Bill Commons

TX SB 14

enacted

Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings.

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

Introduced
2025-03-06
Status date
—
Latest action
2025-04-23 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hunterprimary
  • Leachprimary
  • Bhojaniprimary
  • Curryprimary
  • Blancoprimary
  • Campbellprimary
  • Creightonprimary
  • Floresprimary
  • Hagenbuchprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary
  • Huffmanprimary
  • Hughesprimary
  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Parkerprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Sparksprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Capriglioneprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Lujancosponsor
  • McLaughlincosponsor
  • Metcalfcosponsor
  • Morgancosponsor
  • Noblecosponsor
  • Oliversoncosponsor
  • Orrcosponsor
  • Pattersoncosponsor
  • Paulcosponsor
  • Piersoncosponsor
  • Shofnercosponsor
  • Spillercosponsor
  • Swansoncosponsor
  • Teppercosponsor
  • Villaloboscosponsor
  • Virdellcosponsor
  • Whartoncosponsor
  • Wilsoncosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Barrycosponsor
  • Bell, Keithcosponsor
  • Bonnencosponsor
  • Bumgarnercosponsor
  • Deancosponsor
  • Doraziocosponsor
  • Gerdescosponsor
  • Guillencosponsor
  • Hayescosponsor
  • Hefnercosponsor
  • Hicklandcosponsor
  • Isaaccosponsor
  • Kerwincosponsor
  • LaHoodcosponsor
  • Leo Wilsoncosponsor
  • Littlecosponsor
  • Lopez, Janiecosponsor
  • Louderbackcosponsor
  • Lozanocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-06

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-06

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-06

    Referred to Economic Development

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-10

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-10

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-10

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-10

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-11

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-03-11

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-03-13

    Co-author authorized

  12. 2025-03-13

    Placed on intent calendar

  13. 2025-03-18

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  14. 2025-03-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-03-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  17. 2025-03-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  18. 2025-03-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  19. 2025-03-26

    Amendment to amendment offered

  20. 2025-03-26

    Amendment amended

    amendment-amendment

  21. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-03-26

    Amendment to amendment offered

  23. 2025-03-26

    Amendment amended

    amendment-amendment

  24. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-03-26

    Amendment adopted as amended

    amendment-passage

  26. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  27. 2025-03-26

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  28. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  29. 2025-03-26

    Three day rule suspended

  30. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  31. 2025-03-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  32. 2025-03-26

    Passed

    passage

  33. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  34. 2025-03-26

    Reported engrossed

  35. 2025-03-27

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  36. 2025-04-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  37. 2025-04-03

    Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency

    referral-committee

  38. 2025-04-07

    Considered in formal meeting

  39. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  40. 2025-04-07

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  41. 2025-04-07

    Committee report distributed

  42. 2025-04-07

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  43. 2025-04-08

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  44. 2025-04-08

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  45. 2025-04-08

    Point of order overruled

  46. 2025-04-08

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  47. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  48. 2025-04-08

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  49. 2025-04-08

    Point of order overruled

  50. 2025-04-08

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  51. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  52. 2025-04-08

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  53. 2025-04-08

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  54. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  55. 2025-04-08

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  56. 2025-04-08

    Passed to 3rd reading

  57. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  58. 2025-04-08

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  59. 2025-04-09

    Rules suspended

  60. 2025-04-09

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  61. 2025-04-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  62. 2025-04-09

    Passed

    passage

  63. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  64. 2025-04-09

    House passage reported

    passage

  65. 2025-04-09

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  66. 2025-04-10

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  67. 2025-04-14

    Signed in the House

    passage

  68. 2025-04-14

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  69. 2025-04-23

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  70. 2025-04-23

    Effective on 9/1/25

    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 14 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-26 · pass · 26-5

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

  • passage

    2025-03-26 · pass · 25-6

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

  • passage

    2025-04-08 · pass · 97-51

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: 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
    • Moody: 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
    • Raymond: 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
    • 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
    • Harrison: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Plesa: 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
    • Leo Wilson: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-09 · pass · 97-51

    Member-level votes (152)
    • 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: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: 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
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: 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
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: 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
    • Harrison: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Money: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: 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
    • Absent: absent
    • Toth: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 14.xml

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