HB 805: Texas-Mexico Grid Bill Orders One Report And Then Expires

Caption

relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the interconnection of electric transmission service facilities with the United Mexican States.

Caption from analyzed text · version H.

Summary

Report due September 1, 2026. That’s the whole bill. It expires at year’s end.

The bill orders the Public Utility Commission of Texas to study the power line connections between the Texas grid and Mexico, both the ones that exist now and any new ones that might be built. It touches the commission, the Texas transmission and distribution networks, and retail electric customers on both sides of the border. Nothing changes on the ground: the commission files a report to the legislature by September 1, 2026, and the law expires at the end of 2026.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 763 by Rep. Christina Morales (Died in committee) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 763 by Rep. Christina Morales (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on Apr 23, 2025. Died in the Senate: received, never referred to a committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB805 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Philip CortezDHouse 117

Rep. Richard Peña RaymondDHouse 42

Rep. Christina MoralesDHouse 145

+ 1 more author, 2 coauthors

ITEM

relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the interconnection of electric transmission service facilities with the United Mexican States.

WHAT IT DOES

Report due September 1, 2026. That’s the whole bill. It expires at year’s end.

The bill orders the Public Utility Commission of Texas to study the power line connections between the Texas grid and Mexico, both the ones that exist now and any new ones that might be built. It touches the commission, the Texas transmission and distribution networks, and retail electric customers on both sides of the border. Nothing changes on the ground: the commission files a report to the legislature by September 1, 2026, and the law expires at the end of 2026.

CHARGES

[x] STUDY, TASK FORCE, COMMISSION, REPORTanalysis confidence 90%

THE TEXT

…“Commission of Texas shall submit a report on the results of the”…

Bill text, House committee report version (H)

The only duty in the bill is to study and report, with the report due September 1, 2026. No new connection, rule or reliability step happens unless a later legislature acts on it.

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 10, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Nov 12, 2024Filed
Mar 5, 2025Read first time
Mar 5, 2025Referred to State Affairs
Mar 12, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 12, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 12, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Mar 12, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 2, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 2, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 10, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 10, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 11, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 17, 2025Considered in Calendars
Apr 22, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
Apr 22, 2025Read 2nd time
Apr 22, 2025Amendment(s) offered 1-Hopper
Apr 22, 2025Point of order withdrawn (amendment) Rule 11, Section 2
Apr 22, 2025Amendment tabled 1-Hopper
Apr 22, 2025Record vote RV#342
Apr 22, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Apr 22, 2025Passed to engrossment
Apr 22, 2025Record vote RV#343
Apr 22, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Apr 23, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 23, 2025Passed
Apr 23, 2025Record vote RV#392
Apr 23, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Apr 23, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 23, 2025Received from the House

FILED UNDER

DATA CENTERS, WATER AND THE GRID

THE TEXT

…“Commission of Texas shall submit a report on the results of the”…

Bill text, House committee report version (H)

The bill orders a study of how cross-border grid ties with Mexico affect Texas transmission networks and retail customers, but it builds or changes nothing.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 96 yea · 52 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · Apr 23, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

Smells

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Philip Cortez

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$44K Texas Sands PAC$37K Physicians for Free Market Healthcare PAC$35K

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 · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 24, 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$44,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$44,000.00

Cash: $44,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $44,000.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 6, 2024 to Sep 25, 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: 100985407, 101008363, 101026711, 101035640, 101039466, 101052595, 101071633.

Texas Sands PAC$37,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$37,000.00

Cash: $37,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $37,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 6, 2024 to Oct 24, 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: 100985407, 101039466, 101071633.

Physicians for Free Market Healthcare PAC$35,000.00

Physicians for Free Market Healthcare PAC

$35,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $35,000.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 22, 2025 to Oct 15, 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: 101026711, 101035640, 101071633.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$44,000.00

Cash: $44,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $44,000.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 6, 2024 to Sep 25, 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: 100985407, 101008363, 101026711, 101035640, 101039466, 101052595, 101071633.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$37,000.00

Cash: $37,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $37,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 6, 2024 to Oct 24, 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: 100985407, 101039466, 101071633.

×

Physicians for Free Market Healthcare PAC

$35,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $35,000.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 22, 2025 to Oct 15, 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: 101026711, 101035640, 101071633.

Votes3

House Apr 23, 2025

Yea: 96
Nay: 52
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 392

HB 805 was passed by (Record 392): 96 Yeas, 52 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 96 (published)
Nay: 52 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House Apr 22, 2025

Yea: 95
Nay: 52
Present, not voting: 1
Absent: 1
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 343

HB 805 was passed to engrossment by (Record 343): 95 Yeas, 52 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 95 (published)
Nay: 52 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House Apr 22, 2025

Yea: 119
Nay: 27
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 1
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 342

Representative Cortez moved to table Amendment No. 1. The motion to table prevailed by (Record 342): 119 Yeas, 27 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 119 (published)
Nay: 27 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses4

For: 2
Against: 0
On: 2

Names

For

Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club1 registration
Public Citizen1 registration

On

Electric Reliability of Council of Texas (ERCOT)1 registration
Public Utility Commission of Texas1 registration

Sources

4 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 10, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version H by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 763

by Rep. Christina Morales, different lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Feb 28, 2023: Referred to State Affairs

Relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the interconnection of electric transmission service facilities with the United Mexican States.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

04/23/2025 S Received from the House

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

Data snapshot Nov 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Penny Morales ShawDHouse 148

Vincent PerezDHouse 77

House committee · State Affairs · Committee vote 12 aye, 1 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

MEXICO

Intergovernmental Relations

Interim Studies

Utilities--Electric

Utilities--General

PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION

Text

The text as introduced · 177 words

89R4109 ANG-D

By: Cortez
H.B. No. 805

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the

interconnection of electric transmission service facilities with

the United Mexican States.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. (a) The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall

study:

(1) the impacts of existing interconnections of

electric transmission service facilities in this state with

electric transmission service facilities in the United Mexican

States, including impacts on transmission and distribution

networks and retail customers in this state and in the United

Mexican States; and

(2) the potential impacts of establishing new

interconnections described by Subdivision (1), including impacts

on transmission and distribution networks and retail customers in

this state and in the United Mexican States.

(b) Not later than September 1, 2026, the Public Utility

Commission of Texas shall submit a report on the results of the

study to the legislature.

(c) This Act expires December 31, 2026.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: Smells

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Texas Sands PAC

Physicians for Free Market Healthcare PAC

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Texas Sands PAC

Physicians for Free Market Healthcare PAC

House Apr 23, 2025

House Apr 22, 2025

House Apr 22, 2025

For

On

88R HB 763