---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the Office of Public Utility Counsel to access certain data."
description: "Relating to the authority of the Office of Public Utility Counsel to access certain data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1877"
citation: "Texas SB 1877 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL", "OFFICE OF (V0236)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1166c686-0f84-43bb-8107-1ba03673ecfe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1877.xml"
source_hash: "810d3e22a3aff012c4f4060c598d21ec882f8ee4ae8c0205e170c73dffbdec63"
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 1877 (89R) — Relating to the authority of the Office of Public Utility Counsel to access certain data.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01877I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01877E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01877H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01877S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01877F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **119–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-01** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-07** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-21** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1166c686-0f84-43bb-8107-1ba03673ecfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).