republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-145.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric service; providing an administrative penalty."
description: "Relating to risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric service; providing an administrative penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 145"
citation: "Texas HB 145 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Communications & Press (I0073)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "TEXAS DIVISION OF (VP6FW)", "FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION (S0273)", "Insurance--General (I0445)", "Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 76
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d0f9e72-cbea-41dc-aab2-d4f8ee3c6ddd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 145.xml"
source_hash: "dfaa80caee0d8d4d41a879b725b5ff4f611a588104733a2afd620b29aa2273a6"
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 HB 145 (89R) — Relating to risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric service; providing an administrative penalty.

## 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/HB00145I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00145E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00145H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00145S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00145F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 145 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **103–21** (pass) · lower
- passage — **103–21** (pass) · upper
- passage — **131–8** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **132–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-28** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2025-05-28** House requests conference committee
- **2025-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** 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/6d0f9e72-cbea-41dc-aab2-d4f8ee3c6ddd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).