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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to utility facilities for restoring electric service after a widespread power outage."
+description: "Relating to utility facilities for restoring electric service after a widespread power outage."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 2483"
+citation: "Texas HB 2483 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Hancock", "Harless", "Hernandez", "King, Phil", "Slawson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 76
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-01"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7a5aad-0c4c-4f87-b68b-a856804d3353"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2483.xml"
+source_hash: "7666e8548c6b1df4b1a2f72285942c3144c734f48d034dd9d83bf103c91c39fe"
+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 2483 (87) — Relating to utility facilities for restoring electric service after a widespread power outage.
+
+## 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/HB02483I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02483E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02483H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02483S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02483F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
+- other — **143–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Darby — primary (person)
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Harless — primary (person)
+- Hernandez — primary (person)
+- King, Phil — primary (person)
+- Slawson — primary (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-01** 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
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-21** Record vote
+- **2021-04-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-21** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-06** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-27** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2021-05-27** House requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-27** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-27** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-29** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** 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/4c7a5aad-0c4c-4f87-b68b-a856804d3353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+