Bill Commons

TX HB 3526

enacted

Relating to fiscal transparency for bonds issued by local governmental entities.

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

Introduced
2025-03-24
Status date
Latest action
2025-05-28 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Capriglioneprimary
  • Bumgarnerprimary
  • Wilsonprimary
  • Metcalfprimary
  • Westprimary
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-28

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-14

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-14

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  6. 2025-04-14

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  7. 2025-04-14

    Left pending in committee

  8. 2025-04-17

    Considered in formal meeting

  9. 2025-04-17

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  10. 2025-04-17

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-04-21

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  12. 2025-04-21

    Committee report distributed

  13. 2025-04-22

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  14. 2025-04-28

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-04-30

    Placed on General State Calendar

  16. 2025-05-01

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-05-01

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-05-01

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-02

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  22. 2025-05-02

    Passed

    passage

  23. 2025-05-02

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-02

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-05-02

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-05-05

    Received from the House

    introduction

  27. 2025-05-05

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-05-05

    Referred to Local Government

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-05-08

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  30. 2025-05-08

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-08

    Testimony taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-08

    Vote taken in committee

  33. 2025-05-09

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-05-09

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  35. 2025-05-09

    Committee report printed and distributed

  36. 2025-05-14

    Co-sponsor authorized

  37. 2025-05-14

    Placed on intent calendar

  38. 2025-05-15

    Co-sponsor authorized

  39. 2025-05-15

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  40. 2025-05-15

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  41. 2025-05-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-05-15

    Three day rule suspended

  43. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  45. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  46. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-15

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  48. 2025-05-15

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  49. 2025-05-16

    Signed in the House

    passage

  50. 2025-05-16

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  51. 2025-05-20

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  52. 2025-05-28

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  53. 2025-05-28

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-01 · pass · 138-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • 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
    • 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
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Collier: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Talaric: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Vasut: absent
    • Virdel: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-02 · pass · 131-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • 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
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: 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
    • 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
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: 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
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Campos: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Collier: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • McLaughlin: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Muñoz: absent
    • Schatzline: absent
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Lopez, R.: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Plesa: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramos: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3526 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-15 · pass · 31-0

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