Bill Commons

TX SB 1197

enacted

Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a spaceport; creating a criminal offense.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1197 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1197 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1197 about?

TX SB 1197 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a spaceport; creating a criminal offense.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1197?

Birdwell, Geren, Curry and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1197, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-10
Latest action
2025-05-19 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Birdwellprimary
  • Gerenprimary
  • Curryprimary
  • Darbyprimary
  • Bonnencosponsor
  • Teppercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-19

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-19

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-07

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-07

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-07

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-05

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-05

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-05

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-05

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-05

    Read

  11. 2025-05-05

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-04-29

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  14. 2025-04-29

    Passed

    passage

  15. 2025-04-29

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  16. 2025-04-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-28

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-28

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  22. 2025-04-28

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  23. 2025-04-28

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  24. 2025-04-25

    Committee report distributed

  25. 2025-04-25

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  26. 2025-04-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-04-17

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-04-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  31. 2025-04-07

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  33. 2025-04-07

    Passed

    passage

  34. 2025-04-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  35. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  36. 2025-04-07

    Three day rule suspended

  37. 2025-04-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-04-07

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  39. 2025-04-07

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  40. 2025-04-03

    Placed on intent calendar

  41. 2025-04-01

    Committee report printed and distributed

  42. 2025-04-01

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  43. 2025-04-01

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  44. 2025-04-01

    Vote taken in committee

  45. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  46. 2025-04-01

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  47. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Vet Affairs

    referral-committee

  48. 2025-02-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  49. 2025-02-10

    Filed

    filing

  50. 2025-02-10

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

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 1197 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-07 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • King: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-28 · pass · 145-0

    Member-level votes (157)
    • 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
    • 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, 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: 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
    • King: 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
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: 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
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: 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
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Wilso: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 147-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: 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
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: 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
    • Metcalf: 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
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: 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
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Walle: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-05 · pass · 31-0

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1197.xml

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