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TX HB 3479

enacted

Relating to the Rio Grande vegetative management program.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 3479 pass?

Yes. TX HB 3479 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 3479 about?

TX HB 3479 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the Rio Grande vegetative management program.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 3479?

Zaffirini, Cain, McLaughlin and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 3479, joined by 45 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Cainprimary
  • McLaughlinprimary
  • Hayesprimary
  • Morganprimary
  • Cookcosponsor
  • Craddickcosponsor
  • Cunninghamcosponsor
  • Deancosponsor
  • DeAyalacosponsor
  • Doraziocosponsor
  • Dysoncosponsor
  • Fairlycosponsor
  • Frankcosponsor
  • Guillencosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Holtcosponsor
  • Hoppercosponsor
  • Kitzmancosponsor
  • LaHoodcosponsor
  • Littlecosponsor
  • Louderbackcosponsor
  • Lowecosponsor
  • Lozanocosponsor
  • Lujancosponsor
  • Moneycosponsor
  • Noblecosponsor
  • Olcottcosponsor
  • Oliversoncosponsor
  • Pattersoncosponsor
  • Paulcosponsor
  • Piersoncosponsor
  • Raymondcosponsor
  • Richardsoncosponsor
  • Schatzlinecosponsor
  • Schoolcraftcosponsor
  • Shaheencosponsor
  • Shofnercosponsor
  • Slawsoncosponsor
  • Tothcosponsor
  • Vasutcosponsor
  • Whartoncosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Gutierrezcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Alderscosponsor
  • Ashbycosponsor
  • Barrycosponsor
  • Bumgarnercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Agriculture & Livestock

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-01

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-04-01

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-09

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-04-09

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-04-09

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-14

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  11. 2025-04-14

    Committee report distributed

  12. 2025-04-15

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  13. 2025-04-23

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  14. 2025-04-25

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  15. 2025-04-25

    Withdrawn from calendar (contested)

    withdrawal

  16. 2025-04-25

    Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

  17. 2025-04-25

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  18. 2025-04-25

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  19. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  20. 2025-04-25

    Considered in Calendars

  21. 2025-04-29

    Placed on General State Calendar

  22. 2025-04-29

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  23. 2025-04-29

    Passed to engrossment

  24. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  25. 2025-04-30

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  26. 2025-04-30

    Passed

    passage

  27. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  28. 2025-04-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  29. 2025-04-30

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-04-30

    Received from the House

    introduction

  31. 2025-05-05

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-05-05

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-05-19

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  34. 2025-05-19

    Considered in public hearing

  35. 2025-05-19

    Vote taken in committee

  36. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-05-19

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  38. 2025-05-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

  39. 2025-05-21

    Co-sponsor authorized

  40. 2025-05-21

    Placed on intent calendar

  41. 2025-05-21

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  42. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  43. 2025-05-21

    Vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-21

    Three day rule suspended

  45. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  46. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  47. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  48. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-21

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  50. 2025-05-23

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  51. 2025-05-24

    Signed in the House

    passage

  52. 2025-05-25

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  53. 2025-05-26

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  54. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  55. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 147-0

    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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: 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
    • 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Moody(C: not voting
    • Hayes: absent
  • passage

    2025-04-30 · pass · 127-9

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: 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
    • 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
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Fairly: no
    • Harris: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: 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
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Kitzman: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3479 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-21 · pass · 31-0

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