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TX SB 243

enacted

Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 243 pass?

Yes. TX SB 243 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 243 about?

TX SB 243 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 243?

Bernal, Lujan, Romero and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 243, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-11-12
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bernalprimary
  • Lujanprimary
  • Romeroprimary
  • Floresprimary
  • Menéndezcosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-23

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-23

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-22

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-05-22

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  12. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-21

    Passed to 3rd reading

  15. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-21

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  18. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-21

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  21. 2025-05-21

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  22. 2025-05-21

    Laid out as postponed business

  23. 2025-05-20

    Postponed

  24. 2025-05-20

    Laid out as postponed business

  25. 2025-05-20

    Postponed

  26. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  27. 2025-05-20

    Placed on General State Calendar

  28. 2025-05-16

    Considered in Calendars

  29. 2025-05-14

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  30. 2025-05-14

    Committee report distributed

  31. 2025-05-14

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  32. 2025-05-10

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-10

    Considered in formal meeting

  34. 2025-05-06

    Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-05-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  36. 2025-05-05

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  37. 2025-05-05

    Reported engrossed

  38. 2025-05-05

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-05

    Passed

    passage

  40. 2025-05-05

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  41. 2025-05-05

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-05

    Three day rule suspended

  43. 2025-05-05

    Vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  45. 2025-05-05

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  46. 2025-05-05

    Co-author authorized

  47. 2025-05-01

    Placed on intent calendar

  48. 2025-04-29

    Committee report printed and distributed

  49. 2025-04-29

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  50. 2025-04-28

    Vote taken in committee

  51. 2025-04-28

    Considered in public hearing

  52. 2025-04-28

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  53. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

    referral-committee

  54. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  55. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  56. 2024-11-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 243 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-05 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 117-24

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Cain: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Dorazio: absent
    • Hefner: absent
    • Louderbac: absent
    • Bumgarner: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 114-29

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • Fairly: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Davis: not voting
    • Y: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • LaHoo: absent
    • A: absent
    • Mone: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 243.xml

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