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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to middle mile broadband service provided by an electric utility."
+description: "Relating to middle mile broadband service provided by an electric utility."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 3853"
+citation: "Texas HB 3853 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--General (I0830)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Ashby", "Guillen", "King, Ken", "King, Tracy O.", "Perry"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad8137fe-6dde-4dfd-9715-5d7a0982151d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3853.xml"
+source_hash: "b053d3ec79083cb7c5f9f279be9a431686cadffe0fade45bbb8c70c8ea619220"
+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 3853 (87) — Relating to middle mile broadband service provided by an electric utility.
+
+## 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/HB03853I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03853E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03853H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03853S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03853F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **145–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- King, Ken — primary (person)
+- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Campos — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-24** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Record vote
+- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-27** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-13** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **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
+- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **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
+- **2021-05-28** 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
+- **2021-05-31** 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 immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad8137fe-6dde-4dfd-9715-5d7a0982151d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+