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TX HB 5520

withdrawn

Relating to border protection and economic development services, programs, and other measures, including measures to recruit health care professionals to the border region, improve border inspection efficiency, and enhance border region airport security and capacity, and establishing certain educational programs.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 5520 pass?

No. TX HB 5520 was withdrawn and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Received from the House

What is TX HB 5520 about?

TX HB 5520 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to border protection and economic development services, programs, and other measures, including measures to recruit health care professionals to the border region, improve border inspection efficiency, and enhance border region airport security and capacity, and establishing certain educational programs.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 5520?

Gámez is the primary sponsor of TX HB 5520.

Introduced
2025-04-07
Latest action
2025-05-19 — Received from the House
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Gámezprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-19

    Received from the House

    introduction

  2. 2025-05-19

    Reported engrossed

  3. 2025-05-16

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  4. 2025-05-16

    Record vote

  5. 2025-05-16

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  6. 2025-05-16

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  7. 2025-05-16

    Laid out as postponed business

  8. 2025-05-16

    Postponed

  9. 2025-05-16

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  10. 2025-05-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-15

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  14. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  15. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  16. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-05-15

    Laid out as postponed business

  18. 2025-05-15

    Postponed

  19. 2025-05-15

    Laid out as postponed business

  20. 2025-05-15

    Postponed

  21. 2025-05-15

    Laid out as postponed business

  22. 2025-05-15

    Postponed

  23. 2025-05-15

    Laid out as postponed business

  24. 2025-05-15

    Postponed

  25. 2025-05-15

    Laid out as postponed business

  26. 2025-05-15

    Postponed

  27. 2025-05-15

    Laid out as postponed business

  28. 2025-05-13

    Postponed

  29. 2025-05-13

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  30. 2025-05-10

    Placed on General State Calendar

  31. 2025-05-08

    Considered in Calendars

  32. 2025-05-06

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  33. 2025-05-06

    Committee report distributed

  34. 2025-05-06

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  35. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  36. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

  37. 2025-04-28

    Left pending in committee

  38. 2025-04-28

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  39. 2025-04-28

    Considered in public hearing

  40. 2025-04-07

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  41. 2025-04-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  42. 2025-03-14

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 62-50

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Allen: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Ashby: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bonnen: no
    • Cook: no
    • Cunningham: no
    • Dean: no
    • DeAyala: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Frank: no
    • Gerdes: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Harless: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Landgraf: no
    • Leach: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Orr: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Smithee: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Tepper: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • VanDeaver: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Schofiel: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Bumgarner: absent
    • Cain: absent
    • Capriglione: absent
    • Davis, A.: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Gates: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hefner: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • King: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Lopez, J.: absent
    • Lopez, R.: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • McQueeney: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Morgan: absent
    • Muñoz: absent
    • Shofner: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Swanson: absent
    • Toth: absent
    • Vasut: absent
    • Wilson: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-16 · pass · 124-2

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: 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
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: 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
    • 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
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Collier: no
    • Harriso: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Anchía: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Dean: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gámez: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Landgraf: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Plesa: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Low: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • C: absent

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05500_HB05599/HB 5520.xml

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