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TX HB 3228

enacted

Relating to the inclusion of certain provisions in lease agreements for wind or solar power facilities.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 3228 pass?

Yes. TX HB 3228 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 3228 about?

TX HB 3228 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the inclusion of certain provisions in lease agreements for wind or solar power facilities.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 3228?

Patterson, Kitzman, Perry and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 3228, joined by 11 cosponsors.

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

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pattersonprimary
  • Kitzmanprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Slawsonprimary
  • Lambertprimary
  • Luthercosponsor
  • Metcalfcosponsor
  • Richardsoncosponsor
  • Schoolcraftcosponsor
  • Shofnercosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor
  • Bumgarnercosponsor
  • Florescosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Hayescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-24

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-20

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-20

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-26

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-03-26

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-03-26

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-02

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-04-02

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-10

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-04-10

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-04-11

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-04-22

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-04-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-04-24

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-04-24

    Passed to engrossment

  16. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  17. 2025-04-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-04-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2025-04-25

    Passed

    passage

  20. 2025-04-25

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-04-25

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-04-28

    Received from the House

    introduction

  24. 2025-04-29

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-04-29

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-13

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-13

    Testimony taken in committee

  29. 2025-05-13

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-15

    Vote taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-15

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  34. 2025-05-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  35. 2025-05-19

    Co-sponsor authorized

  36. 2025-05-19

    Placed on intent calendar

  37. 2025-05-19

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  38. 2025-05-19

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  39. 2025-05-19

    Vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-19

    Three day rule suspended

  41. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-19

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  43. 2025-05-19

    Passed

    passage

  44. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-19

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  46. 2025-05-19

    Senate Amendments distributed

  47. 2025-05-19

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  48. 2025-05-23

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  49. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  50. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  51. 2025-05-23

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  52. 2025-05-23

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  53. 2025-05-24

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  54. 2025-05-25

    Signed in the House

    passage

  55. 2025-05-25

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  56. 2025-05-26

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  57. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  58. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-24 · 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
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Bhojani: absent
    • Cole: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkin: absent
  • passage

    2025-04-25 · pass · 120-0

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: 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
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: 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
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Cortez: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Jones, J.: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Oliverson: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Wu: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Davis, A.: absent
    • Dorazio: absent
    • Gerdes: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Hull: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Lopez, J.: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Noble: absent
    • Richardson: absent
    • Romero: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Schatzline: absent
    • Slawson: absent
    • Tepper: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 3228 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-19 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 137-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • 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
    • 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, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: 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
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: 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
    • 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
    • Gerdes: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Romero: absent
    • Teppe: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Slawso: absent

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