---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to broadband service or facilities provided by an electric cooperative."
description: "Relating to broadband service or facilities provided by an electric cooperative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Texas SB 14 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)", "BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Bell, Keith", "King, Phil", "Kuempel", "Nichols", "Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 68
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ddf42cd-6282-4f70-a1f5-c44392825d63"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 14.xml"
source_hash: "7497acbadbae7f34db88b64805093cd7a4859f5d30511675c5298b34fc5a496f"
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 14 (86) — Relating to broadband service or facilities provided by an electric cooperative.

## 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/SB00014I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Kuempel — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-25** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-26** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-27** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-04** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-05** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-06** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-11** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **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** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-01** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-02** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **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`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Read
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ddf42cd-6282-4f70-a1f5-c44392825d63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).