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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to safety and inspection requirements for certain utilities that provide electricity."
+description: "Relating to safety and inspection requirements for certain utilities that provide electricity."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 4150"
+citation: "Texas HB 4150 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Safety (I0740)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--General (I0830)", "WILLIAM THOMAS HEATH POWER LINE SAFETY ACT (P0762)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Clardy", "Dean", "Hughes", "Paddie", "Raymond"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-03-08"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d17bbd-cb17-4ab7-bf13-d562d9db3ae5"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04100_HB04199/HB 4150.xml"
+source_hash: "be84be5dd1870c081fc931e45b9bcbdf97bccb6ecad6dd1f5597bf169f5b8ae5"
+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 4150 (86) — Relating to safety and inspection requirements for certain utilities that provide electricity.
+
+## 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/HB04150I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **139–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Clardy — primary (person)
+- Dean — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- Raymond — primary (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-25** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-03** Record vote
+- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-06** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **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** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **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
+- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** 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 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/c7d17bbd-cb17-4ab7-bf13-d562d9db3ae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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