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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks by certain non-ERCOT utilities."
+description: "Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks by certain non-ERCOT utilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 986"
+citation: "Texas HB 986 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Frullo", "King, Ken", "Perry", "Price", "Springer"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-23"
+last_action: "2019-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9847bbd9-e9d2-4582-809f-b4899596091e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 986.xml"
+source_hash: "de7d059c204997135a5171d06f5aee4990d0e12fa8b630e97f0daeb57dce3ac8"
+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 986 (86) — Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks by 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/HB00986I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Frullo — primary (person)
+- King, Ken — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Springer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-23** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** 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`
+- **2019-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-27** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-29** 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** 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** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9847bbd9-e9d2-4582-809f-b4899596091e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+