---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the registration and regulation of brokers by the Public Utility Commission of Texas."
description: "Relating to the registration and regulation of brokers by the Public Utility Commission of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1497"
citation: "Texas SB 1497 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parker", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5eca4f92-0341-4509-9d76-ec900b389c30"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1497.xml"
source_hash: "7d6093b261184bfa417357392359e033af492a8e04f7a149919214dfbe1850da"
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 1497 (86) — Relating to the registration and regulation of brokers by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB01497I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **95–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parker — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-03** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-03** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
- **2019-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Read
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-15** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5eca4f92-0341-4509-9d76-ec900b389c30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).