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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 970: Relating to the prioritization of awarding grants and loans from the Texas Energy Fund for certain electric generating facilities.

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

SB 970 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the prioritization of awarding grants and loans from the Texas Energy Fund for certain electric generating facilities. Primary sponsor: Kevin Sparks (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 20, 2025): Co-author authorized.

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): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kevin SparksPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Mayes MiddletonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11

“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. Co-author authorized
  2. Referred to Business & Commerce
  3. Read first time
  4. Co-author authorized
  5. Filed
  6. Received by the Secretary of the Senate

Sources

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