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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the establishment of rates for certain non-ERCOT utilities."
+description: "Relating to the establishment of rates for certain non-ERCOT utilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1397"
+citation: "Texas HB 1397 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Metcalf", "Moody", "Nichols", "Paddie", "Phelan", "Price"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 74
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-05"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8261ee44-bccf-40bb-9f8e-77a322705d50"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1397.xml"
+source_hash: "b81022c2a999baf1d59c762c43b3f71849143612d730b081f61a11d9a58378c7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 1397 (86) — Relating to the establishment of rates for certain non-ERCOT utilities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01397I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Moody — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- Phelan — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
+- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Nevárez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-27** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-04** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-04** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-05** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Record vote
+- **2019-04-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-05** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-09** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-29** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-02** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-07** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-08** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-08** Record vote
+- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-08** Record vote
+- **2019-05-08** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-08** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-08** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-13** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2019-05-13** House requests conference committee
+- **2019-05-13** House appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-14** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2019-05-14** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2019-05-14** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-20** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-20** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-24** House discharges conferees
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** House discharges conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-24** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
+- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8261ee44-bccf-40bb-9f8e-77a322705d50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+