TX HB 3556

• Animals (I0035)
• Coastal Affairs & Beaches (I0067)
• GULF OF MEXICO (G4223)
• PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)
• Parks & Wildlife--Parks (I0555)

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

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1. 2025-02-28

   Filed

   filing

2. 2025-03-25

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

3. 2025-03-25

   Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism

   referral-committee

4. 2025-04-03

   Considered in public hearing

5. 2025-04-03

   Committee substitute considered in committee

   substitution

6. 2025-04-03

   Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

7. 2025-04-03

   Left pending in committee

8. 2025-04-16

   Considered in formal meeting

9. 2025-04-16

   Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

   committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

10. 2025-04-22

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

11. 2025-04-22

    Committee report distributed

12. 2025-04-23

    Committee report sent to Calendars

13. 2025-04-28

    Considered in Calendars

14. 2025-04-30

    Placed on General State Calendar

15. 2025-04-30

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

16. 2025-04-30

    Point of order sustained

17. 2025-04-30

    Returned to committee

18. 2025-05-01

    Considered in public hearing

19. 2025-05-01

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

20. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

21. 2025-05-02

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

22. 2025-05-02

    Committee report distributed

23. 2025-05-02

    Committee report sent to Calendars

24. 2025-05-02

    Considered in Calendars

25. 2025-05-05

    Placed on General State Calendar

26. 2025-05-06

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

27. 2025-05-06

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

28. 2025-05-06

    Amended

    amendment-passage

29. 2025-05-06

    Amended

    amendment-passage

30. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

31. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

32. 2025-05-06

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

33. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

34. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

35. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

36. 2025-05-07

    Postponed

37. 2025-05-07

    Laid out as postponed business

38. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

39. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

40. 2025-05-07

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

41. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

42. 2025-05-08

    Received from the House

    introduction

43. 2025-05-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

44. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Natural Resources

    referral-committee

45. 2025-05-20

    Posting rule suspended

46. 2025-05-21

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

47. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

48. 2025-05-21

    Testimony taken in committee

49. 2025-05-21

    Left pending in committee

50. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

51. 2025-05-21

    Vote taken in committee

52. 2025-05-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

53. 2025-05-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

54. 2025-05-25

    Placed on intent calendar

55. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

56. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

57. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

58. 2025-05-25

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

59. 2025-05-25

    Amended

    amendment-passage

60. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

61. 2025-05-25

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

62. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

63. 2025-05-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

64. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

65. 2025-05-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

66. 2025-05-26

    Passed

    passage

67. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

68. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

69. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments distributed

70. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

71. 2025-05-29

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

72. 2025-05-29

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

73. 2025-05-29

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

74. 2025-05-29

    House requests conference committee

75. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees

76. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

77. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

78. 2025-05-29

    House refuses to concur-reported

79. 2025-05-29

    House requests conference committee-reported

80. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees-reported

81. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

82. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

83. 2025-05-30

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

84. 2025-05-30

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

85. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds

86. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

87. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

88. 2025-05-31

    House adopts resolution to go outside bounds

89. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

90. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

91. 2025-05-31

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

92. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

93. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

94. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

95. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

96. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

97. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

98. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

99. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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  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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