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Bill Relating to the powers of certain public utility agencies; granting the power of eminent domain. Relating to the powers of certain public utility agencies; granting the power of eminent domain. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 HB 4217 Texas HB 4217 (88)
bill
CONDEMNATION (S0063)
County Government--General (I0096)
County Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0098)
Property Interests--Eminent Domain (I0615)
Utilities--Electric (I0831)
Utilities--General (I0830)
enacted
Springer
Troxclair
5 49 1 2023-03-08 2023-06-18 openstates ocd-bill/ea8ac9de-67f9-4a59-9148-22d92a10cd37 ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04200_HB04299/HB 4217.xml 234267712461daa16e7bb330d14916ce2f898f78639c7f5fc78170c4134c5cf5 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 4217 (88) — Relating to the powers of certain public utility agencies; granting the power of eminent domain.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • passage — 12511 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Springer — primary (person)
  • Troxclair — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-03-08 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-21 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-21 Referred to Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2023-04-04 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-04 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-04-04 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-04-04 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-04-19 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2023-04-19 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-04-19 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-01 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-05-01 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-05-02 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-05-06 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-05-09 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2023-05-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-05-10 Passed to engrossment
  • 2023-05-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-11 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-11 Record vote
  • 2023-05-11 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-11 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-05-12 Received from the House introduction
  • 2023-05-15 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-05-15 Referred to Local Government referral-committee
  • 2023-05-21 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-05-21 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-21 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-05-21 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-05-22 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-22 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-05-22 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-05-24 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-05-24 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-24 Laid before the Senate receipt
  • 2023-05-24 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2023-05-24 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-24 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-05-24 Record vote
  • 2023-05-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-24 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-24 Record vote
  • 2023-05-25 Senate passage reported passage
  • 2023-05-26 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-26 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-28 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-18 Filed without the Governor's signature became-law
  • 2023-06-18 Effective immediately became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea8ac9de-67f9-4a59-9148-22d92a10cd37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).