TX SB 261

enacted

Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 261 pass?

Yes. TX SB 261 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 261 about?

TX SB 261 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 261?

Dean, Gerdes, Kitzman and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 261, joined by 19 cosponsors.

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

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-11-12
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2024-11-12
Filed
filing
2025-02-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-03
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
referral-committee
2025-02-05
Co-author authorized
2025-02-27
Co-author authorized
2025-03-04
Co-author authorized
2025-03-31
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-31
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-31
Testimony taken in committee
2025-03-31
Vote taken in committee
2025-04-01
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-01
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-04-01
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-04-02
Co-author authorized
2025-05-08
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-12
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-12
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-05-12
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-12
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-12
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-12
Passed
passage
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Reported engrossed
2025-05-12
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-05-14
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-14
Referred to Public Health
referral-committee
2025-05-19
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-19
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-19
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-21
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-22
Committee report distributed
2025-05-22
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-22
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-24
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-24
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-24
Point of order overruled
2025-05-24
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-25
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-25
Passed
passage
2025-05-25
Record vote
2025-05-25
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-26
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-28
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-28
Read
2025-05-28
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-29
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-30
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-01
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-01
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law

Versions

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Senate Committee ReportCompare
EngrossedCompare
House Committee ReportCompare
EnrolledCompare
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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-05-12 · pass · 26-4
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Hagenbuch: no
- Johnson: no
- Gutierrez: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 261 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-12 · pass · 26-4
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Hagenbuch: no
- Johnson: no
- Gutierrez: absent
passage
2025-05-25 · pass · 99-36
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris(C): yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Cole: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Harrison: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, E.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Talarico: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Anchía: not voting
- Lalan: not voting
- Cortez: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- Kerwin: absent
- Meza: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Walle: absent
- Collier: absent
- Garcia Hernandez: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- Martinez Fischer: absent
- Ples: absent
passage
2025-05-28 · pass · 27-4
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Hagenbuch: no
- Johnson: no

Related bills

Companion bill: SB 822
Companion bill: HB 1431

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 261.xml

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