SB 924: Hancock Cable Bill Writes Streaming Out Of Video Service Rules

Caption

relating to entities that provide cable services or video services.

Summary

Wireline cable stays covered. Video “offered over the Internet, including streaming content” does not.

The bill rewrites the state definitions of cable service and video service so they no longer cover video watched through an internet-based service, including streaming. That touches streaming and other online video providers, and the cities and customers tied to cable and video service rules in this chapter. On the ground, online streaming services are written out of the state's cable and video service rules, while wireline cable and video providers stay covered.

Labels

Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 1117 (Did not pass). 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.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB924 · 2025-01-24

SOLD BY

Sen. Kelly HancockRSenate 9

ITEM

relating to entities that provide cable services or video services.

WHAT IT DOES

Wireline cable stays covered. Video “offered over the Internet, including streaming content” does not.

The bill rewrites the state definitions of cable service and video service so they no longer cover video watched through an internet-based service, including streaming. That touches streaming and other online video providers, and the cities and customers tied to cable and video service rules in this chapter. On the ground, online streaming services are written out of the state's cable and video service rules, while wireline cable and video providers stay covered.

CHARGES

[x] CARVE-OUTanalysis confidence 50%

THE TEXT

…“any video programming accessed via a service that enables users to access content, information, e-mail, or other services offered over the Internet, including streaming content”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The definitional change pulls one kind of business, internet and streaming video services, out of the cable and video service rules. The caption only says the bill relates to entities that provide cable or video services and does not mention that one class is being exempted.

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version F · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version F · May 23, 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

Jan 24, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Jan 24, 2025Filed
Feb 13, 2025Read first time
Feb 13, 2025Referred to Business & Commerce
Mar 18, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 18, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 18, 2025Testimony taken in committee
Mar 18, 2025Left pending in committee
Mar 25, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 25, 2025Vote taken in committee
Mar 26, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
Mar 26, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
Mar 27, 2025Placed on intent calendar
Mar 31, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Mar 31, 2025Record vote
Mar 31, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
Mar 31, 2025Record vote
Mar 31, 2025Three day rule suspended
Mar 31, 2025Record vote
Mar 31, 2025Read 3rd time
Mar 31, 2025Passed
Mar 31, 2025Record vote
Mar 31, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 1, 2025Received from the Senate
Apr 9, 2025Read first time
Apr 9, 2025Referred to s/c on Telecommunications & Broadband by Speaker
May 2, 2025Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
May 2, 2025Considered by s/c in public hearing
May 2, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
May 2, 2025Left pending in subcommittee
May 14, 2025Recalled from subcommittee
May 14, 2025Considered in formal meeting
May 14, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
May 14, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
May 16, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 19, 2025Committee report distributed
May 19, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 20, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 22, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
May 22, 2025Read 2nd time
May 22, 2025Passed to 3rd reading
May 22, 2025Record vote RV#3285
May 22, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 23, 2025Read 3rd time
May 23, 2025Amended 1-Anchía
May 23, 2025Record vote RV#3360
May 23, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 23, 2025Passed as amended
May 23, 2025Record vote RV#3361
May 23, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 23, 2025House passage as amended reported
May 28, 2025House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
May 28, 2025Read
May 28, 2025Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
May 28, 2025Record vote
May 28, 2025Reported enrolled
May 29, 2025Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
May 30, 2025Signed in the Senate
Jun 1, 2025Signed in the House
Jun 1, 2025Sent to the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Signed by the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 115 yea · 13 nay

Senate · 23 yea · 7 nay

Sources

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

Senate: Final passage · Mar 31, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

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THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Kelly Hancock

Donors

Stephen Brauer JR$57,791

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$14,750

Q Political Action Committee$12,500

Top donors to Texans for Kelly Hancock SPAC during his Senate service. Not tied to this bill.

Sources

Gifts to Texans for Kelly Hancock SPAC dated July 1, 2024 to June 18, 2025, while he served in the Senate.

Derived from itemized gifts. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Money

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

Votes8

Senate May 28, 2025

Yea: 24
Nay: 7
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Hancock moved to concur in the House amendments to SB 924. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7.

