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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 14 pass?

Yes. TX SB 14 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-23): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 14 about?

TX SB 14 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “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.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 14?

Hunter, Leach, Bhojani and 18 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 14, joined by 38 cosponsors.

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

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-23

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-04-23

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-04-14

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-04-14

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-04-10

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-04-09

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-04-09

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  9. 2025-04-09

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-04-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-04-09

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  12. 2025-04-09

    Rules suspended

  13. 2025-04-08

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  15. 2025-04-08

    Passed to 3rd reading

  16. 2025-04-08

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-08

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  19. 2025-04-08

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-08

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  22. 2025-04-08

    Point of order overruled

  23. 2025-04-08

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  25. 2025-04-08

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  26. 2025-04-08

    Point of order overruled

  27. 2025-04-08

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  28. 2025-04-08

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  29. 2025-04-07

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  30. 2025-04-07

    Committee report distributed

  31. 2025-04-07

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  32. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-04-07

    Considered in formal meeting

  34. 2025-04-03

    Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-04-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  36. 2025-03-27

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  37. 2025-03-26

    Reported engrossed

  38. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  39. 2025-03-26

    Passed

    passage

  40. 2025-03-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  41. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  42. 2025-03-26

    Three day rule suspended

  43. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  44. 2025-03-26

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  45. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-03-26

    Amendment adopted as amended

    amendment-passage

  47. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  48. 2025-03-26

    Amendment amended

    amendment-amendment

  49. 2025-03-26

    Amendment to amendment offered

  50. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  51. 2025-03-26

    Amendment amended

    amendment-amendment

  52. 2025-03-26

    Amendment to amendment offered

  53. 2025-03-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  54. 2025-03-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  55. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  56. 2025-03-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  57. 2025-03-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  58. 2025-03-18

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  59. 2025-03-13

    Placed on intent calendar

  60. 2025-03-13

    Co-author authorized

  61. 2025-03-11

    Committee report printed and distributed

  62. 2025-03-11

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  63. 2025-03-10

    Vote taken in committee

  64. 2025-03-10

    Testimony taken in committee

  65. 2025-03-10

    Considered in public hearing

  66. 2025-03-10

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  67. 2025-03-06

    Referred to Economic Development

    referral-committee

  68. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  69. 2025-03-06

    Filed

    filing

  70. 2025-03-06

    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 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

Related bills

Official source

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

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