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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision of natural gas and electric services in this state."
description: "Relating to the provision of natural gas and electric services in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3648"
citation: "Texas HB 3648 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--Natural Gas (I0001)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Guerra", "Guillen", "Hancock"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 67
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59aaf76a-d160-4a8d-95ab-c822f30c6283"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3648.xml"
source_hash: "3db6a81881451a5e54f962fcbdd15a8cdc99861c9d9b85126e39230c0dac3509"
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 3648 (87) — Relating to the provision of natural gas and electric services in this state.
## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB03648I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03648E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03648H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03648S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03648F.HTM)
## Votes
- other — **1410** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Geren — primary (person)
- Guerra — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Energy Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-24** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2021-05-24** House requests conference committee
- **2021-05-24** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-24** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-24** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-24** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-27** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-28** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-29** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-29** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/59aaf76a-d160-4a8d-95ab-c822f30c6283`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).