TX HB 119

enacted

Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 119 pass?

Yes. TX HB 119 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 119 about?

TX HB 119 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 119?

Metcalf, Troxclair, Bonnen and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 119, joined by 19 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-14
Latest action: 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-03-13
Filed
filing
2025-03-14
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-14
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
referral-committee
2025-04-02
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-02
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-02
Left pending in committee
2025-04-09
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-09
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-16
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-16
Committee report distributed
2025-04-17
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-24
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-29
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-29
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-29
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-29
Record vote
2025-04-29
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-30
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-30
Passed
passage
2025-04-30
Record vote
2025-04-30
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-30
Reported engrossed
2025-04-30
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-01
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-01
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-05-05
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-05
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-05
Left pending in committee
2025-05-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-22
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-23
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-23
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-28
Placed on local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-28
Laid before the Senate
receipt
2025-05-28
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-05-28
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-28
Passed
passage
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-29
Senate passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-29
Senate Amendments distributed
2025-05-29
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
2025-05-30
House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
2025-05-30
House requests conference committee
2025-05-30
House appoints conferees
2025-05-30
House refuses to concur-reported
2025-05-30
House requests conference committee-reported
2025-05-30
House appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-30
Senate grants request for conference comm.
2025-05-30
Senate appoints conferees
2025-05-30
Conf. Comm. Report distributed
2025-05-31
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-31
Conference committee report filed
filing
2025-05-31
Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
2025-05-31
Senate appoints conferees-reported
2025-06-01
House adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-01
Record vote
2025-06-01
House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-06-01
Senate adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-01
Record vote
2025-06-01
Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-06-02
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-06-02
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-02
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-02
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law

Versions

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-04-29 · pass · 134-5
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: 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
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: 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
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Canales: no
- González: no
- J: no
- Manuel: no
- Meza: no
- Zwiene: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Landgraf(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- Walle: absent
- Fairly: absent
- Lalani: absent
- Lopez, R.: absent
- McLaughlin: absent
- Richardson: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Slawson: absent
- Talarico: absent
passage
2025-04-30 · pass · 132-8
Member-level votes (154)
- 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
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Davis, A.: no
- González, J.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Manuel: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Landgraf(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Hinojosa: absent
- Schoolcraft: absent
- V: absent
- Excused: absent
- Walle: absent
- Harris: absent
- Lopez: absent
- J: absent
- Mez: absent
passage
2025-06-01 · pass · 101-36
Member-level votes (155)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: 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
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Lalani: no
- Longoria: no
- Manuel: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Plesa: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Allen: absent
- Garcia: absent
- L: absent
- Harris: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Morales Sha: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Howard: absent
- Johnson: absent
- Louderback: absent
- Lozano: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Talarico: absent
- Eckhardt: no

Related bills

Companion bill: SB 1845

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 119.xml

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