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TX SB 240

died on adjournment

Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 240 pass?

No. TX SB 240 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 (2025-04-28): Reason for vote recorded in Journal

What is TX SB 240 about?

TX SB 240 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 240?

Middleton is the primary sponsor of TX SB 240, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-11-12
Latest action
2025-04-28 — Reason for vote recorded in Journal
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Middletonprimary
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hallcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Hughescosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-11

    Co-author authorized

  6. 2025-04-03

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  7. 2025-04-03

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-04-03

    Testimony taken in committee

  9. 2025-04-03

    Left pending in committee

  10. 2025-04-07

    Co-author authorized

  11. 2025-04-10

    Considered in public hearing

  12. 2025-04-10

    Vote taken in committee

  13. 2025-04-14

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-04-14

    Committee report printed and distributed

  15. 2025-04-16

    Placed on intent calendar

  16. 2025-04-23

    Co-author authorized

  17. 2025-04-23

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  18. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  19. 2025-04-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  20. 2025-04-23

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  21. 2025-04-23

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  22. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  23. 2025-04-23

    Passed to engrossment

  24. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  25. 2025-04-24

    Co-author authorized

  26. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  27. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  28. 2025-04-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  29. 2025-04-24

    Passed

    passage

  30. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  31. 2025-04-24

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-04-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  33. 2025-04-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  34. 2025-04-28

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-04-28

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-23 · pass · 20-11

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: 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
    • J. Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • other

    2025-04-23 · fail · 11-20

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Menéndez: 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

  • passage

    2025-04-24 · pass · 20-11

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: 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
    • J. Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 240.xml

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