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SB 288: Rural Electric Cooperatives

GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez

Rural Electric Cooperatives; Prohibiting a cooperative that sells electricity at retail from adopting, enacting, or enforcing a fee meeting specified criteria; revising the applicability of such prohibition on the types or fuel sources of energy production which may be used, delivered, converted, or supplied by specified entities, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/29/2026 House - In Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Regulated Industries (RI)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/24/2025 Senate • Filed
    11/17/2025 Senate • Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules
    12/1/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 12/09/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    12/9/2025 Senate • Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
    12/10/2025 Senate • Now in Community Affairs
    1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
    1/15/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/20/26, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
    1/20/2026 Senate • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
    • Now in Rules
    1/22/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    1/27/2026 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/29/26
    1/29/2026 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 233
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 233
    • Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 -SJ 233
    • Immediately certified -SJ 236
    1/29/2026 House • In Messages

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  • SB 288, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/24/2025 at 3:33 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 12/8/2025 (pdf)
    Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) 12/10/2025 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/16/2026 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 1/20/2026 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 1/26/2026 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 1/27/2026 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 379 Rural Electric Cooperatives Shoaf Identical Last Action: 1/27/2026 H Added to Second Reading Calendar Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    12/9/2025 1:00 PM Regulated Industries 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    1/20/2026 1:00 PM Community Affairs 8 Yeas - 0 Nays
    1/27/2026 9:00 AM Rules 22 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    1/29/2026 10:21 AM Senate 35 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    425.041 Prohibited bylaws, tariffs, and policies. Page 1 (pdf)

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