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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to certificates of convenience and necessity for the construction of facilities for the transmission of electricity."
+description: "Relating to certificates of convenience and necessity for the construction of facilities for the transmission of electricity."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 1938"
+citation: "Texas SB 1938 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frullo", "Hancock", "King, Phil", "Phelan", "Raymond", "Rodriguez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-07"
+last_action: "2019-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9bdbf2d-23a9-4f72-93c7-9aa459a6134f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1938.xml"
+source_hash: "e1584a6375c5a238dc595fdb004db26e545260e15f8fec1b1daf7ddbe02eb75f"
+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 1938 (86) — Relating to certificates of convenience and necessity for the construction of facilities for the transmission of 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/SB01938I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **141–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frullo — primary (person)
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- King, Phil — primary (person)
+- Phelan — primary (person)
+- Raymond — primary (person)
+- Rodriguez — primary (person)
+- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-19** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-23** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2019-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-06** Record vote
+- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Record vote
+- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-07** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-07** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-08** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-16** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9bdbf2d-23a9-4f72-93c7-9aa459a6134f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+