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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a reliability assessment of the ERCOT power grid and certificates of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects."
+description: "Relating to a reliability assessment of the ERCOT power grid and certificates of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1281"
+citation: "Texas SB 1281 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS (ERCOT) (V0167)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "King, Phil"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 81
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-09"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ef86bda-1557-4ca7-8bd5-5a82780e8a33"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1281.xml"
+source_hash: "a17faec278e13a86929efc67a93aa2f34adcef08a3ed68412c9e4c2239cec5bd"
+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 1281 (87) — Relating to a reliability assessment of the ERCOT power grid and certificates of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects.
+
+## 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/SB01281I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01281E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01281H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01281S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01281F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **137–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- King, Phil — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-18** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Point of order withdrawn
+- **2021-05-24** Postponed
+- **2021-05-25** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-28** Read
+- **2021-05-28** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2021-05-28** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-28** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
+- **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 resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-31** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
+- **2021-05-31** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
+- **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 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/0ef86bda-1557-4ca7-8bd5-5a82780e8a33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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