---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the applicability of certain electric energy storage equipment requirements to municipally owned utilities and electric cooperatives."
description: "Relating to the applicability of certain electric energy storage equipment requirements to municipally owned utilities and electric cooperatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1012"
citation: "Texas SB 1012 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "Energy--General (I0315)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holland", "Hunter", "Phelan", "Raymond", "Rodriguez", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/333fb08d-eb5b-4087-869a-fd86e8d83ec0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1012.xml"
source_hash: "5a4f06680ddcee4e8df2d9e4b70ef40b309cecb636c6fd953fc706b7f2ad278f"
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 SB 1012 (86) — Relating to the applicability of certain electric energy storage equipment requirements to municipally owned utilities and electric cooperatives.

## 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/SB01012I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Holland — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-03** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-18** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-26** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2019-05-06** House passage reported
- **2019-05-06** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-07** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** 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/333fb08d-eb5b-4087-869a-fd86e8d83ec0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).