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TX HB 39

enacted

Relating to information and data regarding the incidence of veteran deaths in this state.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 39 pass?

Yes. TX HB 39 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 39 about?

TX HB 39 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to information and data regarding the incidence of veteran deaths in this state.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 39?

Hefner, Hunter, Parker and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 39, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-05
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hefnerprimary
  • Hunterprimary
  • Parkerprimary
  • Lopez, Rayprimary
  • Harlesscosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Isaaccosponsor
  • Morales Shawcosponsor
  • Perez, Vincentcosponsor
  • Plesacosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Westcosponsor
  • Davis, Aichacosponsor
  • Florescosponsor
  • Guerracosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-03

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-05

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-05

    Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-17

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  5. 2025-03-17

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  6. 2025-03-17

    Committee substitute considered in s/c

    substitution

  7. 2025-03-17

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  8. 2025-03-17

    Left pending in subcommittee

  9. 2025-03-26

    Recalled from subcommittee

  10. 2025-03-26

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-03-26

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  12. 2025-03-26

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-03-31

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  14. 2025-03-31

    Committee report distributed

  15. 2025-03-31

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  16. 2025-04-09

    Considered in Calendars

  17. 2025-04-14

    Placed on General State Calendar

  18. 2025-04-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2025-04-14

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-04-14

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-14

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-04-14

    Record vote

  23. 2025-04-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-04-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  25. 2025-04-15

    Passed

    passage

  26. 2025-04-15

    Record vote

  27. 2025-04-15

    Reported engrossed

  28. 2025-04-15

    Received from the House

    introduction

  29. 2025-04-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-04-16

    Referred to Vet Affairs

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-05-15

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  32. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-05-15

    Testimony taken in committee

  34. 2025-05-15

    Left pending in committee

  35. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  36. 2025-05-15

    Vote taken in committee

  37. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  38. 2025-05-19

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  39. 2025-05-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

  40. 2025-05-21

    Co-sponsor authorized

  41. 2025-05-21

    Placed on intent calendar

  42. 2025-05-21

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  43. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  44. 2025-05-21

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  45. 2025-05-21

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  46. 2025-05-21

    Vote recorded in Journal

  47. 2025-05-21

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-21

    Vote recorded in Journal

  49. 2025-05-21

    Three day rule suspended

  50. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  51. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  52. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  53. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  54. 2025-05-21

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  55. 2025-05-22

    Senate Amendments distributed

  56. 2025-05-22

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  57. 2025-05-23

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  58. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  59. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  60. 2025-05-23

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  61. 2025-05-23

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  62. 2025-05-24

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  63. 2025-05-25

    Signed in the House

    passage

  64. 2025-05-25

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  65. 2025-05-26

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  66. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  67. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-14 · pass · 143-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: 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
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: 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
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: 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
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Martinez Fische: absent
    • Dean: absent
    • Shofner: absent
    • Vasu: absent
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
  • passage

    2025-04-15 · pass · 145-0

    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
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: 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
    • Dorazio: 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
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: 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
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: 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
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: 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
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Ples: absent
    • Martinez Fischer: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 39 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-21 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 133-4

    Member-level votes (156)
    • 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
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Canales: 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
    • Gámez: 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 Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: 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
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: 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
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Patterso: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Zwiene: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Manue: absent

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