---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the membership of the Public Utility Commission of Texas."
description: "Relating to the membership of the Public Utility Commission of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 2154"
citation: "Texas SB 2154 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS (S0266)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paddie", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 83
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9af94a1-0973-484d-8244-8ec05f11aa39"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2154.xml"
source_hash: "0a7203964cc27cf099a127de90e7d147c183869e0f2861038316067f7ec1bc09"
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 SB 2154 (87) — Relating to the membership of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

## 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/SB02154I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02154E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02154H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02154S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02154F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **109–26** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paddie — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-24** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-25** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-25** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-25** Record vote
- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Record vote
- **2021-03-25** Reported engrossed
- **2021-03-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-23** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Read
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-27** Motion to instruct conferees
- **2021-05-27** Motion prevails
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees with instructions
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees w/inst-reported
- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **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** 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`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/e9af94a1-0973-484d-8244-8ec05f11aa39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).