---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the consideration of employee compensation and benefits in establishing the rates of gas utilities."
description: "Relating to the consideration of employee compensation and benefits in establishing the rates of gas utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1767"
citation: "Texas HB 1767 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Salaries & Expenses (I0745)", "Utilities--Natural Gas (I0001)", "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Darby", "Deshotel", "Hernandez", "King, Phil", "Murphy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 69
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5ded97e-ce91-4757-b31b-bf41250a9f22"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1767.xml"
source_hash: "77e96afb9e359dcdf59826f0351da13997e0186956389e5b32d0e3f76b491174"
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 1767 (86) — Relating to the consideration of employee compensation and benefits in establishing the rates of gas 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/HB01767I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–6** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **103–38** (pass) · lower
- other — **138–6** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Deshotel — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **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** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **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
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Amendment tabled
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Postponed
- **2019-04-15** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Record vote
- **2019-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-15** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-15** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5ded97e-ce91-4757-b31b-bf41250a9f22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).