---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks by certain non-ERCOT utilities."
description: "Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks by certain non-ERCOT utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 986"
citation: "Texas HB 986 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Frullo", "King, Ken", "Perry", "Price", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9847bbd9-e9d2-4582-809f-b4899596091e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 986.xml"
source_hash: "de7d059c204997135a5171d06f5aee4990d0e12fa8b630e97f0daeb57dce3ac8"
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 986 (86) — Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks by 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/HB00986I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Frullo — primary (person)
- King, Ken — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** 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
- **2019-05-10** 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/9847bbd9-e9d2-4582-809f-b4899596091e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).