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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 18 pass?

No. TX SB 18 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2025-09-17. 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

  1. 2025-08-15

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-08-15

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-08-15

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-08-15

    Referred to Finance

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-08-15

    Posting rule suspended

  6. 2025-08-15

    Record vote

  7. 2025-08-15

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  8. 2025-08-15

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-08-15

    Vote taken in committee

  10. 2025-08-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-08-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-08-18

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  13. 2025-08-18

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  14. 2025-08-18

    Vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-08-18

    Three day rule suspended

  16. 2025-08-18

    Record vote

  17. 2025-08-18

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-08-18

    Passed

    passage

  19. 2025-08-18

    Record vote

  20. 2025-08-18

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-08-18

    Reported engrossed

  22. 2025-08-20

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  23. 2025-08-20

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  24. 2025-08-20

    Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-08-22

    Considered in public hearing

  26. 2025-08-22

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  27. 2025-08-22

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-08-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  29. 2025-08-24

    Committee report distributed

  30. 2025-08-24

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  31. 2025-08-24

    Considered in Calendars

  32. 2025-08-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  33. 2025-08-25

    Rules suspended

  34. 2025-08-25

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  35. 2025-08-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  36. 2025-08-25

    Passed to 3rd reading

  37. 2025-08-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  38. 2025-08-25

    Passed

    passage

  39. 2025-08-25

    Record vote

  40. 2025-08-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-08-25

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-08-26

    House passage reported

    passage

  43. 2025-08-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  44. 2025-08-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  45. 2025-08-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  46. 2025-08-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  47. 2025-09-17

    Vetoed by the Governor

    executive-veto

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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

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

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