---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to notice provided to a retail electric customer of the procedure for requesting vegetation management near a transmission or distribution line."
description: "Relating to notice provided to a retail electric customer of the procedure for requesting vegetation management near a transmission or distribution line."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 1606"
citation: "Texas HB 1606 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Johnson", "Metcalf", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e131d577-6677-4050-832a-8497c34f88c2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1606.xml"
source_hash: "5e86aad19f71f21757a0e476f0c938237a2a1b04c213b252f752d4dc9fe4e6dd"
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 1606 (89R) — Relating to notice provided to a retail electric customer of the procedure for requesting vegetation management near a transmission or distribution line.

## 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/HB01606I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01606E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01606H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01606S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01606F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/e131d577-6677-4050-832a-8497c34f88c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).