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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to fire safety standards and emergency operations plans for the operation of battery energy storage facilities; providing administrative penalties."
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description: "Relating to fire safety standards and emergency operations plans for the operation of battery energy storage facilities; providing administrative penalties."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "HB 3824"
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citation: "Texas HB 3824 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Energy--Fuel Storage (I0319)", "FIRE MARSHAL (S0196)", "FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION (S0273)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "Safety (I0740)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes", "King", "Schwertner"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 56
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-03-05"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de971a3a-ff7a-46d6-adfa-1502f7ac4465"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3824.xml"
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source_hash: "7ea2b9a3284a460830d191f2d13afccc848c3b1451138017b0e01337b0d5763c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 3824 (89R) — Relating to fire safety standards and emergency operations plans for the operation of battery energy storage facilities; providing administrative penalties.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03824I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03824E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03824H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03824S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03824F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **123–13** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 3824 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **135–2** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **135–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gerdes — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Schwertner — primary (person)
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- Alders — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
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- Hull — cosponsor (person)
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- Luther — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
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- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-05** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-26** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-30** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-13** Postponed
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- **2025-05-14** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-05-14** Passed to engrossment
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- **2025-05-14** Record vote
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- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-15** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
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- **2025-05-15** Record vote
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- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-15** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-16** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-16** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-25** Record vote
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- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-25** Record vote
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- **2025-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2025-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2025-05-27** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de971a3a-ff7a-46d6-adfa-1502f7ac4465`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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