---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to safety and inspection requirements for certain utilities that provide electricity."
description: "Relating to safety and inspection requirements for certain utilities that provide electricity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4150"
citation: "Texas HB 4150 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safety (I0740)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--General (I0830)", "WILLIAM THOMAS HEATH POWER LINE SAFETY ACT (P0762)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Clardy", "Dean", "Hughes", "Paddie", "Raymond"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 62
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d17bbd-cb17-4ab7-bf13-d562d9db3ae5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04100_HB04199/HB 4150.xml"
source_hash: "be84be5dd1870c081fc931e45b9bcbdf97bccb6ecad6dd1f5597bf169f5b8ae5"
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 4150 (86) — Relating to safety and inspection requirements for certain utilities that provide electricity.

## 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/HB04150I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **139–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Clardy — primary (person)
- Dean — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** 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 on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7d17bbd-cb17-4ab7-bf13-d562d9db3ae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).