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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to attachments for broadband service on utility poles owned by an electric cooperative and establishing and funding a pole replacement program for deployment of certain broadband facilities."
+description: "Relating to attachments for broadband service on utility poles owned by an electric cooperative and establishing and funding a pole replacement program for deployment of certain broadband facilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1505"
+citation: "Texas HB 1505 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AUDITOR", "STATE (V4364)", "BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Paddie"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-03"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fd371d9-0fd8-4b8d-9ad6-bf8c9924c841"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1505.xml"
+source_hash: "2b3fa55e0218d0a427e48dd8501e9aa9448b4f4c83796a5408f23b60ba8cccc6"
+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 1505 (87) — Relating to attachments for broadband service on utility poles owned by an electric cooperative and establishing and funding a pole replacement program for deployment of certain broadband facilities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01505I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01505E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01505H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01505S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01505F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **138–7** (pass) · lower
+- other — **128–17** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **128–17** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-13** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-03** Postponed
+- **2021-05-03** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-03** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-03** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-03** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2021-05-03** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Record vote
+- **2021-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-04** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-13** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-17** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fd371d9-0fd8-4b8d-9ad6-bf8c9924c841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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