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TX HB 2128

enacted

Relating to a study of rural firefighting and technical rescue service capabilities.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 2128 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2128 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 2128 about?

TX HB 2128 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a study of rural firefighting and technical rescue service capabilities.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2128?

Orr, Lujan, Luther and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2128, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-14
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Orrprimary
  • Lujanprimary
  • Lutherprimary
  • Hagenbuchprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Spillerprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Hayescosponsor
  • Morales Shawcosponsor
  • Virdellcosponsor
  • Whartoncosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-27

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-14

    Referred to Agriculture & Livestock

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-03-27

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-03-27

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-03-31

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-03-31

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-03-31

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-04-17

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-04-30

    Considered in Calendars

  14. 2025-05-02

    Placed on General State Calendar

  15. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-05

    Passed to engrossment

  17. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  19. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-06

    Reported engrossed

  21. 2025-05-06

    Received from the House

    introduction

  22. 2025-05-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  23. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-05-22

    Posting rule suspended

  25. 2025-05-23

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  26. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-05-23

    Vote taken in committee

  28. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-05-23

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  30. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  31. 2025-05-27

    Co-sponsor authorized

  32. 2025-05-27

    Placed on intent calendar

  33. 2025-05-28

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  34. 2025-05-27

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  35. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  36. 2025-05-27

    Vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-27

    Three day rule suspended

  38. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  40. 2025-05-27

    Passed

    passage

  41. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-28

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  43. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  44. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  45. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  46. 2025-05-30

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  47. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  48. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 139-7

    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
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: 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
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: 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
    • 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
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: 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
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: 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
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: 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
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Moody(C: not voting
    • Gámez: absent
    • Kitzma: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2128 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-27 · pass · 31-0

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