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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to broadband service or facilities provided by an electric cooperative."
+description: "Relating to broadband service or facilities provided by an electric cooperative."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 14"
+citation: "Texas SB 14 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)", "BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Bell, Keith", "King, Phil", "Kuempel", "Nichols", "Price"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 68
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-06"
+last_action: "2019-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ddf42cd-6282-4f70-a1f5-c44392825d63"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 14.xml"
+source_hash: "7497acbadbae7f34db88b64805093cd7a4859f5d30511675c5298b34fc5a496f"
+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 SB 14 (86) — Relating to broadband service or facilities provided by an electric cooperative.
+
+## 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/SB00014I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
+- King, Phil — primary (person)
+- Kuempel — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
+- Flores — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Israel — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Powell — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-02-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-13** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-02-25** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-02-26** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-02-27** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-03-04** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-03-05** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-03-06** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-03-11** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-03-13** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-01** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-02** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-04** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-04** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-04** Record vote
+- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** Record vote
+- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Record vote
+- **2019-05-14** House passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Read
+- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ddf42cd-6282-4f70-a1f5-c44392825d63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+