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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1378: Relating to municipal and county regulation of certain electric energy storage.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1378 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 18, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to municipal and county regulation of certain electric energy storage. Primary sponsor: Wes Virdell (Republican), Ellen Troxclair (Republican), Briscoe Cain (Republican). It lists 25 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 30, 2025): Left pending in committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 25

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Wes VirdellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Ellen TroxclairPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Briscoe CainPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Brad BuckleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Helen KerwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Stan KitzmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Mitch LittleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
A.J. LouderbackCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
David LoweCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Shelley LutherCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Don McLaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Terry MezaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
Brent MoneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Claudia OrdazCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
SchatzlineCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Shelby SlawsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Tony TinderholtCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Steve TothCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Cody VasutCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left pending in committee
  2. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  3. Committee substitute considered in committee
  4. Considered in public hearing
  5. Referred to State Affairs
  6. Read first time
  7. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source