Bill Commons

TX SB 1833

enacted

Relating to the use of a social media platform in furtherance of an offense involving the delivery of a controlled substance; increasing criminal penalties.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1833 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1833 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1833 about?

TX SB 1833 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the use of a social media platform in furtherance of an offense involving the delivery of a controlled substance; increasing criminal penalties.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1833?

Parker, Anchía, Leach and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1833.

Introduced
2025-03-03
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Parkerprimary
  • Anchíaprimary
  • Leachprimary
  • Louderbackprimary
  • Cookprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-03

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-03

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-13

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-29

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-29

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-29

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-29

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-05-05

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-05-05

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-05-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-05-06

    Placed on intent calendar

  13. 2025-05-07

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  14. 2025-05-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-05-07

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-07

    Three day rule suspended

  18. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

  21. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-05-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  24. 2025-05-10

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-05-10

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-12

    Considered in formal meeting

  27. 2025-05-12

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-05-13

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  29. 2025-05-13

    Committee report distributed

  30. 2025-05-14

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  31. 2025-05-14

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  32. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  33. 2025-05-14

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  34. 2025-05-14

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  35. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  36. 2025-05-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  38. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  39. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-15

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  42. 2025-05-20

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  43. 2025-05-20

    Read

  44. 2025-05-20

    Senate refuses to concur

  45. 2025-05-20

    Senate requests conference committee

  46. 2025-05-20

    Senate appoints conferees

  47. 2025-05-21

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  48. 2025-05-21

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  49. 2025-05-21

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  50. 2025-05-22

    House grants request for conference committee

  51. 2025-05-22

    House appoints conferees

  52. 2025-05-23

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  53. 2025-05-23

    House appoints conferees-reported

  54. 2025-05-26

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  55. 2025-05-27

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  56. 2025-05-29

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  57. 2025-05-29

    Record vote

  58. 2025-05-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  59. 2025-05-29

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  60. 2025-05-30

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  61. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  62. 2025-05-30

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  63. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  64. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  65. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  66. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  67. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  68. 2025-06-20

    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 1833 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-07 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: 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
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 135-2

    Member-level votes (154)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Lambert: 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
    • 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
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: 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
    • 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
    • Harrison: no
    • Rodríguez Ramo: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Olcott: absent
    • Or: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Martinez Fischer: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Virdel: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 136-3

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: 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, 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Rodríguez Ramo: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-29 · pass · 129-5

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: 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
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: 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
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Harrison: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Ros: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Capriglione: not voting
    • Simmon: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Virdel: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • McLaughlin: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: 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
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no

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