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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the removal of wind power facilities."
+description: "Relating to the removal of wind power facilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2845"
+citation: "Texas HB 2845 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy--General (I0315)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "RENEWABLE ENERGY (S0611)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Canales", "Clardy", "Creighton", "Darby", "Phelan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-01"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cb7f331-22df-4443-9351-11e168783b40"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2845.xml"
+source_hash: "164d43c8a44c7a07aeaed318ca3dd1627cca776908b5ced60ef664e030dad555"
+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 2845 (86) — Relating to the removal of wind power facilities.
+
+## 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/HB02845I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Canales — primary (person)
+- Clardy — primary (person)
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Darby — primary (person)
+- Phelan — primary (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-29** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-30** Record vote
+- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage 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`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cb7f331-22df-4443-9351-11e168783b40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+