Monitoring the SessionSB 240
Filed
Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to the eligibility of certain retail electric customers for designation as critical care residential customers.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Life-sustaining medical device or a home elevator? You may qualify.
The bill widens the state definition of a critical care residential customer for electricity service. It reaches households where a person permanently living in the home has a physician's diagnosis of depending on an electric-powered medical device to sustain life, or on an elevator to get into or out of the home. More of these households can qualify for the critical care designation that the existing law ties to that definition.
Labels: BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 89R SB 271 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-SB240 · 2026-11-09
+ 2 more authors
relating to the eligibility of certain retail electric customers for designation as critical care residential customers.
Life-sustaining medical device or a home elevator? You may qualify.
The bill widens the state definition of a critical care residential customer for electricity service. It reaches households where a person permanently living in the home has a physician's diagnosis of depending on an electric-powered medical device to sustain life, or on an elevator to get into or out of the home. More of these households can qualify for the critical care designation that the existing law ties to that definition.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT
CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY
Not tied to this bill.
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Jun 30, 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.
$15,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Jun 5, 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: 100987960, 101029944, 101057026.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$15,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Jun 5, 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: 100987960, 101029944, 101057026.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Sen. Cook, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Feb 3, 2025: Referred to Business & Commerce
Relating to the eligibility of certain retail electric customers for designation as critical care residential customers.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 S Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Aging
Disabilities, Persons with
Disaster Preparedness & Relief
Utilities--Electric
The text as introduced · 159 words
90R842 CS-D By: Cook of Harris, et al. S.B. No. 240 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the eligibility of certain retail electric customers for designation as critical care residential customers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 17.002(3-a), Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows: (3-a) "Critical care residential customer" means a residential customer who has a person permanently residing in the customer's home who has been diagnosed by a physician as being dependent upon : (A) an electric-powered medical device to sustain life ; or (B) an elevator to access or exit the customer's home . 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, 2027.
