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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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 261 pass?

Yes. TX SB 261 has been enacted into law. 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
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Deanprimary
  • Gerdesprimary
  • Kitzmanprimary
  • VanDeaverprimary
  • Bell, Keithprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Buckleycosponsor
  • Bumgarnercosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Hicklandcosponsor
  • Hullcosponsor
  • Lambertcosponsor
  • Leo Wilsoncosponsor
  • McQueeneycosponsor
  • Orrcosponsor
  • Piersoncosponsor
  • Shofnercosponsor
  • Slawsoncosponsor
  • Teppercosponsor
  • Troxclaircosponsor
  • Hancockcosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor
  • Ashbycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-29

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  7. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  8. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-28

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-28

    Read

  11. 2025-05-28

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-26

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-24

    Passed to 3rd reading

  18. 2025-05-24

    Point of order overruled

  19. 2025-05-24

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  20. 2025-05-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

  21. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  22. 2025-05-22

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  23. 2025-05-22

    Committee report distributed

  24. 2025-05-21

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  25. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-05-19

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  27. 2025-05-19

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Public Health

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-05-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-05-12

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  31. 2025-05-12

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  33. 2025-05-12

    Passed

    passage

  34. 2025-05-12

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  35. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  36. 2025-05-12

    Three day rule suspended

  37. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  38. 2025-05-12

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  39. 2025-05-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  41. 2025-05-12

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  42. 2025-05-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  43. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-12

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  45. 2025-05-08

    Placed on intent calendar

  46. 2025-04-02

    Co-author authorized

  47. 2025-04-01

    Committee report printed and distributed

  48. 2025-04-01

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  49. 2025-04-01

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  50. 2025-03-31

    Vote taken in committee

  51. 2025-03-31

    Testimony taken in committee

  52. 2025-03-31

    Considered in public hearing

  53. 2025-03-31

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  54. 2025-03-04

    Co-author authorized

  55. 2025-02-27

    Co-author authorized

  56. 2025-02-05

    Co-author authorized

  57. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

    referral-committee

  58. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  59. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  60. 2024-11-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

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

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Official source

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

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