SB 1415 is fixed— No need to come to the Capitol on Thursday

[TexasEV]

This was just posted to the Austin owners group— Karen Steakley from Tesla says Sen. Hancock officially accepted a committee substitute bill that removes Tesla’s concerns about service. Tesla no longer opposes the bill. This is an indication of the strength of Tesla owners making their voices heard.

 

[patrick40363]

This was just posted to the Austin owners group— Karen Steakley from Tesla says Sen. Hancock officially accepted a committee substitute bill that removes Tesla’s concerns about service. Tesla no longer opposes the bill. This is an indication of the strength of Tesla owners making their voices heard.

Good news for Texas.

 

[trident]

Thanks to all who contacted their representative.

 

[thenaimis]

If that's the case I would have expected an updated email to be sent out. There's also no indication of any change to the text of the bill either in its history or in the actual text.

 

[buttershrimp]

Don't mess with Texas Han cock!

 

[EfficientWatts]

Maybe it's still a good idea to go just because? Though I'm not sure what you would talk/speak about if things are fixed (maybe thank him for listening/changing it?)

 

[thenaimis]

I'm assuming that it's someone trying to pull a fast one until I hear otherwise from Tesla. By which I mean I intend to go.

 

[aheileman]

I'm not sure either. I work for Smart Charge America and a substantial amount of our business comes from Tesla and we don't want anything passed that hurts our business. The owner of our company is there, and was there yesterday, so hopefully the presence of a small and local business will help sway the vote. It also helps that everyone at our company sent a ton of emails too!

I'm assuming that it's someone trying to pull a fast one until I hear otherwise from Tesla. By which I mean I intend to go.

 

[thenaimis]

Turns out there was a substitution in the bill and Karen Steakly stated that the new wording was not objectionable to Tesla. A rep from Revian was there to speak, as was @bollar. It was an interesting experience I hope to never have to repeat.

 

[bollar]

... It was an interesting experience I hope to never have to repeat.

See you in 2021...

 

[TexasEV]

See you in 2021...

Or maybe this Tuesday. The House companion to SB 1415, which is HB 2940, was just posted for committee hearing on Tuesday 8 AM. So unless there’s a committee substitute for that one too, we’ll all get to give the testimony we had prepared for today.

Fortunately I live in Austin and didn’t have to make an unnecessary trip when I heard last night that Hancock agreed to the committee substitute and Tesla dropped its objection, but by then all the out of town people were probably already in Austin or on their way here. I hope the committee substitute for the House bill, if it happens, will be agreed to earlier than the evening before the meeting.

 

[thenaimis]

See you in 2021...

*shakes fist*
There needs to be a "cry" message rating, too. I just can't bring myself to rate this funny

 

[aheileman]

Turns out there was a substitution in the bill and Karen Steakly stated that the new wording was not objectionable to Tesla. A rep from Revian was there to speak, as was @bollar. It was an interesting experience I hope to never have to repeat.

Here's a new article if you wanted to read more about the bill.

"Crisis averted" Texas Tesla owners say after amendment to state bill

 

[bollar]

Or maybe this Tuesday. The House companion to SB 1415, which is HB 2940, was just posted for committee hearing on Tuesday 8 AM. So unless there’s a committee substitute for that one too, we’ll all get to give the testimony we had prepared for today.

Fortunately I live in Austin and didn’t have to make an unnecessary trip when I heard last night that Hancock agreed to the committee substitute and Tesla dropped its objection, but by then all the out of town people were probably already in Austin or on their way here. I hope the committee substitute for the House bill, if it happens, will be agreed to earlier than the evening before the meeting.

We visited with Representative Geren a couple of weeks ago and he indicated the language on the House side would resolve the Tesla language issue.

Hancock is my Senator, so from my perspective the testimony from several of his constituents was necessary.

 

[reddy]

How do we see the new language ?

The link to the status on the state's web page does not show any new language.

Texas Legislature Online - 86(R) History for SB 1415