---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the registration of virtual currency mining facilities in the ERCOT power region that demand a large load of interruptible power."
description: "Relating to the registration of virtual currency mining facilities in the ERCOT power region that demand a large load of interruptible power."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1929"
citation: "Texas SB 1929 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CURRENCY & CURRENCY EXCHANGE (S0335)", "ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS (ERCOT) (V0167)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean", "Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83580b47-d7c3-4453-abc4-6ee31aff4cbf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1929.xml"
source_hash: "62595053dcb45c7f51337aa75ca0ff7bff1f509d7dd9f65f26b0f96d967de20a"
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 1929 (88) — Relating to the registration of virtual currency mining facilities in the ERCOT power region that demand a large load of interruptible power.

## 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/SB01929I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01929E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01929H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01929S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01929F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **140–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dean — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-28** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-27** Read
- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-27** Record vote
- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83580b47-d7c3-4453-abc4-6ee31aff4cbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).