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TX SB 43

died on adjournment

Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control.

Texas · 891 · upper

Quick answers

Did TX SB 43 pass?

No. TX SB 43 died when the 891 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-08-12): Reported engrossed

What is TX SB 43 about?

TX SB 43 is a bill in the 891 titled “Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 43?

Zaffirini is the primary sponsor of TX SB 43, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-07-23
Latest action
2025-08-12 — Reported engrossed
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Milescosponsor
  • Menéndezcosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Paxtoncosponsor
  • Eckhardtcosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Alvaradocosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-07-23

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-07-23

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-07-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-07-28

    Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-08-08

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-08-08

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-08-08

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-08-08

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-08-08

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-08-08

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-08-12

    Co-author authorized

  12. 2025-08-12

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  13. 2025-08-12

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  14. 2025-08-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-08-12

    Three day rule suspended

  16. 2025-08-12

    Record vote

  17. 2025-08-12

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-08-12

    Passed

    passage

  19. 2025-08-12

    Record vote

  20. 2025-08-12

    Reported engrossed

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=891&Bill=SB43

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