Bill Commons

TX SB 18

vetoed

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 · 892 · upper

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 18 pass?

No. TX SB 18 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2025-09-17): Vetoed by the Governor

What is TX SB 18 about?

TX SB 18 is a bill in the 892 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 18?

Leo Wilson, Bumgarner, Gerdes and 14 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 18.

Introduced
2025-08-15
Latest action
2025-09-17 — Vetoed by the Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Leo Wilsonprimary
  • Bumgarnerprimary
  • Gerdesprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Menéndezprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"primary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary
  • Floresprimary
  • Eckhardtprimary
  • Campbellprimary
  • Blancoprimary
  • Birdwellprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Alvaradoprimary
  • Zaffiriniprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-09-17

    Vetoed by the Governor

    executive-veto

  2. 2025-08-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  3. 2025-08-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  4. 2025-08-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-08-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  6. 2025-08-26

    House passage reported

    passage

  7. 2025-08-25

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  8. 2025-08-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-08-25

    Record vote

  10. 2025-08-25

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-08-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  12. 2025-08-25

    Passed to 3rd reading

  13. 2025-08-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  14. 2025-08-25

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  15. 2025-08-25

    Rules suspended

  16. 2025-08-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  17. 2025-08-24

    Considered in Calendars

  18. 2025-08-24

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  19. 2025-08-24

    Committee report distributed

  20. 2025-08-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  21. 2025-08-22

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-08-22

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  23. 2025-08-22

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-08-20

    Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-08-20

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  26. 2025-08-20

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  27. 2025-08-18

    Reported engrossed

  28. 2025-08-18

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  29. 2025-08-18

    Record vote

  30. 2025-08-18

    Passed

    passage

  31. 2025-08-18

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  32. 2025-08-18

    Record vote

  33. 2025-08-18

    Three day rule suspended

  34. 2025-08-18

    Vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-08-18

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  36. 2025-08-18

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  37. 2025-08-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  38. 2025-08-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  39. 2025-08-15

    Vote taken in committee

  40. 2025-08-15

    Considered in public hearing

  41. 2025-08-15

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  42. 2025-08-15

    Record vote

  43. 2025-08-15

    Posting rule suspended

  44. 2025-08-15

    Referred to Finance

    referral-committee

  45. 2025-08-15

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  46. 2025-08-15

    Filed

    filing

  47. 2025-08-15

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

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 18 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-08-18 · pass · 30-0

  • passage

    2025-08-25 · pass · 131-0

    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
    • 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
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: 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
    • 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
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Canales: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Lozano: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Noble: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Toth: absent
    • Wu: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • C: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramo: absent

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Official source

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=SB18

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