---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of rates for certain non-ERCOT utilities."
description: "Relating to the establishment of rates for certain non-ERCOT utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1397"
citation: "Texas HB 1397 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Metcalf", "Moody", "Nichols", "Paddie", "Phelan", "Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 74
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8261ee44-bccf-40bb-9f8e-77a322705d50"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1397.xml"
source_hash: "b81022c2a999baf1d59c762c43b3f71849143612d730b081f61a11d9a58378c7"
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 1397 (86) — Relating to the establishment of rates for certain non-ERCOT utilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01397I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Nevárez — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-04** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Record vote
- **2019-04-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-05** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-02** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-07** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-08** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-08** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-13** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-13** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-13** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-14** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-14** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-14** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-20** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** House discharges conferees
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House discharges conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8261ee44-bccf-40bb-9f8e-77a322705d50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).