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TX SB 2037

enacted

Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 2037 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2037 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 2037 about?

TX SB 2037 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2037?

Patterson, Landgraf, Anchía and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2037, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-07
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pattersonprimary
  • Landgrafprimary
  • Anchíaprimary
  • Sparksprimary
  • Westcosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor

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. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-27

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  7. 2025-05-27

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  8. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-26

    Read

  11. 2025-05-26

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-21

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-20

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-20

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-05-20

    Laid out as postponed business

  23. 2025-05-20

    Postponed

  24. 2025-05-20

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  25. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  26. 2025-05-20

    Placed on General State Calendar

  27. 2025-05-16

    Considered in Calendars

  28. 2025-05-10

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  29. 2025-05-09

    Committee report distributed

  30. 2025-05-09

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  31. 2025-05-02

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-05-02

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  33. 2025-05-02

    Considered in formal meeting

  34. 2025-04-28

    Referred to Environmental Regulation

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-04-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  36. 2025-04-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  37. 2025-04-24

    Reported engrossed

  38. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  39. 2025-04-24

    Passed

    passage

  40. 2025-04-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  41. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  42. 2025-04-24

    Three day rule suspended

  43. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-04-24

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  45. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-04-24

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  47. 2025-04-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  48. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  49. 2025-04-24

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  50. 2025-04-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  51. 2025-04-24

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  52. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  53. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  54. 2025-04-24

    Co-author authorized

  55. 2025-04-16

    Placed on intent calendar

  56. 2025-04-16

    Co-author authorized

  57. 2025-04-09

    Co-author authorized

  58. 2025-04-07

    Committee report printed and distributed

  59. 2025-04-07

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  60. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  61. 2025-04-02

    Vote taken in committee

  62. 2025-04-02

    Considered in public hearing

  63. 2025-03-26

    Left pending in committee

  64. 2025-03-26

    Testimony taken in committee

  65. 2025-03-26

    Considered in public hearing

  66. 2025-03-26

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  67. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  68. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  69. 2025-03-07

    Filed

    filing

  70. 2025-03-07

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-24 · pass · 0-0

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-04-24 · 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 2037 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-24 · pass · 29-2

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

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 124-16

    Member-level votes (161)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: 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, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Landgraf: 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
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: 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
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: 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
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Morales Sha: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Hefner: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Ward Johnso: absent
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • González: absent
    • J: absent
    • Schoolcraf: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 109-29

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: 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
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: 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
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Canales: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harless: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Leach: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C): not voting
    • McQueene: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • González, M.: absent
    • Hayes: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Ward Johnson: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 29-2

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

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2037.xml

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