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

Yea: 24 (published)
Nay: 7 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

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

House May 23, 2025

Yea: 115
Nay: 13
Present, not voting: 1
Absent: 15
Excused: 6

Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 3361

SB 924, as amended, was passed by (Record 3361): 115 Yeas, 13 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

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

Yea: 115 (published)
Nay: 13 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 15 (derived from named list)
Excused: 6 (derived from named list)

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

House May 23, 2025

Yea: 135
Nay: 2
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 5
Excused: 6

Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 3360

Amendment No. 1 was adopted by (Record 3360): 135 Yeas, 2 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

Yea: 135 (published)
Nay: 2 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 5 (derived from named list)
Excused: 6 (derived from named list)

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

House May 22, 2025

Yea: 120
Nay: 13
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 12
Excused: 3

Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 3285

CSSB 924 was passed to third reading by (Record 3285): 120 Yeas, 13 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

Yea: 120 (published)
Nay: 13 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 12 (derived from named list)
Excused: 3 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Mar 31, 2025

Yea: 23
Nay: 7
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 1

Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 7.

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

Yea: 23 (published)
Nay: 7 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Mar 31, 2025

Yea: 25
Nay: 5
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 1

Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Hancock moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 924 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5.

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

Yea: 25 (published)
Nay: 5 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Mar 31, 2025

Yea: 23
Nay: 7
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 1

Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to engrossment by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 7. (Same as previous roll call)

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

Yea: 23 (published)
Nay: 7 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Mar 31, 2025

Yea: 23
Nay: 7
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 1

Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Hancock moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration SB 924 at this time on its second reading: SB 924, Relating to entities that provide cable services or video services. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 7.

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

Yea: 23 (published)
Nay: 7 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

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

Witnesses41

For: 17
Against: 24
On: 0

Names

For

AT&T1 registration
Charter Communications2 registrations
Comcast2 registrations
DIRECTV1 registration
DISH Network1 registration
DISH Network and DIRECTV1 registration
Self2 registrations
Self; Texas Telephone Association1 registration
Texas Association of Business1 registration
Texas Broadband Association1 registration
Texas Cable Association2 registrations
Texas Telephone Association2 registrations

Against

City of Austin2 registrations
City of Corpus Christi2 registrations
City of Dallas2 registrations
City of Denton1 registration
City of El Paso1 registration
City of Garland1 registration
City of Houston3 registrations
City of Irving1 registration
City of Leander1 registration
City of San Antonio2 registrations
City of Sugar Land2 registrations
Self2 registrations
Self; City of Houston1 registration
Texas Coalition of Cities for Utility Issues1 registration
Texas Municipal League & Texas Coalition of Cities for Utility Issues1 registration
TX Municipal League1 registration

Sources

41 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.

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

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version F · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version F · May 23, 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 I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

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

88R SB 1117

by Sen. Hancock, same lead author · Did not pass · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, May 22, 2023: Postponed

Relating to entities that provide video services.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Jan 24, 2025

06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Nov 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Companion

HB 2479 by Geren (identical)

Subjects

Electronic Information Systems

Utilities--Telecommunications

TELEVISION

VIDEOTAPE & FILM

Text

The text as introduced · 260 words

89R8029 CXP-F

By: Hancock
S.B. No. 924

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to entities that provide cable services or video services.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 66.002(2) and (10), Utilities Code, are

amended to read as follows:

(2) "Cable service" is defined as set forth in 47

U.S.C. Section 522(6). The term does not include any video

programming accessed via a service that enables users to access

content, information, e-mail, or other services offered over the

Internet, including streaming content.

(10) "Video service" means video programming services

provided through wireline facilities located at least in part in

the public right-of-way without regard to delivery technology,

including Internet protocol technology. The term [ This definition ]

does not include :

(A) any video service provided by a commercial

mobile service provider as defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 332(d) ;

(B) direct-to-home satellite services, as

defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 303(v), that are transmitted from a

satellite directly to a customer's premises without using or

accessing a portion of the public right-of-way; or

(C) any video programming accessed via a service

that enables users to access content, information, e-mail, or other

services offered over the Internet, including streaming content .

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: Smells

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Senate May 28, 2025

House May 23, 2025

House May 23, 2025

House May 22, 2025

Senate Mar 31, 2025

Senate Mar 31, 2025

Senate Mar 31, 2025

Senate Mar 31, 2025

For

Against

88R SB 1117

Companion