# Texas SB 1789: Relating to electric service quality and reliability; providing an administrative penalty.

Texas SB 1789, Relating to electric service quality and reliability; providing an administrative penalty., is a 89th Legislature Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by John McQueeney, Charles Schwertner (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-06-20 (Effective on 9/1/25) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Texas SB 1789
- State: Texas
- Session: 89th Legislature Regular Session
- Title: Relating to electric service quality and reliability; providing an administrative penalty.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-28
- Last action: 2025-06-20, Effective on 9/1/25
- Sponsors: John McQueeney, Charles Schwertner (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Disaster Preparedness & Relief, Utilities--Electric, PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 7 (301 yes, 68 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Texas utilities face stronger outage enforcement: benefit, medium. Beginning September 1, 2025, Texas regulators have stronger enforcement tools for electric utility outages. Regulators can act when a power line serving at least 10 customers has unusually poor reliability over any two-year period. Its average outage duration or frequency must be more than 200% hig…
- Texas utilities face stronger pole standards: benefit, medium. Beginning September 1, 2025, Texas law requires state standards for inspecting, maintaining, repairing, and replacing electric poles. These rules cover investor-owned utilities, city utilities, and cooperatives operating transmission or distribution assets. State regulators must set work deadlines,…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John McQueeney, House
- Sponsor: Charles Schwertner (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Richard Hayes, House
- Cosponsor: Keresa Richardson, House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-26 | Senate | Record vote | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2025-05-20 | House | Record vote | pass | 107 | 40 |   |
| 2025-05-19 | House | Record vote | pass | 110 | 28 |   |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | Record vote | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | Record vote | pass |   |   |   |
|   | House | Committee vote: State Affairs | pass | 12 | 0 |   |
|   | Senate | Committee vote: Business & Commerce | pass | 10 | 0 |   |

## Actions (58)

- 2025-06-20: Effective on 9/1/25 (House)
- 2025-06-20: Signed by the Governor (House)
- 2025-05-28: Sent to the Governor (House)
- 2025-05-28: Signed in the House (House)
- 2025-05-27: Signed in the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-05-26: Reported enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-05-26: Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported (House)
- 2025-05-26: Record vote (Senate)
- 2025-05-26: Senate concurs in House amendment(s) (Senate)
- 2025-05-26: Read (Senate)
- 2025-05-26: House amendment(s) laid before the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-05-20: House passage as amended reported (Senate)
- 2025-05-20: Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal (House)
- 2025-05-20: Record vote (RV#3023) (House)
- 2025-05-20: Passed (House)
- 2025-05-20: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-05-19: Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal (House)
- 2025-05-19: Record vote (RV#2953) (House)
- 2025-05-19: Passed to 3rd reading as amended (House)
- 2025-05-19: Amended (1-McQueeney) (House)
- 2025-05-19: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-05-16: Placed on General State Calendar (House)
- 2025-05-14: Considered in Calendars (House)
- 2025-05-10: Committee report sent to Calendars (House)
- 2025-05-09: Committee report distributed (House)
- 2025-05-09: Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (House)
- 2025-05-05: Reported favorably as substituted (House)
- 2025-05-05: Committee substitute considered in committee (House)
- 2025-05-05: Considered in public hearing (House)
- 2025-04-28: Referred to State Affairs (House)
- 2025-04-28: Read first time (House)
- 2025-04-24: Received from the Senate (House)
- 2025-04-23: Reported engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Record vote (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Read 3rd time (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Record vote (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Three day rule suspended (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Vote recorded in Journal (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Passed to engrossment as amended (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Vote recorded in Journal (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Amended (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Amendment(s) offered (FA1 Schwertner) (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Read 2nd time (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Rules suspended-Regular order of business (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Placed on intent calendar (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Committee report printed and distributed (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Reported favorably as substituted (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Vote taken in committee (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Considered in public hearing (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Left pending in committee (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Testimony taken in committee (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Considered in public hearing (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Referred to Business & Commerce (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Read first time (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Filed (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Received by the Secretary of the Senate (Senate)

## Bill text

- Engrossed: [HTML](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01789E.HTM), [PDF](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB01789E.PDF)
- Enrolled: [HTML](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01789F.HTM), [PDF](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB01789F.PDF)
- House Committee Report: [HTML](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01789H.HTM), [PDF](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB01789H.PDF)
- Introduced: [HTML](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01789I.HTM), [PDF](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB01789I.PDF)
- Senate Committee Report: [HTML](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01789S.HTM), [PDF](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB01789S.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Engrossed (HTML)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01789E.HTM)
- [Engrossed (PDF)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB01789E.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01789F.HTM)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB01789F.PDF)
- [House Committee Report (HTML)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01789H.HTM)
- [House Committee Report (PDF)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB01789H.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01789I.HTM)
- [Introduced (PDF)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB01789I.PDF)
- [Senate Committee Report (HTML)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01789S.HTM)
- [Senate Committee Report (PDF)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB01789S.PDF)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TX-SB1789-89R (as of 2026-10-19).