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TX HB 4518

died on adjournment

Relating to the formation of decentralized unincorporated nonprofit associations and the use of distributed ledger or blockchain technology for certain business purposes; authorizing fees.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 4518 pass?

No. TX HB 4518 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-23): Left pending in committee

What is TX HB 4518 about?

TX HB 4518 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the formation of decentralized unincorporated nonprofit associations and the use of distributed ledger or blockchain technology for certain business purposes; authorizing fees.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 4518?

Cook, Parker are the primary sponsors of TX HB 4518.

Introduced
2025-04-03
Latest action
2025-05-23 — Left pending in committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Cookprimary
  • Parkerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-23

    Left pending in committee

  2. 2025-05-23

    Testimony taken in committee

  3. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  4. 2025-05-23

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  5. 2025-05-16

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-05-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  7. 2025-05-15

    Received from the House

    introduction

  8. 2025-05-15

    Reported engrossed

  9. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  12. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  13. 2025-05-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-14

    Passed to engrossment

  16. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-05-11

    Placed on General State Calendar

  18. 2025-05-09

    Considered in Calendars

  19. 2025-05-07

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  20. 2025-05-06

    Committee report distributed

  21. 2025-05-06

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  22. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-04-23

    Left pending in committee

  25. 2025-04-23

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  26. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-04-03

    Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-04-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  29. 2025-03-12

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 102-24

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bucy: 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
    • Dean: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Ashby: no
    • Bell, C.: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Fischer: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Olcott: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Barry: absent
    • Bhojani: absent
    • Bumgarner: absent
    • Button: absent
    • DeAyala: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Isaac: absent
    • Landgraf: absent
    • Lopez, R.: absent
    • Ordaz: absent
    • Richardson: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Rosenthal: absent
    • Virdell: absent
    • Wilson: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 118-14

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: 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
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: 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
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Cain: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Goodwin: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Hopper: absent
    • Hull: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Vasut: absent

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4518.xml

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