All Roll Calls
Yes: 453 • No: 118
TexasHB 532389th Legislature Regular SessionHouse
Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee.
Sponsored By: Hancock, Ken King
Signed by Governor
Energy--ConservationState Agencies, Boards & Commissions--Newly ProposedUtilities--ElectricCOMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTSELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS (ERCOT)ENERGY WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TEXASENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, TEXAS COMMISSION ONGENERAL LAND OFFICE COMMISSIONERHOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OFLICENSING & REGULATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OFPUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONSTATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Texas creates energy waste advisory panel
Beginning September 1, 2025, Texas has an eight-member Energy Waste Advisory Committee focused on reliable power in the ERCOT region. It recommends ways to cut energy waste, improve efficiency, and reduce power use during high-risk hours. The Public Utility Commission identifies those hours. Members are leaders of the commission, ERCOT, the comptroller’s office, and state agencies overseeing facilities, licensing, housing, environmental quality, and public lands. Members can designate employees to serve instead. The commission’s leader or designated employee chairs the committee, which meets quarterly and receives commission staff and meeting space. The committee must seek information from these organizations and the State Energy Conservation Office, then recommend improvements to state programs. Agencies do not have to adopt its advice, and the law guarantees no household savings or service changes.
Texas energy panel limits public access
Beginning September 1, 2025, the committee is exempt from Texas open-meeting and public-information laws. Its official information remains subject to Government Code Section 552.008, which preserves access for the Legislature. The committee must report its activities and recommendations to the Legislature by December 1 of each even-numbered year.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Hancock
Affiliation unavailable
Ken King
House
Cosponsors
Sarah Eckhardt
Democratic • Senate
Suleman Lalani
House
José Menéndez
Democratic • Senate
Penny Morales Shaw
House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/28/2025
Record vote
Yes: 101 • No: 35
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Record vote
Yes: 27 • No: 4
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Record vote
Yes: 27 • No: 4
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Record vote
Yes: 27 • No: 4
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Record vote
Yes: 27 • No: 4
House vote • 5/8/2025
Record vote
Yes: 111 • No: 35
House vote • 5/7/2025
Record vote
Yes: 108 • No: 32
Senate vote • Unknown
Committee vote: Business & Commerce
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
Committee vote: State Affairs
Yes: 14 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Effective on 9/1/25
6/20/2025HouseSigned by the Governor
6/20/2025HouseSent to the Governor
5/31/2025HouseSigned in the Senate
5/31/2025SenateSigned in the House
5/30/2025HouseReported enrolled
5/29/2025HouseHouse concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
5/28/2025SenateText of Senate Amendment(s)
5/28/2025HouseStatement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
5/28/2025HouseRecord vote (RV#3953)
5/28/2025HouseHouse concurs in Senate amendment(s)
5/28/2025HouseSenate Amendments Analysis distributed
5/23/2025HouseSenate Amendments distributed
5/23/2025HouseSenate passage as amended reported
5/22/2025HouseRecord vote
5/22/2025SenatePassed
5/22/2025SenateRead 3rd time
5/22/2025SenateRecord vote
5/22/2025SenateThree day rule suspended
5/22/2025SenateRecord vote
5/22/2025SenatePassed to 3rd reading as amended
5/22/2025SenateVote recorded in Journal
5/22/2025SenateAmended
5/22/2025SenateAmendment(s) offered (FA1 Hancock)
5/22/2025SenateRead 2nd time
5/22/2025Senate
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
House Committee Report
Introduced
Senate Committee Report
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