Bill Commons

TX SB 494

enacted

Relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 494 pass?

Yes. TX SB 494 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-20. Latest recorded action (2025-05-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 494 about?

TX SB 494 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 494?

Sparks, Landgraf, Lopez, Ray and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 494, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-11-22
Latest action
2025-05-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sparksprimary
  • Landgrafprimary
  • Lopez, Rayprimary
  • Morales, Eddieprimary
  • Darbyprimary
  • Zaffirinicosponsor
  • Bettencourtcosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Eckhardtcosponsor
  • Florescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-22

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-11-22

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-12

    Co-author authorized

  6. 2025-02-19

    Co-author authorized

  7. 2025-03-05

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  8. 2025-03-05

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-03-05

    Testimony taken in committee

  10. 2025-03-05

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-03-05

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-03-05

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-03-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-03-11

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-03-12

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-03-12

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  17. 2025-03-12

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  18. 2025-03-12

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  19. 2025-03-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-03-12

    Three day rule suspended

  21. 2025-03-12

    Record vote

  22. 2025-03-12

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  23. 2025-03-12

    Passed

    passage

  24. 2025-03-12

    Record vote

  25. 2025-03-12

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-03-13

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  27. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Energy Resources

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-04-24

    Considered in formal meeting

  30. 2025-04-24

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-04-28

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  32. 2025-04-28

    Committee report distributed

  33. 2025-04-29

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  34. 2025-04-30

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  35. 2025-04-30

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  36. 2025-04-30

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  37. 2025-04-30

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  38. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  39. 2025-04-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  41. 2025-05-01

    Passed

    passage

  42. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-01

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  45. 2025-05-07

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  46. 2025-05-07

    Read

  47. 2025-05-07

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  48. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-07

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  50. 2025-05-08

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  51. 2025-05-08

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  52. 2025-05-08

    Signed in the House

    passage

  53. 2025-05-08

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  54. 2025-05-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  55. 2025-05-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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 494 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-12 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-04-30 · pass · 136-8

    Member-level votes (153)
    • 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
    • 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 Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: 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
    • 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
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: 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
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: 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
    • 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
    • Cain: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Money: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Toth: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Schoolcraf: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-01 · pass · 137-6

    Member-level votes (154)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: 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
    • 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
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: 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
    • 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
    • Canales: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Money: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzlin: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • King: absent
    • Bell: absent
    • C: absent
    • Gates: absent
    • Tinderholt: absent
    • Tot: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-07 · pass · 31-0

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 494.xml

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