---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to utility facilities for restoring electric service after a widespread power outage."
description: "Relating to utility facilities for restoring electric service after a widespread power outage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2483"
citation: "Texas HB 2483 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Hancock", "Harless", "Hernandez", "King, Phil", "Slawson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 76
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7a5aad-0c4c-4f87-b68b-a856804d3353"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2483.xml"
source_hash: "7666e8548c6b1df4b1a2f72285942c3144c734f48d034dd9d83bf103c91c39fe"
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 2483 (87) — Relating to utility facilities for restoring electric service after a widespread power outage.

## 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/HB02483I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02483E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02483H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02483S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02483F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **143–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Slawson — primary (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — 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.

- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-27** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2021-05-27** House requests conference committee
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-27** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-27** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-27** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/4c7a5aad-0c4c-4f87-b68b-a856804d3353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).