Bill Commons

TX HB 3556

enacted

Relating to the construction of structures exceeding a certain height in certain counties containing national wildlife refuges and in adjacent counties.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 3556 pass?

Yes. TX HB 3556 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 3556 about?

TX HB 3556 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the construction of structures exceeding a certain height in certain counties containing national wildlife refuges and in adjacent counties.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 3556?

Metcalf, Leo Wilson, Middleton and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 3556, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-25
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Metcalfprimary
  • Leo Wilsonprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Vasutprimary
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Isaaccosponsor
  • Kitzmancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  8. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  9. 2025-05-31

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-05-31

    House adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  13. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  16. 2025-05-30

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  17. 2025-05-30

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  18. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  19. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  20. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees-reported

  21. 2025-05-29

    House requests conference committee-reported

  22. 2025-05-29

    House refuses to concur-reported

  23. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  24. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  25. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees

  26. 2025-05-29

    House requests conference committee

  27. 2025-05-29

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  28. 2025-05-29

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  29. 2025-05-29

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  30. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  31. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments distributed

  32. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  33. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  34. 2025-05-26

    Passed

    passage

  35. 2025-05-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  36. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  37. 2025-05-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  38. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-25

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  40. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-25

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  42. 2025-05-25

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  43. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  44. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  46. 2025-05-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  47. 2025-05-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  48. 2025-05-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  49. 2025-05-21

    Vote taken in committee

  50. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

  51. 2025-05-21

    Left pending in committee

  52. 2025-05-21

    Testimony taken in committee

  53. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-05-21

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  55. 2025-05-20

    Posting rule suspended

  56. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  57. 2025-05-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  58. 2025-05-08

    Received from the House

    introduction

  59. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

  60. 2025-05-07

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  61. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  62. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

  63. 2025-05-07

    Laid out as postponed business

  64. 2025-05-07

    Postponed

  65. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  66. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  67. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  68. 2025-05-06

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  69. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  70. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  71. 2025-05-06

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  72. 2025-05-06

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  73. 2025-05-06

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  74. 2025-05-06

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  75. 2025-05-05

    Placed on General State Calendar

  76. 2025-05-02

    Considered in Calendars

  77. 2025-05-02

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  78. 2025-05-02

    Committee report distributed

  79. 2025-05-02

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  80. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  81. 2025-05-01

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  82. 2025-05-01

    Considered in public hearing

  83. 2025-04-30

    Returned to committee

  84. 2025-04-30

    Point of order sustained

  85. 2025-04-30

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  86. 2025-04-30

    Placed on General State Calendar

  87. 2025-04-28

    Considered in Calendars

  88. 2025-04-23

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  89. 2025-04-22

    Committee report distributed

  90. 2025-04-22

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  91. 2025-04-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  92. 2025-04-16

    Considered in formal meeting

  93. 2025-04-03

    Left pending in committee

  94. 2025-04-03

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  95. 2025-04-03

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  96. 2025-04-03

    Considered in public hearing

  97. 2025-03-25

    Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism

    referral-committee

  98. 2025-03-25

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  99. 2025-02-28

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 105-38

    Member-level votes (156)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: 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, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Campos: no
    • Cole: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Guerra: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Smithee: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Tepper: no
    • Turner: no
    • Walle: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Or: absent
    • González: absent
    • M: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • J: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-07 · pass · 96-49

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • DeAyala: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • J: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-25 · pass · 21-10

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no
  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 22-9

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
  • passage

    2025-05-31 · pass · 22-9

    Member-level votes (178)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: 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
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Cole: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Turner: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Metcalf(C: not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Garcia, L.: absent
    • Harless: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Schatzline: absent
    • Tinderholt: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Ward Johnson: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Davis, A.: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • González, M.: absent
    • Goodwin: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Vo: absent

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