TX HB 638

died on adjournment

Relating to a requirement that certain water districts make audio and video recordings of open meetings available on the Internet.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 638 pass?

No. TX HB 638 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 (2025-05-15): Referred to Local Government

What is TX HB 638 about?

TX HB 638 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a requirement that certain water districts make audio and video recordings of open meetings available on the Internet.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 638?

Tepper, Zwiener, Isaac and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 638.

Introduced: 2025-03-04
Latest action: 2025-05-15 — Referred to Local Government
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-11-12
Filed
filing
2025-03-04
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-04
Referred to Natural Resources
referral-committee
2025-03-12
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-12
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-12
Left pending in committee
2025-04-24
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-24
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-24
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-30
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-30
Committee report distributed
2025-05-01
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-08
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-10
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-13
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-13
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-13
Record vote
2025-05-14
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-14
Passed
passage
2025-05-14
Record vote
2025-05-14
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-14
Reported engrossed
2025-05-14
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-15
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-15
Referred to Local Government
referral-committee

Versions

IntroducedCompare
House Committee ReportCompare
EngrossedCompare
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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-05-13 · pass · 139-2
Member-level votes (155)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: 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
- 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
- González, J.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: 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
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: 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
- 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
- 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
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Kitzman: no
- Lamber: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- Schofield: absent
- Simmon: absent
- Bell: absent
- C: absent
- González: absent
- M: absent
- Haye: absent
passage
2025-05-14 · pass · 140-0
Member-level votes (153)
- 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
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: 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
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: 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
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: 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
- 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
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Vasut(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Buckley: absent
- Holt: absent
- Olcot: absent
- Hickland: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- Lozano: absent
- Martinez Fischer: absent
- Romer: absent

Related bills

Companion bill: SB 1339

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 638.xml

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