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TX SB 1273

enacted

Relating to establishing the Higher Education Research Security Council.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1273 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1273 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-27. Latest recorded action (2025-05-27): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1273 about?

TX SB 1273 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to establishing the Higher Education Research Security Council.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1273?

Hughes, Wilson are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1273, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-13
Latest action
2025-05-27 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hughesprimary
  • Wilsonprimary
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Paxtoncosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-13

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-13

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-20

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-20

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-20

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-20

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-03-25

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-03-26

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-03-26

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-03-27

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-03-31

    Co-author authorized

  15. 2025-04-02

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-04-10

    Co-author authorized

  17. 2025-04-10

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  18. 2025-04-10

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  19. 2025-04-10

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  20. 2025-04-10

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-04-10

    Three day rule suspended

  22. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  23. 2025-04-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  24. 2025-04-10

    Passed

    passage

  25. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  26. 2025-04-10

    Reported engrossed

  27. 2025-04-14

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  28. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  29. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Higher Education

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-04-22

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-04-25

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  33. 2025-04-25

    Committee report distributed

  34. 2025-04-28

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  35. 2025-05-05

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  36. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  37. 2025-05-05

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  38. 2025-05-05

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  39. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  40. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  41. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-05-06

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  44. 2025-05-12

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  45. 2025-05-12

    Read

  46. 2025-05-12

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  47. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  48. 2025-05-12

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  49. 2025-05-12

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  50. 2025-05-14

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  51. 2025-05-15

    Signed in the House

    passage

  52. 2025-05-15

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  53. 2025-05-27

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  54. 2025-05-27

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 139-5

    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
    • 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: 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
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: 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
    • 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
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: 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
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Mone: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • J: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Slawson: absent
    • Virdel: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-12 · pass · 29-1

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Cook: no
    • Gutierrez: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1273.xml

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