TX HB 2842

enacted

Relating to the control by lethal means of white-tailed deer in certain areas.

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

Introduced: 2025-03-19
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-06-22 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

2025-02-14
Filed
filing
2025-03-19
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-19
Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism
referral-committee
2025-03-27
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-27
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-03-27
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-27
Left pending in committee
2025-04-03
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-03
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-03
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
referral-committee
2025-04-03
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-09
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-09
Committee report distributed
2025-04-10
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
2025-04-15
Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
2025-04-17
Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
2025-04-17
Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
withdrawal
2025-04-17
Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
2025-04-23
Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
2025-04-25
Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
2025-04-25
Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
withdrawal
2025-04-25
Returned to Calendars Committee
2025-04-25
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-25
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
2025-05-05
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-05
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
referral-committee
2025-05-19
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-19
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-19
Testimony taken in committee
2025-05-19
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-19
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-19
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-19
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-21
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-21
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-21
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-05-21
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-21
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-21
Record vote
2025-05-21
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-21
Passed
passage
2025-05-21
Record vote
2025-05-21
Senate passage reported
passage
2025-05-23
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-24
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-25
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-26
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-22
Filed without the Governor's signature
became-law
2025-06-22
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law

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Votes

passage
2025-04-29 · pass · 125-22
Member-level votes (151)
- 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
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: 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
- 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
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: 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
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: 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
- Schofield: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: 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
- Bumgarner: no
- Cain: no
- Cook: no
- Craddick: no
- Hickland: no
- Holt: no
- Hopper: no
- Isaac: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- Money: no
- Noble: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Richardson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Shaheen: no
- Slawson: no
- Swanson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Moody(C: not voting
- Alders: absent
passage
2025-04-30 · pass · 106-28
Member-level votes (152)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: 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 Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Howard: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- King: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Bumgarner: no
- Cain: no
- Canales: no
- Cook: no
- Craddick: no
- Curry: no
- Fairly: no
- Harrison: no
- Hickland: no
- Hopper: no
- Hull: no
- Isaac: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Lozano: no
- Luther: no
- Money: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Patterson: no
- Pierson: no
- Richardson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Slawson: no
- Swanson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Vasut: no
- Present: 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
- Kerwin: absent
- Kitzman: absent
- Harris: absent
- LaHood: absent
- Louderbac: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2842 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-21 · pass · 31-0

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2842.xml

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