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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to temporary emergency electric energy facilities."
+description: "Relating to temporary emergency electric energy facilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 231"
+citation: "Texas SB 231 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy--General (I0315)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "King"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-11-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ae1d367-ded6-44a9-a8fa-6e947ab4e689"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 231.xml"
+source_hash: "b2c8ea0770bd9c4d1ff249da9df0aa0d84f8dffe0bf989da0fd1551ab7edb7cb"
+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 231 (89R) — Relating to temporary emergency electric energy facilities.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00231I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00231E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00231H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00231S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00231F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **129–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-04-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-07** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-08** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-16** Record vote
+- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Record vote
+- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-12** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-20** Record vote
+- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** Record vote
+- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** 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/1ae1d367-ded6-44a9-a8fa-6e947ab4e689`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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