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TX SB 2078

enacted

Relating to the regulation of composting in certain counties; authorizing a civil penalty.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 2078 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2078 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-22. Latest recorded action (2025-06-22): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 2078 about?

TX SB 2078 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the regulation of composting in certain counties; authorizing a civil penalty.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2078?

Kolkhorst, Gerdes, Wharton and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2078.

Introduced
2025-03-07
Latest action
2025-06-22 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Gerdesprimary
  • Whartonprimary
  • Bumgarnerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-07

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-07

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-31

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-31

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-31

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-31

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-04-07

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-07

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-04-09

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-04-09

    Committee report printed and distributed

  13. 2025-04-14

    Placed on intent calendar

  14. 2025-04-15

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  15. 2025-04-15

    Record vote

  16. 2025-04-15

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-04-15

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  18. 2025-04-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-04-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-04-15

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-04-15

    Record vote

  22. 2025-04-15

    Three day rule suspended

  23. 2025-04-15

    Record vote

  24. 2025-04-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  25. 2025-04-15

    Passed

    passage

  26. 2025-04-15

    Record vote

  27. 2025-04-15

    Reported engrossed

  28. 2025-04-16

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  29. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Environmental Regulation

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-04-24

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-04-24

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  33. 2025-04-24

    Left pending in committee

  34. 2025-05-01

    Considered in public hearing

  35. 2025-05-01

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  36. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-05-15

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  38. 2025-05-15

    Committee report distributed

  39. 2025-05-15

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  40. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  41. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  42. 2025-05-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  43. 2025-05-22

    Passed to 3rd reading

  44. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  47. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  48. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  50. 2025-05-23

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  51. 2025-05-26

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  52. 2025-05-26

    Read

  53. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  54. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  55. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  56. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  57. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  58. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  59. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  60. 2025-06-22

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  61. 2025-06-22

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-15 · pass · 27-4

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: 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
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2078 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-15 · pass · 27-4

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: 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
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 98-42

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lambert: 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
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Guerra: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bucy: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • King: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 102-32

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: 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
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: 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
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Collier: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Bryant: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Lopez, R.: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Zwiener: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 27-4

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: 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
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Zaffirini: no

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2078.xml

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