---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the consideration of employee compensation and benefits in establishing the rates of electric utilities."
description: "Relating to the consideration of employee compensation and benefits in establishing the rates of electric utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1016"
citation: "Texas SB 1016 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)", "Labor--Wages (I0485)", "Salaries & Expenses (I0745)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean", "King"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/928a2637-af4b-4ff7-85ec-8b97fbe5ed73"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1016.xml"
source_hash: "55dce3b53c57930b8adabd29fa5c2931650e3a81399fb14cf370ea79dadce48d"
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 1016 (88) — Relating to the consideration of employee compensation and benefits in establishing the rates of electric 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01016I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01016E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01016H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01016S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01016F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dean — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-14** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-21** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-03-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-19** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-05-05** 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/928a2637-af4b-4ff7-85ec-8b97fbe5ed73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).