Bill Commons

TX HB 2018

enacted

Relating to the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 2018 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2018 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-24. Latest recorded action (2025-05-24): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 2018 about?

TX HB 2018 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2018?

Flores, Ashby, Hinojosa, Adam are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2018, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-14
Latest action
2025-05-24 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Floresprimary
  • Ashbyprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary
  • Spillercosponsor
  • Morales Shawcosponsor
  • Lopez, Janiecosponsor
  • Morales, Eddiecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-22

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-14

    Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-27

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-03-27

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  6. 2025-03-27

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  7. 2025-03-27

    Left pending in committee

  8. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-04-08

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  10. 2025-04-08

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-04-08

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-04-11

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  13. 2025-04-14

    Committee report distributed

  14. 2025-04-15

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  15. 2025-04-23

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  16. 2025-04-23

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  17. 2025-04-23

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  18. 2025-04-24

    Considered in Calendars

  19. 2025-04-29

    Placed on General State Calendar

  20. 2025-04-29

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  21. 2025-04-29

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-04-29

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  24. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-04-30

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  26. 2025-04-30

    Passed

    passage

  27. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  28. 2025-04-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  29. 2025-04-30

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-04-30

    Received from the House

    introduction

  31. 2025-05-01

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-05-01

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-05-05

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  34. 2025-05-05

    Considered in public hearing

  35. 2025-05-05

    Testimony taken in committee

  36. 2025-05-05

    Vote taken in committee

  37. 2025-05-05

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  38. 2025-05-05

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  39. 2025-05-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

  40. 2025-05-09

    Rules suspended-Intent Calendar

  41. 2025-05-09

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  42. 2025-05-09

    Vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-05-09

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  44. 2025-05-09

    Vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-09

    Three day rule suspended

  46. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  48. 2025-05-09

    Passed

    passage

  49. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

  50. 2025-05-09

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  51. 2025-05-12

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  52. 2025-05-12

    Signed in the House

    passage

  53. 2025-05-12

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  54. 2025-05-13

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  55. 2025-05-24

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  56. 2025-05-24

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 145-0

    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
    • 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: 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
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: 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
    • 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
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Harless: absent
    • Isaac: absent
    • Leac: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-30 · pass · 142-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: 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 Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: 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
    • Hickland: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Bernal: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Schoolcraft: absent
    • V: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Kitzman: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • L: absent
    • Gere: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2018 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-09 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Nichols: no

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2018.xml

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