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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the membership of the Public Utility Commission of Texas."
+description: "Relating to the membership of the Public Utility Commission of Texas."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 2154"
+citation: "Texas SB 2154 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS (S0266)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paddie", "Schwertner"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 83
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-22"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9af94a1-0973-484d-8244-8ec05f11aa39"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2154.xml"
+source_hash: "0a7203964cc27cf099a127de90e7d147c183869e0f2861038316067f7ec1bc09"
+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 2154 (87) — Relating to the membership of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
+
+## 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/SB02154I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02154E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02154H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02154S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02154F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **109–26** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-22** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-23** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-03-24** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-03-25** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-03-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-03-25** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-03-25** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-03-25** Record vote
+- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-25** Record vote
+- **2021-03-25** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-03-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-06** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-07** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-20** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-20** Record vote
+- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Record vote
+- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Record vote
+- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-23** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-25** Read
+- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2021-05-27** Motion to instruct conferees
+- **2021-05-27** Motion prevails
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees with instructions
+- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees w/inst-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **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** 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`
+- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-18** 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/e9af94a1-0973-484d-8244-8ec05f11aa39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+