---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a capacity cost recovery rider for certain electric utilities."
description: "Relating to a capacity cost recovery rider for certain electric utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1856"
citation: "Texas SB 1856 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Metcalf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/863b57cf-f71e-4351-ba78-3e9132df764e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1856.xml"
source_hash: "fe2ba82ec3c49a6880a682cd03ad65c2b850fa31757011c8df08ac9fd79d8035"
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 1856 (89R) — Relating to a capacity cost recovery rider for certain electric utilities.

## 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/SB01856I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01856E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01856H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01856S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01856F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–4** (pass) · lower
- passage — **130–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (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
- **2025-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-24** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-24** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2025-04-24** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-28** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-09** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/863b57cf-f71e-4351-ba78-3e9132df764e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).