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H.B. 4290: Relating to a qualifying cogenerator that serves a large load and a colocated desalination facility.

Texas, 89th Legislature Regular Session. In committee, May 6, 2025.

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Status In committee In committee, .

Official summary

The bill would add to the definition of a qualifying cogenerator in Section 31.002 of the Utilities Code an owner or operator of dispatchable generation that supplies thermal, steam or waste heat to a colocated desalination facility and serves a large electric load. The bill text describes the electric load as one whose primary purpose is the manufacture of digital products. The statute the bill would write does not use the words data center. The House State Affairs Committee analysis describes the projects as combining power generation, desalination, and data centers.

From the legislative analyst's summary, source 2. The record carries no summary of its own; a press release is never the source.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Drew Darby (R); Brooks Landgraf (R); Rafael Anchia (D); Tom Craddick (R); Penny Morales Shaw (D)

Subjects Utilities, Utilities--Electric, Utilities--Water & Sewer, DESALINATION The legislature's own list.

Official page capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB4290. Found through LegiScan (bill 1999623), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. May 6, 2025 In committee

    H.B. 4290 went to committee in the Senate. capitol.texas.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Business & Commerce.

  2. May 2, 2025 Passed first chamber

    H.B. 4290 passed the House. capitol.texas.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Reported engrossed.

  3. April 16, 2025 In committee

    H.B. 4290 went to committee in the House. capitol.texas.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Reported favorably as substituted.

  4. April 1, 2025 In committee

    H.B. 4290 went to committee in the House. capitol.texas.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to State Affairs.

  5. March 11, 2025 Introduced

    H.B. 4290 was introduced in the House. capitol.texas.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Filed.

Newest first. A stage is never overwritten; each entry carries the source it rests on. The status at the top is derived from the newest entry. The action text in Researcher mode is the legislature's own wording.

Sources

  1. H.B. 4290 on the legislature's site capitol.texas.gov
  2. The official summary, the legislative analyst's summary capitol.texas.gov

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