---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line."
description: "Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3092"
citation: "Texas HB 3092 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curry", "Darby", "Gerdes", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c01c286-5921-42af-bd51-e0347bfd47d9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3092.xml"
source_hash: "f7ef45cd4fd256f170d5f6d9e315893cb72c7abdd8c89bb4e664c317366d1863"
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 3092 (89R) — Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission 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/HB03092I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03092E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03092H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03092S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03092F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curry — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Gerdes — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-28** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** Record vote
- **2025-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-05** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** 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/1c01c286-5921-42af-bd51-e0347bfd47d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).