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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to financing certain costs associated with electric markets; granting authority to issue bonds; authorizing fees."
+description: "Relating to financing certain costs associated with electric markets; granting authority to issue bonds; authorizing fees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 4492"
+citation: "Texas HB 4492 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BONDS (S6060)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS (ERCOT) (V0167)", "ELECTRIC SECURITIZATION CORPORATION", "TEXAS (VB34G)", "Energy--General (I0315)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Paddie"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 100
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb060492-f8ed-44a6-befe-88a4c80e897b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04400_HB04499/HB 4492.xml"
+source_hash: "83cd4f715e868c99d38174b5031bb47738f27a50bab4cc4eae2d3ccddc3cc4d3"
+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 4492 (87) — Relating to financing certain costs associated with electric markets; granting authority to issue bonds; authorizing fees.
+
+## 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/HB04492I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04492E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04492H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04492S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04492F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **22–8** (pass) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **116–18** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **129–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-29** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-22** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-26** Postponed
+- **2021-04-28** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-04-28** Postponed
+- **2021-05-03** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-03** Postponed
+- **2021-05-05** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-06** Postponed
+- **2021-05-06** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-06** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-06** Record vote
+- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-27** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2021-05-27** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2021-05-27** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2021-05-27** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2021-05-27** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Remarks ordered printed
+- **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 refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** Corrected Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-30** Corrected Conference Committee Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** Rules suspended
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Remarks ordered printed
+- **2021-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-31** 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`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** 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/eb060492-f8ed-44a6-befe-88a4c80e897b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+