---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain rates charged by and programs offered by municipally owned utilities."
description: "Relating to certain rates charged by and programs offered by municipally owned utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3615"
citation: "Texas HB 3615 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "Open Records (I0548)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--General (I0830)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Hernandez", "King, Phil"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47b69a58-ee55-43ed-a1c9-5d3ef1456962"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3615.xml"
source_hash: "6b03dc9c95493fc17a2b60487c0bca408323dadee3d466d690610a06cd25c608"
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 3615 (87) — Relating to certain rates charged by and programs offered by municipally owned utilities.

## 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/HB03615I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03615E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03615H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03615S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03615F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **105–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-06** 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
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** 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/47b69a58-ee55-43ed-a1c9-5d3ef1456962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).