SB777
Electric utilities and licensed suppliers of electricity; regional transmission entities.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 30, 2026
Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB777ER)
Chief Patron:
Aaron Rouse (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Electric utilities and voting members of regional transmission entities; annual report.
Requires each voting member of a regional transmission entity, as defined in the bill, to submit an annual report to the State Corporation Commission by February 1 of each year. Such report shall include, as appropriate, (i) all recorded votes cast by the voting member at a meeting during the ... (More) immediately preceding calendar year and (ii) all votes cast by an affiliate of an electric utility at a meeting during the immediately preceding calendar year. The provisions of the bill do not apply to certain electric cooperatives. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 26104958D
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB777)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106558D-S1
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB777)
- 02/24/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/24/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/25/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/26/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108755D-H1
- 03/02/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/03/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/03/2026 - House: Passed by temporarily
- 03/03/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/04/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 03/04/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 03/04/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 03/04/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- 03/09/2026 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/09/2026 - House: House requested conference committee
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Senate Conferees: Rouse, Bagby, Stanley
- 03/11/2026 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/11/2026 - House: House Conferees: Laufer, Sullivan, Webert
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 26109756D-S2
- 03/13/2026 - Conference Report released
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/14/2026 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 2-N 0-A)
- 03/24/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB777)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB777ER)
