---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks in certain areas outside of ERCOT."
description: "Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks in certain areas outside of ERCOT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 853"
citation: "Texas HB 853 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Fierro", "González, Mary", "Moody", "Ortega", "Rodríguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e8eb3a0-906b-444e-8eec-af6ca0f4596a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 853.xml"
source_hash: "a2c55d1873d084bdef1d2c9b096b7cfaf40402fd09cd5a8b276a11d5fcf67bf4"
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 853 (86) — Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks in certain areas outside of ERCOT.

## 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/HB00853I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Fierro — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Ortega — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — primary (person)
- Nevárez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** 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`
- **2019-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-27** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-29** 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** 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** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-03** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e8eb3a0-906b-444e-8eec-af6ca0f4596a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).