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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the consideration of employee compensation and benefits in establishing the rates of gas utilities."
+description: "Relating to the consideration of employee compensation and benefits in establishing the rates of gas utilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1767"
+citation: "Texas HB 1767 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Salaries & Expenses (I0745)", "Utilities--Natural Gas (I0001)", "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Darby", "Deshotel", "Hernandez", "King, Phil", "Murphy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 69
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-14"
+last_action: "2019-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5ded97e-ce91-4757-b31b-bf41250a9f22"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1767.xml"
+source_hash: "77e96afb9e359dcdf59826f0351da13997e0186956389e5b32d0e3f76b491174"
+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 1767 (86) — Relating to the consideration of employee compensation and benefits in establishing the rates of gas 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/HB01767I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **138–6** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **103–38** (pass) · lower
+- other — **138–6** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Darby — primary (person)
+- Deshotel — primary (person)
+- Hernandez — primary (person)
+- King, Phil — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **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** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **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
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-11** Amendment tabled
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-11** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-12** Postponed
+- **2019-04-15** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2019-04-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-15** Record vote
+- **2019-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-15** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-16** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-30** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-14** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-14** Record vote
+- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Record vote
+- **2019-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-15** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5ded97e-ce91-4757-b31b-bf41250a9f22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+