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SB1978

Assigned to Committee
Authored by Bob Hall (R)
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Caption: Relating to the interconnection of a facility in the ERCOT power region to a facility outside the power region.
Initially Referred to Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to House State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican

SB 1978 restricts the interconnection of Texas' ERCOT power grid with out-of-state electricity networks. It requires that any such interconnection must first receive approval from the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and demonstrate that it will not subject ERCOT to federal jurisdiction.

Co-authors: Hughes (R); Kolkhorst (R)

Mar 6, 2025

(S) Hall signed onto the bill as Author
(S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate
(S) Filed

Mar 17, 2025

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

Apr 22, 2025

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

May 8, 2025

(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

May 15, 2025

(S) Vote reconsidered in committee
(S) Vote taken in committee

May 16, 2025

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

May 20, 2025

(S) Hughes signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Record vote
(S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
(S) Record vote

20250520_SB1978_E: Yea 20 (R 20, D 0) - Nay 11 (R 0, D 11)
Yea - A. Hinojosa; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Campbell; Creighton; Flores; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; King; Kolkhorst; Middleton; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks
Nay - Alvarado; Blanco; Cook; Eckhardt; Gutierrez; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; Menendez; Miles; West; Zaffirini
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May 21, 2025

(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Record vote
(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed

20250521_SB1978_3R: Yea 20 (R 20, D 0) - Nay 11 (R 0, D 11)
Yea - A. Hinojosa; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Campbell; Creighton; Flores; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; King; Kolkhorst; Middleton; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks
Nay - Alvarado; Blanco; Cook; Eckhardt; Gutierrez; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; Menendez; Miles; West; Zaffirini
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(S) Record vote
(S) Reported engrossed
(H) Received from the Senate

May 23, 2025

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

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Mark Bell for Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT)

For

(Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Fran Rhodes for self (with True Texas Project)
(Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Tom Glass for self (with Texas Constitutional Enforcement)

(Tue 4/22/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Jaren Taylor for ONCOR Electric Delivery, LLC
(Tue 4/22/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Will McAdams for Grid United
(Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Barksdale English for Public Utility Commission of Texas
(Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Cyrus Reed for Sierra Club
(Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Nathan Bigbee for self (with ERCOT)