---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to regulation of mergers and consolidations of power generation companies."
description: "Relating to regulation of mergers and consolidations of power generation companies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1211"
citation: "Texas SB 1211 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--General (I0830)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Harless", "Hernandez", "King, Phil", "Parker", "Patterson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/976ca81d-586d-4b32-8e67-c4418c134d18"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1211.xml"
source_hash: "7531da80f9be48c322d659ed07a0c06336202a549c64c2f777e557dc9ff699f2"
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 1211 (86) — Relating to regulation of mergers and consolidations of power generation companies.

## 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/SB01211I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-27** 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 as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** House passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** 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/976ca81d-586d-4b32-8e67-c4418c134d18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).