TX HB 796

died on adjournment

Relating to the authority of the legislature to determine that certain federal directives are unconstitutional and to prohibit certain government officers and employees from enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of the directive.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 796 pass?

No. TX HB 796 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 (2025-05-28): Record vote

What is TX HB 796 about?

TX HB 796 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the authority of the legislature to determine that certain federal directives are unconstitutional and to prohibit certain government officers and employees from enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of the directive.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 796?

Leo Wilson, King, Metcalf and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 796, joined by 23 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-05
Latest action: 2025-05-28 — Record vote
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-28
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-28
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-27
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-27
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-27
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-19
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-15
Left pending in committee
2025-05-15
Testimony taken in committee
2025-05-15
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-15
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-13
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-05-13
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-07
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-07
Reported engrossed
2025-05-07
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-07
Record vote
2025-05-07
Passed
passage
2025-05-07
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-06
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-06
Record vote
2025-05-06
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-06
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-06
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-05
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-02
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-29
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-28
Committee report distributed
2025-04-28
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-25
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-25
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-25
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-24
Returned to committee
2025-04-24
Point of order sustained
2025-04-24
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-24
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-22
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-10
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-09
Committee report distributed
2025-04-09
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-02
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-02
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-26
Left pending in committee
2025-03-26
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-26
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-05
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-03-05
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2024-11-12
Filed
filing

Versions

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-05-06 · pass · 86-61
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris(C): yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: 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
- Guerra: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Kerwin: no
- Lalani: no
- Longoria: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Muñoz: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Raymond: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Swanson: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- King: absent
- Or: absent
passage
2025-05-07 · pass · 94-53
Member-level votes (151)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia, J.: 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
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Cortez: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: 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
- Kerwin: no
- Lalani: no
- Longoria: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales, E.: no
- Muñoz: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Raymond: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Dean: absent
- Mood: absent
passage
2025-05-28 · pass · 19-12
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. 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
- Gutierrez: no
- Hall: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no

Related bills

Companion bill: HB 898
Companion bill: SB 707
Companion bill: SB 80

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 796.xml

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