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TX SB 1833

enacted

Relating to the use of a social media platform in furtherance of an offense involving the delivery of a controlled substance; increasing criminal penalties.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1833 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1833 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1833 about?

TX SB 1833 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the use of a social media platform in furtherance of an offense involving the delivery of a controlled substance; increasing criminal penalties.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1833?

Parker, Anchía, Leach and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1833.

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

Sponsors

  • Parkerprimary
  • Anchíaprimary
  • Leachprimary
  • Louderbackprimary
  • Cookprimary

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. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  7. 2025-05-30

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  8. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-30

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-05-29

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  11. 2025-05-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-29

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-29

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-05-27

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  15. 2025-05-26

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  16. 2025-05-23

    House appoints conferees-reported

  17. 2025-05-23

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  18. 2025-05-22

    House appoints conferees

  19. 2025-05-22

    House grants request for conference committee

  20. 2025-05-21

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  21. 2025-05-21

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  22. 2025-05-21

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  23. 2025-05-20

    Senate appoints conferees

  24. 2025-05-20

    Senate requests conference committee

  25. 2025-05-20

    Senate refuses to concur

  26. 2025-05-20

    Read

  27. 2025-05-20

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  28. 2025-05-15

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  29. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  31. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  32. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  33. 2025-05-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-14

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  36. 2025-05-14

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  37. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  38. 2025-05-14

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  39. 2025-05-14

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  40. 2025-05-13

    Committee report distributed

  41. 2025-05-13

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  42. 2025-05-12

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  43. 2025-05-12

    Considered in formal meeting

  44. 2025-05-10

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  45. 2025-05-10

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  46. 2025-05-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  47. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

  48. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

  50. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  51. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  52. 2025-05-07

    Three day rule suspended

  53. 2025-05-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  54. 2025-05-07

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  55. 2025-05-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  56. 2025-05-07

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  57. 2025-05-06

    Placed on intent calendar

  58. 2025-05-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

  59. 2025-05-05

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  60. 2025-05-05

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  61. 2025-04-29

    Vote taken in committee

  62. 2025-04-29

    Testimony taken in committee

  63. 2025-04-29

    Considered in public hearing

  64. 2025-04-29

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  65. 2025-03-13

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  66. 2025-03-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  67. 2025-03-03

    Filed

    filing

  68. 2025-03-03

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1833 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-07 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: 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
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 135-2

    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
    • 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, 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: 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
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: 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
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Harrison: no
    • Rodríguez Ramo: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Olcott: absent
    • Or: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Martinez Fischer: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Virdel: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 136-3

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Rodríguez Ramo: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-29 · pass · 129-5

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: 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
    • 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: 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
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: 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
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Harrison: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Ros: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Capriglione: not voting
    • Simmon: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Virdel: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • McLaughlin: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: 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
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no

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