HB3069

Assigned to Committee
Authored by Drew Darby (R)
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Caption: Relating to the approval of a certificate of convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects.
Initially Referred to House State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
This bill would cost taxpayers $2,529,080.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.
Sponsors: Schwertner (R)


(H) Schwertner signed onto the bill as Sponsor
 

Feb 20, 2025


(H) Darby signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed
 

Mar 20, 2025


(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
 

Mar 26, 2025


(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
(H) Left pending in committee
 

Apr 9, 2025


(H) House State Affairs met.
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Committee substitute considered in committee
(H) Reported favorably as substituted
 

Apr 16, 2025


(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
(H) Committee report distributed
 

Apr 17, 2025


(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
 

May 2, 2025


(H) Considered in Calendars
 

May 5, 2025


(H) Placed on General State Calendar
(H) Read 2nd time
(H) Passed to engrossment
 

May 6, 2025


(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H) Record vote

RV#1453: Yea 137 (R 75, D 62) - Nay 9 (R 9, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Munoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Nay - Cain; Dorazio; Harrison; Isaac; Money; Olcott; Slawson; Spiller; Vasut

Absent - Button; Morgan; Schatzline

Present, Not Voting - Burrows

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Daniel Alders: "When Record No. 1453 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Hillary Hickland: "When Record No. 1453 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Nate Schatzline: "When Record No. 1453 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
(H) Reported engrossed
(S) Received from the House
 

May 7, 2025


(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate Business & Commerce, chaired by a Republican

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Katie Coleman for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Dana Pate for Samsung Electronics America
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Julie Moore for Oxy
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Mia McCord for Texas Chemistry Council
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Tulsi Oberbeck for Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA)
 

For

(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Bryn Baker for Texas Energy Buyers Alliance (TEBA)
(Thu 5/22/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Cyrus Reed for Sierra Club
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as David Carter for self
(Thu 5/22/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Eddie Lucio for Texas Transmission Project
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Eddie Lucio III for Texas Transmission Project
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Larry Linenschmidt for self
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Matthew Boms for Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Carrie Simmons for Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation
(Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Carrie Simmons for Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Colin Leyden for Environmental Defense Fund
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Cyrus Reed for Sierra Club
(Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Jeff Bonham for CenterPoint Energy
(Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as John Pitts Jr for Texas Energy Buyers Alliance (TEBA)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Kevin Doffing for self (with Project Vanguard)
(Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Matthew Boms for Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Sandra Haverlah for Texas Consumer Association
(Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Steven Deline for self
 

On

(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Joshua Rhodes for self
(Thu 5/22/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Katie Coleman for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Woody Rickerson for Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Barksdale English for Public Utility Commission of Texas
(Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Therese Harris for Public Utility Commission of Texas
(Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Woody Rickerson for self (with ERCOT)



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