Bill Commons

TX HB 1240

enacted

Relating to certain governmental operations affecting the border region.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 1240 pass?

Yes. TX HB 1240 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What is TX HB 1240 about?

TX HB 1240 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to certain governmental operations affecting the border region.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 1240?

Guillen, Hinojosa, Adam are the primary sponsors of TX HB 1240.

Introduced
2025-03-10
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Guillenprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-30

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-29

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-28

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-28

    Passed to 3rd reading

  15. 2025-05-28

    Amendment withdrawn

    amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal

  16. 2025-05-28

    Vote reconsidered

  17. 2025-05-28

    Vote reconsidered

  18. 2025-05-28

    Vote reconsidered

  19. 2025-05-27

    Returned from the House for further action

  20. 2025-05-27

    Returned to the Senate for further action

  21. 2025-05-24

    Senate Amendments distributed

  22. 2025-05-24

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  25. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  26. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  27. 2025-05-23

    Three day rule suspended

  28. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  29. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  30. 2025-05-23

    Vote recorded in Journal

  31. 2025-05-23

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  32. 2025-05-23

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  33. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  34. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-23

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  36. 2025-05-16

    Placed on intent calendar

  37. 2025-05-14

    Committee report printed and distributed

  38. 2025-05-14

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  39. 2025-05-13

    Vote taken in committee

  40. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  41. 2025-05-12

    Left pending in committee

  42. 2025-05-12

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-05-12

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  44. 2025-05-05

    Referred to Economic Development

    referral-committee

  45. 2025-05-05

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  46. 2025-05-01

    Received from the House

    introduction

  47. 2025-04-30

    Reported engrossed

  48. 2025-04-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  49. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  50. 2025-04-30

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  51. 2025-04-30

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  52. 2025-04-30

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  53. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  54. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  55. 2025-04-29

    Passed to engrossment

  56. 2025-04-29

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  57. 2025-04-29

    Placed on General State Calendar

  58. 2025-04-25

    Considered in Calendars

  59. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  60. 2025-04-25

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  61. 2025-04-25

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  62. 2025-04-25

    Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

  63. 2025-04-25

    Withdrawn from calendar (contested)

    withdrawal

  64. 2025-04-25

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  65. 2025-04-23

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  66. 2025-04-21

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  67. 2025-04-21

    Committee report distributed

  68. 2025-04-17

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  69. 2025-04-09

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  70. 2025-04-09

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

    referral-committee

  71. 2025-04-09

    Considered in public hearing

  72. 2025-04-09

    Recalled from subcommittee

  73. 2025-03-24

    Left pending in subcommittee

  74. 2025-03-24

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  75. 2025-03-24

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  76. 2025-03-24

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  77. 2025-03-10

    Referred to s/c on International Relations by Speaker

    referral-committee

  78. 2025-03-10

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  79. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 139-8

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: 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, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: 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: 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
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: 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
    • Schoolcraft: 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
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bryant: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Moody(C: not voting
    • Dutton: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-30 · pass · 128-7

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: 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
    • 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
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bryant: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Collier: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Moody(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Schoolcraft: absent
    • V: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Frank: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Kitzman: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Shofne: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1240 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 25-6

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Miles: no

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 23-8

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1240 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-28 · pass · 25-6

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1240.xml

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