---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the installation, removal, and replacement of certain gas pipelines; clarifying changes to related administrative penalties."
description: "Relating to the installation, removal, and replacement of certain gas pipelines; clarifying changes to related administrative penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 866"
citation: "Texas HB 866 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safety (I0740)", "Utilities--Natural Gas (I0001)", "PIPELINE SAFETY (S0437)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchia", "Birdwell", "González, Jessica", "Meyer", "Turner, Chris", "Turner, John"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/488d9166-f6df-48cb-b03f-08c14062893f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 866.xml"
source_hash: "96848e68799df6c64d015d152e9031bde0fc8139e4508f45b3753c6ad9f26696"
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 866 (86) — Relating to the installation, removal, and replacement of certain gas pipelines; clarifying changes to related administrative penalties.

## 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/HB00866I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Anchia — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- González, Jessica — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
- Turner, John — primary (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — 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 Energy Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/488d9166-f6df-48cb-b03f-08c14062893f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).