TX HB 1545
enactedRelating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower
Quick answers
Did TX HB 1545 pass?
Yes. TX HB 1545 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately
What is TX HB 1545 about?
TX HB 1545 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process.”.
Who sponsors TX HB 1545?
Kitzman, Canales, Hull and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 1545, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-14
- Latest action
- 2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
- ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)
- Courts--General (I0160)
- CREDIT UNION COMMISSION (V0078)
- CREDIT UNION DEPARTMENT (V0991)
- Financial--General (I0365)
- FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION, TEXAS (V0004)
- INSURANCE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)
- Juvenile Boards & Officers (I0450)
- JUVENILE JUSTICE BOARD, TEXAS (V1013)
- JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, TEXAS (V0846)
- LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY (D0022)
- Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)
- PUBLIC INSURANCE COUNSEL, OFFICE OF (V0232)
- SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION BOARD, TEXAS STATE (V9940)
- State Agencies, Boards & Commissions (I0749)
- SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION (V8389)
- Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)
- Sunset—Required Reviews (I0021)
- VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS, STATE BOARD OF (V0118)
- Water--General (I0885)
Sponsors
- Kitzmanprimary
- Canalesprimary
- Hullprimary
- Bell, Keithprimary
- Shaheenprimary
- Parkerprimary
- Lujancosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-14
Filed
filing
2025-03-14
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-14
Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency
referral-committee
2025-04-09
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-09
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-09
Left pending in committee
2025-04-14
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-14
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-24
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-24
Committee report distributed
2025-04-25
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-28
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-01
Placed on Major State Calendar
2025-05-01
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-01
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-01
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-01
Record vote
2025-05-01
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-02
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-02
Passed
passage
2025-05-02
Record vote
2025-05-02
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-02
Reported engrossed
2025-05-05
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-05
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-05
Referred to Business & Commerce
referral-committee
2025-05-20
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-20
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-20
Left pending in committee
2025-05-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-22
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-22
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-22
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-25
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-25
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-25
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-05-25
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-25
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-25
Record vote
2025-05-25
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-25
Passed
passage
2025-05-25
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
2025-05-31
Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
2025-05-31
Senate appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-31
Conference committee report filed
filing
2025-05-31
Conf. Comm. Report distributed
2025-06-01
Senate adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-01
Record vote
2025-06-01
House adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-01
Record vote
2025-06-01
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-06-01
Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-06-01
House 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 immediately
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-05-01 · pass · 127-1
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: 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
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: 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
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Landgraf: 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
- 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
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: 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
- 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
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Harrison: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Holt: absent
- Talaric: absent
- Allen: absent
- Ashby: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Bryant: absent
- Buckley: absent
- Cunningham: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Frank: absent
- Hinojosa: absent
- Hunter: absent
- Kerwin: absent
- King: absent
- Leach: absent
- Leo Wilson: absent
- Schoolcraft: absent
- Bell: absent
- C: absent
- Bumgarner: absent
- Button: absent
- Lamber: absent
passage
2025-05-02 · pass · 137-1
Member-level votes (155)
- 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
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: 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
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: 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
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: 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
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: 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
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Harrison: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Campos: absent
- Holt: absent
- LaHood: absent
- Martinez Fischer: absent
- McLaughlin: absent
- Schatzlin: absent
- Excused: absent
- Orr: absent
- Davis: absent
- Y: absent
- Gerdes: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- Reynold: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 1545 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-25 · pass · 31-0
passage
2025-06-01 · pass · 31-0
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: 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
- 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
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- González, J.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: 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
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Cain: no
- Harrison: no
- Hopper: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Lowe: no
- Olcott: no
- Plesa: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schofield: no
- Swanson: no
- Toth: no
- Vasut: no
- Wilson: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Allen: absent
- Garcia: absent
- L: absent
- Harris: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Gámez: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- González, M.: absent
- Johnson: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Vo: absent
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 2400
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