TX SB 379
enactedRelating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 379 pass?
Yes. TX SB 379 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25
What is TX SB 379 about?
TX SB 379 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 379?
Gerdes, Middleton are the primary sponsors of TX SB 379, joined by 54 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2024-11-15
- Latest action
- 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Gerdesprimary
- Middletonprimary
- Hughescosponsor
- Kolkhorstcosponsor
- Paxtoncosponsor
- Schwertnercosponsor
- Sparkscosponsor
- Barrycosponsor
- Bell, Cecilcosponsor
- Bell, Keithcosponsor
- Bumgarnercosponsor
- Caincosponsor
- Cookcosponsor
- Currycosponsor
- Deancosponsor
- Doraziocosponsor
- Dysoncosponsor
- Fairlycosponsor
- Frankcosponsor
- Gatescosponsor
- Guillencosponsor
- Harlesscosponsor
- Hayescosponsor
- Hefnercosponsor
- Hicklandcosponsor
- Holtcosponsor
- Hoppercosponsor
- Kerwincosponsor
- Kitzmancosponsor
- Lambertcosponsor
- Leachcosponsor
- Littlecosponsor
- Lowecosponsor
- Luthercosponsor
- McLaughlincosponsor
- McQueeneycosponsor
- Metcalfcosponsor
- Moneycosponsor
- Morales, Eddiecosponsor
- Olcottcosponsor
- Orrcosponsor
- Paulcosponsor
- Richardsoncosponsor
- Schatzlinecosponsor
- Schoolcraftcosponsor
- Shofnercosponsor
- Slawsoncosponsor
- Spillercosponsor
- Teppercosponsor
- Tothcosponsor
- Troxclaircosponsor
- Vasutcosponsor
- Villaloboscosponsor
- Virdellcosponsor
- Whartoncosponsor
- Hallcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2024-11-15
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2024-11-15
Filed
filing
2025-01-28
Co-author authorized
2025-02-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-03
Referred to Health & Human Services
referral-committee
2025-02-04
Co-author authorized
2025-03-11
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-11
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-11
Testimony taken in committee
2025-03-11
Left pending in committee
2025-03-18
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-18
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-19
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-19
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-20
Co-author authorized
2025-03-20
Placed on intent calendar
2025-03-31
Co-author authorized
2025-03-31
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-03-31
Record vote
2025-03-31
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-03-31
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-03-31
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-03-31
Record vote
2025-03-31
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-03-31
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-03-31
Record vote
2025-03-31
Passed to engrossment
2025-03-31
Record vote
2025-03-31
Three day rule suspended
2025-03-31
Record vote
2025-03-31
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-03-31
Passed
passage
2025-03-31
Record vote
2025-03-31
Reported engrossed
2025-04-01
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-09
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-09
Referred to Human Services
referral-committee
2025-05-01
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-01
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-01
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-05
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-05
Committee report distributed
2025-05-05
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-19
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-21
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-22
Rules suspended
2025-05-22
Additional sponsor(s) authorized
2025-05-22
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-22
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-22
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-22
Record vote
2025-05-22
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-23
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-23
Passed
passage
2025-05-23
Record vote
2025-05-23
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-23
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-25
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-25
Read
2025-05-25
Senate refuses to concur
2025-05-25
Senate requests conference committee
2025-05-25
Senate appoints conferees
2025-05-25
Senate refuses to concur-reported
2025-05-25
Senate requests conference committee-reported
2025-05-25
Senate appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-29
House grants request for conference committee
2025-05-29
House appoints conferees
2025-05-29
House grants request for conf comm-reported
2025-05-29
House appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-30
Conference committee report filed
filing
2025-05-30
Conf. Comm. Report distributed
2025-05-31
Co-author authorized
2025-05-31
House adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-31
Record vote
2025-05-31
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-31
Senate adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-31
Record vote
2025-05-31
Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-05-31
House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-06-01
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-06-02
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-02
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-03
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
other
2025-03-31 · fail · 10-20
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Cook: yes
- Eckhardt: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Miles: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Bettencourt: no
- Birdwell: no
- Campbell: no
- Creighton: no
- Flores: no
- Hagenbuch: no
- Hall: no
- Hancock: no
- A. Hinojosa: no
- Huffman: no
- Hughes: no
- King: no
- Kolkhorst: no
- Middleton: no
- Nichols: no
- Parker: no
- Paxton: no
- Perry: no
- Schwertner: no
- Sparks: no
- Menéndez: absent
passage
2025-03-31 · pass · 22-8
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Menéndez: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 379 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-03-31 · pass · 24-6
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Menéndez: absent
passage
2025-05-22 · pass · 88-47
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: 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
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Ashby: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Hernandez: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Lalani: no
- Lambert: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Noble: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: 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
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- LaHoo: absent
- Cook: absent
- Little: absent
- Louderback: absent
- Money: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Smithee: absent
- Virdell: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- King: absent
- Phela: absent
passage
2025-05-23 · pass · 90-37
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: 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
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: 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
- McLaughlin: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: 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, V.: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Anchía: no
- Ashby: no
- Barry: no
- Bell, K.: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bucy: no
- Canales: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Hernandez: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Longoria: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Plesa: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Talarico: no
- Turner: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Vasut(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Bryant: absent
- Campos: absent
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- Harris: absent
- Paul: absent
- Smithe: absent
- Excused: absent
- Geren: absent
- King: absent
- McQueeney: absent
- Metcalf: absent
- Phelan: absent
- Thompso: absent
- Cole: absent
- Darby: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Lalani: absent
- Lopez, R.: absent
- Fischer: absent
- Romero: absent
- Zwiener: absent
passage
2025-05-31 · pass · 84-45
Member-level votes (180)
- Alders: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: 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
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Anchía: no
- Ashby: no
- Bernal: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Dean: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Lalani: no
- Longoria: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Moody: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Vasut(C: not voting
- Allen: absent
- Cunningham: absent
- Garcia, L.: absent
- Harless: absent
- Harris: absent
- Holt: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Phelan: absent
- Rose: absent
- Schatzline: absent
- Tinderholt: absent
- Walle: absent
- Ward Johnson: absent
- Davis: absent
- Y: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Lowe: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Simmon: absent
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
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