Bill Commons

TX SB 1121

enacted

Relating to excepting certain communication facilities from certain notice requirements for projects on state or local public land.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1121 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1121 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 1121 about?

TX SB 1121 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to excepting certain communication facilities from certain notice requirements for projects on state or local public land.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1121?

Nichols, Metcalf are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1121, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-02-05
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Nicholsprimary
  • Metcalfprimary
  • Westcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-05

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-05

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-24

    Referred to Transportation

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-12

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-12

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-12

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-12

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-13

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-03-13

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-03-13

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-03-18

    Co-author authorized

  13. 2025-03-20

    Placed on intent calendar

  14. 2025-03-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  15. 2025-03-24

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  16. 2025-03-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-03-24

    Three day rule suspended

  18. 2025-03-24

    Record vote

  19. 2025-03-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-03-24

    Passed

    passage

  21. 2025-03-24

    Record vote

  22. 2025-03-24

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-03-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  24. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-04-09

    Referred to s/c on Telecommunications & Broadband by Speaker

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-04-23

    Recalled from subcommittee

  27. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-04-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-04-29

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  30. 2025-04-29

    Committee report distributed

  31. 2025-04-29

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  32. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  33. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  34. 2025-05-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  35. 2025-05-22

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  36. 2025-05-22

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  37. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  38. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  40. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  41. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-05-23

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  44. 2025-05-26

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  45. 2025-05-26

    Read

  46. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  47. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  48. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  49. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  50. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  51. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  52. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  53. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  54. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1121 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-24 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Miles: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 127-12

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: 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
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: 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

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 131-0

    Member-level votes (155)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: 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
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: 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
    • 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
    • King: absent
    • McQueeney: absent
    • Metcalf: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Thompso: absent
    • Cole: absent
    • Darby: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Martinez Fische: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 31-0

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1121.xml

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