5/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as David Tice for self
(Mon 5/5/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Don Brown for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Don Brown for self (with Secure the Grid Coalition)
(Mon 5/5/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as John Bolgiano for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Sheila Hemphill for self (with Texas Right To Know, Texas Hemp Industries Association)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Tom Glass for self (with Protect the Texas Grid)
(Mon 5/5/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Tom Glass for self (with Protect the Texas Grid)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Tommy Waller for self (with Center for Security Policy and Secure the Grid Coalition)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Abby Rodgers for self
(Mon 5/5/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Alexa Aragonez for City of Houston
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Anita Knight for self (with CCL)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Becky Bullard for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Bob Hendricks for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Brandon Davis for self
(Mon 5/5/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Brita Treat for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Cindi Castilla for self (with Texas Eagle Forum)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as CJ Grisham for self
(Mon 5/5/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Clifford Sparks for City of Dallas
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Courtney Hall for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Cynthia Lesky for Citizens' Climate Lobby
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Cyrus Reed for Sierra Club
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Dara Sandland for self (with Citizens Climate Lobby)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Diane Duesterhoeft for self (with Citizens' Climate Lobby)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Ellen Loveless for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Faith Bombito for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Guy Petty for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Ian Sandland for self (with Citizens Climate Lobby)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Jacob Krengel for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as James Gavin for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as James Kahle for self (with Citizens Climate Lobby)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Janet Womack for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Jason Isaac for self (with American Energy Institute)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Jean Eaton for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Joshua Sanders for City of Houston
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Julie McCarty for self (with True Texas Project)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Justin Yancy for Texas Business Leadership Council
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Katherine Sullivan-Scott for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Larry Linenschmidt for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Lisa Burkhart for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Liz Case for self (with Eagle Forum Subject Expert)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Marie Miglin for self
(Mon 5/5/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Mark Treat for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Martha Adams for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Matthew Rankin for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Maureen Smith for self (with True Texas Project)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Michael Kelbel for self (with CCL)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Michael Phillips for self (with Citizens Climate Lobby)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Michelle Evans for Williamson County Republican Party
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Nancy White for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Peter Bella for self (with Citizens' Climate Lobby)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Richard Wayne for self (with Citizens Climate Lobby)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Richard Womack for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Steven Saines for self (with Citizens Climate Lobby)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Stuart Birnbaum for self (with Citizens' Climate Lobby)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Susan Meredith for self (with Citizens Climate Lobby)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Thomas Wikman for self (with Citizens Climate Lobby)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Tommy Attaway for self (with Freedom Texas)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Victoria Hendricks for self
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Yahaira Leon for self (with Crescentia Initiative)
 

On

(Tue 4/1/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Chad Seely for Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
(Mon 5/5/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Mark Bell for Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT)
(Tue 4/1/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Nim Kidd for TDEM
(Tue 4/1/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Taylor Kilroy for Texas Public Power Association
(Mon 5/5/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Blair Walsh for TDEM
(Tue 4/1/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Chuck Bondurant for Public Utility Commission of Texas
(Mon 5/5/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Chuck Bondurant for Public Utility Commission of Texas
(Mon 5/5/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Kyle Bush for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM)



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