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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the planning for, interconnection and operation of, and costs related to providing service for certain electrical loads and to the generation of electric power by a water supply or sewer service corporation."
description: "Relating to the planning for, interconnection and operation of, and costs related to providing service for certain electrical loads and to the generation of electric power by a water supply or sewer service corporation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Texas SB 6 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS (ERCOT) (V0167)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King", "King", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 98
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dff81a22-ab41-4771-8fd7-1d18b7ac66e8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 6.xml"
source_hash: "97399ef8202a79a5cf01053183301b918217e93c334989eebeec7a46ea3443bd"
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 6 (89R) — Relating to the planning for, interconnection and operation of, and costs related to providing service for certain electrical loads and to the generation of electric power by a water supply or sewer service corporation.
## 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/SB00006I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00006E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00006H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00006S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00006F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **8059** (pass) · lower
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **11724** (pass) · lower
- passage — **310** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 6 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **10325** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- King — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Co-author authorized
- **2025-02-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-02-27** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-05** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-18** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-19** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-16** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `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** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-23** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Amendment adopted as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-23** Recommitted to committee
- **2025-05-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-23** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-23** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-26** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-26** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Amendment adopted as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-29** Read
- **2025-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-29** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Co-author authorized
- **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 immediately `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dff81a22-ab41-4771-8fd7-1d18b7ac66e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).