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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the registration of virtual currency mining facilities in the ERCOT power region that demand a large load of interruptible power."
+description: "Relating to the registration of virtual currency mining facilities in the ERCOT power region that demand a large load of interruptible power."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1929"
+citation: "Texas SB 1929 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CURRENCY & CURRENCY EXCHANGE (S0335)", "ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS (ERCOT) (V0167)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dean", "Johnson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-08"
+last_action: "2023-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83580b47-d7c3-4453-abc4-6ee31aff4cbf"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1929.xml"
+source_hash: "62595053dcb45c7f51337aa75ca0ff7bff1f509d7dd9f65f26b0f96d967de20a"
+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 1929 (88) — Relating to the registration of virtual currency mining facilities in the ERCOT power region that demand a large load of interruptible power.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01929I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01929E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01929H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01929S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01929F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **140–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dean — primary (person)
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-20** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-28** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-05** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-06** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-22** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-27** Read
+- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-27** Record vote
+- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-09** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83580b47-d7c3-4453-abc4-6ee31aff4cbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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