Texas legislators have passed two bills in support of bitcoin mining, with one aimed at registering large energy capacity miners with the Public Utilities Commission. The bills, SB 1929 and HB 591, are awaiting the signature of Governor Greg Abbott and will take effect from 1 September if approved. The third bill, SB 1751, which would have capped the industry's participation in cost-saving demand-response programmes, was stopped at the committee stage. Texas is one of the largest bitcoin mining hubs in the world due to cheap energy and friendly regulators.