TX HB 18

enacted

Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a member is absent from a legislative session; authorizing a civil penalty.

Texas · 892 · lower

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Did TX HB 18 pass?

Yes. TX HB 18 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-09-17): Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What is TX HB 18 about?

TX HB 18 is a bill in the 892 titled “Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a member is absent from a legislative session; authorizing a civil penalty.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 18?

Hinojosa, Adam, Swanson, Gerdes and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 18, joined by 26 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-08-21
Latest action: 2025-09-17 — Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-09-17
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
became-law
2025-09-17
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-09-04
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-09-04
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-09-04
Signed in the House
passage
2025-09-04
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-09-04
Senate passage reported
passage
2025-09-04
Record vote
2025-09-04
Passed
passage
2025-09-04
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-09-04
Laid before the Senate
receipt
2025-09-03
Record vote
2025-09-03
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-09-03
Record vote
2025-09-03
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-09-03
Printing rule suspended
2025-09-03
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-09-03
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-03
Vote taken in committee
2025-09-03
Testimony taken in committee
2025-09-03
Considered in public hearing
2025-09-03
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-09-03
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Posting rule suspended
2025-09-02
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-09-02
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-09-02
Received from the House
introduction
2025-09-02
Reported engrossed
2025-09-02
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-09-02
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Passed
passage
2025-09-02
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-09-02
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Amendment adopted as amended
amendment-passage
2025-09-02
Amendment to amendment withdrawn
withdrawal
2025-09-02
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-09-02
Amendment to amendment offered
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-09-02
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Amendment amended
amendment-amendment
2025-09-02
Point of order overruled (amendment)
2025-09-02
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-09-02
Amendment to amendment offered
2025-09-02
Point of order sustained (amendment)
2025-09-02
Amendment to amendment offered
2025-09-02
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-09-02
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-09-02
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-09-02
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-09-02
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-08-28
Considered in Calendars
2025-08-28
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-08-28
Committee report distributed
2025-08-28
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-08-28
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-28
Considered in formal meeting
2025-08-25
Left pending in committee
2025-08-25
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-08-25
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-21
Referred to Elections
referral-committee
2025-08-21
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-21
Filed
filing

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-09-02 · pass · 86-46
Member-level votes (184)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: 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
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: 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
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Cortez: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Lalani: no
- Longoria: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Muñoz: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Raymond: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Anchía: absent
- Dean: absent
- González, J.: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Jones, J.: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Morales, E.: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Plesa: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Zwiener: absent
- Campos: absent
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- González: absent
- M: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Morales: absent
- C: absent
- Rodríguez Ramo: absent
- González, M.: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Simmon: absent
- Bettencourt: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. 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
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Birdwell: absent
- Eckhardt: absent
- West: absent
other
2025-09-02 · fail · 44-85
Member-level votes (151)
- Allen: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Canales: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Howard: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Turner: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Alders: no
- Ashby: no
- Barry: no
- Bell, C.: no
- Bell, K.: no
- Bonnen: no
- Buckley: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Button: no
- Cain: no
- Capriglione: no
- Cook: no
- Craddick: no
- Cunningham: no
- Curry: no
- Darby: no
- DeAyala: no
- Dorazio: no
- Dyson: no
- Fairly: no
- Frank: no
- Gates: no
- Gerdes: no
- Geren: no
- Guillen: no
- Harless: no
- Harris Davila: no
- Harrison: no
- Hayes: no
- Hefner: no
- Hickland: no
- Holt: no
- Hopper: no
- Hull: no
- Hunter: no
- Isaac: no
- Kerwin: no
- King: no
- Kitzman: no
- LaHood: no
- Lambert: no
- Landgraf: no
- Leach: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lopez, J.: no
- Louderback: no
- Lowe: no
- Lozano: no
- Lujan: no
- Luther: no
- McLaughlin: no
- McQueeney: no
- Metcalf: no
- Meyer: no
- Money: no
- Morgan: no
- Noble: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Orr: no
- Patterson: no
- Paul: no
- Phelan: no
- Pierson: no
- Richardson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schofield: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Shaheen: no
- Shofner: no
- Slawson: no
- Smithee: no
- Spiller: no
- Swanson: no
- Tepper: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Troxclair: no
- VanDeaver: no
- Vasut: no
- Villalobos: no
- Virdell: no
- Wharton: no
- Wilson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Anchía: absent
- Dean: absent
- González, J.: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Jones, J.: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Morales, E.: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Plesa: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Zwiener: absent
- Campos: absent
- Davis, A.: absent
- Flores: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Garcia, L.: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
passage
2025-09-03 · pass · 18-8
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: 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
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Birdwell: absent
- Eckhardt: absent
- Gutierrez: absent
- West: absent
passage
2025-09-04 · pass · 18-8
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: 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
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Birdwell: absent
- Eckhardt: absent
- Gutierrez: absent
- West: absent

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