---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to middle mile broadband service provided by an electric utility."
description: "Relating to middle mile broadband service provided by an electric utility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3853"
citation: "Texas HB 3853 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--General (I0830)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Ashby", "Guillen", "King, Ken", "King, Tracy O.", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad8137fe-6dde-4dfd-9715-5d7a0982151d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3853.xml"
source_hash: "b053d3ec79083cb7c5f9f279be9a431686cadffe0fade45bbb8c70c8ea619220"
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 3853 (87) — Relating to middle mile broadband service provided by an electric utility.

## 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/HB03853I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03853E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03853H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03853S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03853F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **145–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Ashby — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- King, Ken — primary (person)
- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** 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
- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-27** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **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
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-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 immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad8137fe-6dde-4dfd-9715-5d7a0982151d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).