---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an advisory body on the security of the electric grid."
description: "Relating to an advisory body on the security of the electric grid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 475"
citation: "Texas SB 475 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Governor (I0375)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "ELECTRIC GRID SECURITY COUNCIL", "TEXAS (V1173)", "ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS (ERCOT) (V0167)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flynn", "Hancock", "Hernandez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2accc516-1351-42aa-bf82-6df7195135b1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 475.xml"
source_hash: "bc9241449c80f867abb2e5ee39302a7702bb3ff26cce0b7e2e67faf9a256f314"
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 475 (86) — Relating to an advisory body on the security of the electric grid.

## 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/SB00475I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flynn — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** 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
- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-03** Record vote
- **2019-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Record vote
- **2019-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** 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/2accc516-1351-42aa-bf82-6df7195135b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).