---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certificates of convenience and necessity for the construction of facilities for the transmission of electricity."
description: "Relating to certificates of convenience and necessity for the construction of facilities for the transmission of electricity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1938"
citation: "Texas SB 1938 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frullo", "Hancock", "King, Phil", "Phelan", "Raymond", "Rodriguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9bdbf2d-23a9-4f72-93c7-9aa459a6134f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1938.xml"
source_hash: "e1584a6375c5a238dc595fdb004db26e545260e15f8fec1b1daf7ddbe02eb75f"
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 1938 (86) — Relating to certificates of convenience and necessity for the construction of facilities for the transmission of electricity.

## 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/SB01938I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **141–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frullo — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-06** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** House passage reported
- **2019-05-07** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-08** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9bdbf2d-23a9-4f72-93c7-9aa459a6134f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).