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TX SB 2420

enacted

Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 2420 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2420 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-27. Latest recorded action (2025-05-27): Effective on 1/1/26

What is TX SB 2420 about?

TX SB 2420 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2420?

Paxton, Fairly, Patterson and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2420, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-13
Latest action
2025-05-27 — Effective on 1/1/26
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Paxtonprimary
  • Fairlyprimary
  • Pattersonprimary
  • González, Maryprimary
  • Buttonprimary
  • Hallcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-13

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-13

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-19

    Co-author authorized

  4. 2025-03-25

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  5. 2025-03-25

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-03-31

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  7. 2025-03-31

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-03-31

    Testimony taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-31

    Left pending in committee

  10. 2025-04-03

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-04-03

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-04-07

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  14. 2025-04-07

    Committee report printed and distributed

  15. 2025-04-09

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-04-10

    Placed on intent calendar

  17. 2025-04-16

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  18. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-04-16

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  20. 2025-04-16

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  21. 2025-04-16

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-04-16

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  24. 2025-04-16

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  25. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  26. 2025-04-16

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  27. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  28. 2025-04-16

    Three day rule suspended

  29. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  30. 2025-04-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  31. 2025-04-16

    Passed

    passage

  32. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  33. 2025-04-16

    Reported engrossed

  34. 2025-04-17

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  35. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  36. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

    referral-committee

  37. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  38. 2025-04-23

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  39. 2025-04-23

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  40. 2025-05-05

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  41. 2025-05-06

    Committee report distributed

  42. 2025-05-06

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  43. 2025-05-06

    Considered in Calendars

  44. 2025-05-08

    Placed on General State Calendar

  45. 2025-05-08

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  46. 2025-05-08

    Postponed

  47. 2025-05-08

    Laid out as postponed business

  48. 2025-05-08

    Postponed

  49. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  50. 2025-05-08

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  51. 2025-05-08

    Laid out as postponed business

  52. 2025-05-08

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  53. 2025-05-08

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  54. 2025-05-08

    Amendment withdrawn

    amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal

  55. 2025-05-08

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  56. 2025-05-08

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  57. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  58. 2025-05-08

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  59. 2025-05-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  60. 2025-05-09

    Passed

    passage

  61. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

  62. 2025-05-09

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  63. 2025-05-12

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  64. 2025-05-14

    Co-author authorized

  65. 2025-05-14

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  66. 2025-05-14

    Read

  67. 2025-05-14

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  68. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  69. 2025-05-14

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  70. 2025-05-14

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  71. 2025-05-15

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  72. 2025-05-15

    Signed in the House

    passage

  73. 2025-05-15

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  74. 2025-05-27

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  75. 2025-05-27

    Effective on 1/1/26

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-04-16 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-04-16 · pass · 0-0

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2420 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-16 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Eckhardt: no
  • passage

    2025-05-08 · pass · 132-10

    Member-level votes (159)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bucy: no
    • Collier: no
    • Flores: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Geren(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Cain: absent
    • Longori: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Garcia Hernandez: absent
    • Slawso: absent
    • Longoria: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Morales: no
    • C: no
    • Talaric: no
    • Geren(C: not voting
  • passage

    2025-05-09 · pass · 120-9

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • 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
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Bucy: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Romero: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Cain: absent
    • Lozano: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Ros: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Davis, A.: absent
    • Gámez: absent
    • Garcia, L.: absent
    • González, J.: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Jones, J.: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Lopez, R.: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Ordaz: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Perez, V.: absent
    • Plesa: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Eckhardt: no

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