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TX SB 1646

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Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1646 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1646 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-30): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 1646 about?

TX SB 1646 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1646?

Patterson, Lopez, Ray, King and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1646, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-26
Latest action
2025-05-30 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pattersonprimary
  • Lopez, Rayprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Hefnerprimary
  • Roseprimary
  • Gerenprimary
  • Florescosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-30

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-30

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-21

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-21

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  7. 2025-05-20

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  8. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-20

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-20

    Read

  11. 2025-05-20

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-15

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-14

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-05-14

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  22. 2025-05-14

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  23. 2025-05-14

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  24. 2025-05-14

    Committee report distributed

  25. 2025-05-14

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  26. 2025-05-09

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2025-05-09

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  28. 2025-05-09

    Considered in formal meeting

  29. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  31. 2025-04-17

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  32. 2025-04-16

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  34. 2025-04-16

    Passed

    passage

  35. 2025-04-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  36. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  37. 2025-04-16

    Three day rule suspended

  38. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-04-16

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  40. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-04-16

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  42. 2025-04-16

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  43. 2025-04-16

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  44. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-04-16

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  46. 2025-04-14

    Placed on intent calendar

  47. 2025-04-10

    Committee report printed and distributed

  48. 2025-04-10

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  49. 2025-04-10

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  50. 2025-04-08

    Vote taken in committee

  51. 2025-04-08

    Testimony taken in committee

  52. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  53. 2025-04-08

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  54. 2025-03-19

    Co-author authorized

  55. 2025-03-12

    Co-author authorized

  56. 2025-03-11

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  57. 2025-03-11

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  58. 2025-02-26

    Filed

    filing

  59. 2025-02-26

    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 CSSB 1646 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-16 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: 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
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Birdwell: no
    • Eckhardt: no

  • passage

    2025-04-16 · pass · 0-0

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-04-16 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 137-0

    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
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: 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
    • 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
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Landgraf: 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
    • 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
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: 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
    • 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
    • Morales Shaw: not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Olcott: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Manue: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 138-1

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: 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
    • 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: 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
    • Landgraf: 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
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: 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
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: 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: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Morales Shaw: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Oliverson: absent
    • Simmon: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: 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
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Birdwell: no
    • Eckhardt: no

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1646.xml

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