---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to financing certain costs associated with electric markets; granting authority to issue bonds; authorizing fees."
description: "Relating to financing certain costs associated with electric markets; granting authority to issue bonds; authorizing fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 4492"
citation: "Texas HB 4492 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS (S6060)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS (ERCOT) (V0167)", "ELECTRIC SECURITIZATION CORPORATION", "TEXAS (VB34G)", "Energy--General (I0315)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Paddie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 100
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb060492-f8ed-44a6-befe-88a4c80e897b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04400_HB04499/HB 4492.xml"
source_hash: "83cd4f715e868c99d38174b5031bb47738f27a50bab4cc4eae2d3ccddc3cc4d3"
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 4492 (87) — Relating to financing certain costs associated with electric markets; granting authority to issue bonds; authorizing fees.

## 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/HB04492I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04492E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04492H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04492S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04492F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **22–8** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **116–18** (fail) · upper
- passage — **129–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Postponed
- **2021-04-28** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-04-28** Postponed
- **2021-05-03** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-03** Postponed
- **2021-05-05** Laid out as postponed business
- **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** Postponed
- **2021-05-06** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Passed as amended `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`
- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-27** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-05-27** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-05-27** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-05-27** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-05-27** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Remarks ordered printed
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-30** Corrected Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-30** Corrected Conference Committee Report distributed
- **2021-05-30** Rules suspended
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Remarks ordered printed
- **2021-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-31** 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`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** 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/eb060492-f8ed-44a6-befe-88a4c80e897b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).