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TX SB 1036

enacted

Relating to the regulation of residential solar retail transactions; requiring an occupational registration; authorizing fees; providing civil and administrative penalties.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1036 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1036 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): See remarks for effective date

What is TX SB 1036 about?

TX SB 1036 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the regulation of residential solar retail transactions; requiring an occupational registration; authorizing fees; providing civil and administrative penalties.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1036?

Zaffirini, Darby are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1036, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-01-31
Latest action
2025-06-20 — See remarks for effective date
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Darbyprimary
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Menéndezcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-31

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-01-31

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-24

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-18

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-18

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-18

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-18

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-03-19

    Co-author authorized

  10. 2025-03-27

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-03-27

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-03-31

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  14. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  15. 2025-04-02

    Placed on intent calendar

  16. 2025-04-07

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-07

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  19. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-07

    Three day rule suspended

  21. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  22. 2025-04-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  23. 2025-04-07

    Passed

    passage

  24. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  25. 2025-04-07

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-04-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  27. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-04-22

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-05-05

    Posting rule suspended

  30. 2025-05-09

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-09

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  32. 2025-05-09

    Left pending in committee

  33. 2025-05-12

    Considered in formal meeting

  34. 2025-05-12

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  35. 2025-05-15

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  36. 2025-05-15

    Committee report distributed

  37. 2025-05-15

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  38. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  39. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  40. 2025-05-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  41. 2025-05-22

    Passed to 3rd reading

  42. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  45. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  46. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  48. 2025-05-23

    House passage reported

    passage

  49. 2025-05-23

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  50. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  51. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the House

    passage

  52. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  53. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  54. 2025-06-20

    See remarks for effective date

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-07 · pass · 25-5

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

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1036 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-07 · pass · 25-5

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

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 100-36

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

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 94-37

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

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1036.xml

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