---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of certain retail electric products."
description: "Relating to the regulation of certain retail electric products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 16"
citation: "Texas HB 16 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Hernandez", "Hunter", "Morales Shaw", "Paddie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/986c7850-8af8-4ceb-8f79-323ee68fad66"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 16.xml"
source_hash: "1d7a26e796dbee314546155b514b3e6fbc92ae6915057ead1dcd70fcb107d5be"
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 16 (87) — Relating to the regulation of certain retail electric products.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00016I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00016E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00016H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00016S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00016F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **116–31** (pass) · lower
- other — **123–24** (fail) · upper
- passage — **123–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-30** Record vote
- **2021-03-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-31** Reported engrossed
- **2021-03-31** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-04-29** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-04-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-12** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/986c7850-8af8-4ceb-8f79-323ee68fad66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).