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TX SB 39

died on adjournment

Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 39 pass?

No. TX SB 39 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-04-29): Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

What is TX SB 39 about?

TX SB 39 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 39?

Birdwell is the primary sponsor of TX SB 39, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-13
Latest action
2025-04-29 — Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Birdwellprimary
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor

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. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Transportation

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-24

    Co-author authorized

  6. 2025-04-09

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  7. 2025-04-09

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-04-09

    Testimony taken in committee

  9. 2025-04-09

    Left pending in committee

  10. 2025-04-16

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-04-16

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-04-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-04-23

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-04-24

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-24

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  19. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  21. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  22. 2025-04-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  23. 2025-04-24

    Passed

    passage

  24. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  25. 2025-04-24

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-04-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  27. 2025-04-29

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-04-29

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-24 · pass · 21-10

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

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