HB 3056
New Wind And Solar Need 500 Yards Or Every Neighbor’s Signature
Died in committee
Verdict: No flags
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
Caption
relating to municipal and county regulation of certain wind and solar power facilities.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Summary
Cities and counties must pass the ban by October 1, 2025. Projects already under construction stay.
The bill orders every Texas city and county to ban new wind or solar power plants built to sell power wholesale within 500 yards of land owned by someone else, unless each neighboring owner gives written consent. It touches wind and solar developers, the landowners who host them, their neighbors, and the cities and counties that must pass the ban by October 1, 2025. On the ground, commercial wind and solar projects need signed consent from every nearby owner or must keep a 500-yard buffer from property lines, while facilities already under construction are not forced out.
Labels
Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 19, 2025 and referred to the House State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Receipt
The receipt
89R-HB3056 · 2025-02-19
SOLD BY
+ 18 coauthors
ITEM
relating to municipal and county regulation of certain wind and solar power facilities.
WHAT IT DOES
Cities and counties must pass the ban by October 1, 2025. Projects already under construction stay.
The bill orders every Texas city and county to ban new wind or solar power plants built to sell power wholesale within 500 yards of land owned by someone else, unless each neighboring owner gives written consent. It touches wind and solar developers, the landowners who host them, their neighbors, and the cities and counties that must pass the ban by October 1, 2025. On the ground, commercial wind and solar projects need signed consent from every nearby owner or must keep a 500-yard buffer from property lines, while facilities already under construction are not forced out.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
HISTORY
- Filed
- Read first time
- Referred to State Affairs
FILED UNDER
DATA CENTERS, WATER AND THE GRID
THE TEXT
…“prohibit the installation of a wind or solar power facility within”…
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill makes local governments block new wholesale wind and solar generation near neighboring land unless the neighbors sign off, which shapes where new power for the grid can be built.
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Donors
Not tied to this bill.
Sources
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Nov 3, 2024 to Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$25,000.00
Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC
$25,000.00
- Cash
- $25,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $25,000.00
Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · on Jun 24, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101012375.
Physicians for Free Market Healthcare PAC$25,000.00
Physicians for Free Market Healthcare PAC
$25,000.00
- Cash
- $25,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $25,000.00
Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jun 30, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · on Oct 22, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101031736.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$22,500.00
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC
$22,500.00
- Cash
- $22,500.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $22,500.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Jul 13, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100987242, 101012375, 101060151, 101072158.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC
$25,000.00
- Cash
- $25,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $25,000.00
Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · on Jun 24, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101012375.
Physicians for Free Market Healthcare PAC
$25,000.00
- Cash
- $25,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $25,000.00
Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jun 30, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · on Oct 22, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101031736.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC
$22,500.00
- Cash
- $22,500.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $22,500.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Jul 13, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100987242, 101012375, 101060151, 101072158.
Votes
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
Fiscal
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
How this was graded
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Sources
Texas House · Filed Feb 19, 2025
03/20/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · State Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
Subjects
City Government--General
County Government--General
Energy--Solar
Energy--Wind (IA9YE)
Property Interests--Real Property
Text
The text as introduced · 464 words
89R11746 CS-F By: Virdell H.B. No. 3056 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to municipal and county regulation of certain wind and solar power facilities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 247, Local Government Code, as added by Chapter 19 (S.B. 1017), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows: CHAPTER 247. REGULATION OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GENERATION, ENERGY SOURCES , AND ENGINES SECTION 2. Section 247.001, Local Government Code, as added by Chapter 19 (S.B. 1017), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended by adding Subdivisions (5) and (6) to read as follows: (5) "Solar power facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 302.0001, Utilities Code. (6) "Wind power facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 301.0001, Utilities Code. SECTION 3. Chapter 247, Local Government Code, as added by Chapter 19 (S.B. 1017), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended by adding Section 247.004 to read as follows: Sec. 247.004. REGULATION OF WIND AND SOLAR POWER FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to a wind or solar power facility intended to be used to sell at wholesale energy or ancillary services. (b) A municipality by ordinance and a county by order shall prohibit the installation of a wind or solar power facility within 500 yards of real property owned by a person other than the owner or operator of the proposed facility unless the owner or operator of the proposed facility obtains written consent from each owner of the real property. (c) For the purposes of this section, the measurement of distance between a wind or solar power facility and a property line shall be taken from the point on the structure that is nearest to the nearest point on the property line. (d) A county may not regulate under Subsection (b) the installation of a wind or solar power facility within the corporate boundaries of a municipality. SECTION 4. Not later than October 1, 2025, a municipality by ordinance and a county by order shall adopt a prohibition on the installation of a wind or solar power facility as required by Section 247.004, Local Government Code, as added by this Act. The ordinance or order may not require the removal of a wind or solar power facility the installation of which began before the effective date of the ordinance or order. SECTION 5. It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, that the amendments made by this Act to Chapter 247, Local Government Code, be harmonized with another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes. SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.