---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of emissions by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality during an event affecting electric demand or grid reliability."
description: "Relating to the regulation of emissions by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality during an event affecting electric demand or grid reliability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2321"
citation: "Texas SB 2321 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS (ERCOT) (V0167)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Environment--Air (I0325)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "King"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbb5a606-9667-4c69-b55b-249ecad160df"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02300_SB02399/SB 2321.xml"
source_hash: "b56e8bc76145d18b8164281b241bd352dd9eca2ed3b5f826beddffe2b2ee52ab"
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 2321 (89R) — Relating to the regulation of emissions by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality during an event affecting electric demand or grid reliability.

## 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/SB02321I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02321E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02321H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02321S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02321F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **139–2** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-14** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Environmental Regulation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-09** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-21** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** 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/dbb5a606-9667-4c69-b55b-249ecad160df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).