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HB1584 • 2025

Relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by electric utilities.

Relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by electric utilities.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Hull | Metcalf | Lalani | Leo Wilson
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by electric utilities.

Relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by electric utilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by electric utilities.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3946

  9. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  11. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  12. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  13. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  15. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Schwertner

  16. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  17. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

  19. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  21. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  23. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  24. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  25. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage as amended reported

  26. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments distributed

  27. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  28. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  29. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  31. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  32. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  33. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  34. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  35. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  36. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  37. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  38. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Business & Commerce

  39. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  40. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  41. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#977

  42. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  44. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  45. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  46. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  47. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  48. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#829

  49. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  50. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  51. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  52. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  53. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  54. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  55. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  56. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  57. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  58. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  59. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  60. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  61. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  62. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  63. 2024-12-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by electric utilities.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 1584 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 1584

AN ACT

relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by

electric utilities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is

amended by adding Section 38.0725 to read as follows:

Sec.

38.0725.

LIST OF PRIORITY FACILITIES. (a)

In this

section, "priority facility" means:

(1) a facility listed in Section 38.072(b); or

(2)

a facility for which electric service is

considered crucial for the protection or maintenance of public

safety, including:

(A) a hospital;

(B) a police station;

(C) a fire station;

(D) a critical water or wastewater facility; and

(E)

a confinement facility operated by or under a

contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal

Justice.

(b)

An electric utility shall maintain a list of priority

facilities in the utility's retail service area that includes the

following information:

(1) the name of each priority facility;

(2) the type of each priority facility; and

(3) the address of each priority facility.

(c)

An electric utility shall provide on the utility's

Internet website a mechanism for a facility to request that the

utility add the facility to the priority facility list.

The

electric utility shall add the requested facility to the list only

if the facility is a priority facility.

(d)

On request from a facility, an electric utility shall

disclose to the facility not later than the 14th day after the date

the utility receives the request whether the facility is on the

priority facility list.

(e)

Notwithstanding any other law, on a declaration of a

natural disaster or other emergency by the governor affecting the

service area of the electric utility, the utility shall provide the

list of priority facilities to the Texas Division of Emergency

Management.

(f)

A priority facility list submitted to the Texas Division

of Emergency Management under this section is confidential and not

subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

The

commission may establish additional processes for protecting

consumer information under this section as the commission

determines necessary.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1584 was passed by the House on April

30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.

No. 1584 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 1,

1 present, not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1584 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays

1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

__________________

Governor