TX SB 13
died on adjournmentRelating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.
Texas · 892 · upper
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Quick answers
Did TX SB 13 pass?
No. TX SB 13 died when the 892 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-08-20): Referred to State Affairs
What is TX SB 13 about?
TX SB 13 is a bill in the 892 titled “Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 13?
Middleton, Sparks, Schwertner and 12 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 13, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- 2025-08-15
- Latest action
- 2025-08-20 — Referred to State Affairs
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Middletonprimary
- Sparksprimary
- Schwertnerprimary
- Paxtonprimary
- Parkerprimary
- Kolkhorstprimary
- Kingprimary
- Hinojosa, Adamprimary
- Hallprimary
- Hagenbuchprimary
- Floresprimary
- Creightonprimary
- Campbellprimary
- Birdwellprimary
- Bettencourtprimary
- Huffmancosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-08-20
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-08-20
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-20
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-08-19
Reported engrossed
2025-08-19
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-19
Record vote
2025-08-19
Passed
passage
2025-08-19
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-19
Laid before the Senate
receipt
2025-08-18
Record vote
2025-08-18
Passed to engrossment
2025-08-18
Record vote
2025-08-18
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-08-18
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-18
Record vote
2025-08-18
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-08-18
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-18
Record vote
2025-08-18
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-08-18
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-18
Record vote
2025-08-18
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-08-18
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-18
Record vote
2025-08-18
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-08-18
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-18
Record vote
2025-08-18
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-08-18
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-18
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-18
Record vote
2025-08-18
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-08-18
Co-author authorized
2025-08-15
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-08-15
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-15
Vote taken in committee
2025-08-15
Testimony taken in committee
2025-08-15
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-15
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-08-15
Record vote
2025-08-15
Posting rule suspended
2025-08-15
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-08-15
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-15
Filed
filing
2025-08-15
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
other
2025-08-18 · fail · 11-19
Member-level votes (30)
- 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
- 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
2025-08-18 · pass · 18-11
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: 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
- Nichols: not voting
passage
2025-08-19 · pass · 18-11
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: 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
- Nichols: not voting
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