Bill Commons

TX SB 1936

enacted

Relating to the definition of an abuse unit for certain controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1936 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1936 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 1936 about?

TX SB 1936 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the definition of an abuse unit for certain controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1936?

Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy", Louderback are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1936.

Introduced
2025-03-05
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"primary
  • Louderbackprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-05

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-05

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-08

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-08

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-08

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-04-10

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-10

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-04-10

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-04-16

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-04-16

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  14. 2025-04-16

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  15. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-04-16

    Three day rule suspended

  17. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2025-04-16

    Passed

    passage

  20. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-16

    Reported engrossed

  22. 2025-04-17

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  23. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  24. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-05-12

    Posting rule suspended

  26. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-05-13

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  28. 2025-05-13

    Left pending in committee

  29. 2025-05-15

    Considered in formal meeting

  30. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-19

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  32. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  33. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  34. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  35. 2025-05-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  36. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  37. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading

  38. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  41. 2025-05-24

    Passed

    passage

  42. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-25

    House passage reported

    passage

  45. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  46. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  47. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  48. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  49. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  50. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 97-37

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: 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
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: 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
    • Lambert: 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
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Longoria: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Lalani: not voting
    • Landgraf(C): not voting
    • Shofne: not voting
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Zwiener: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Patterson: absent
    • Perez: absent
    • V: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Tot: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-24 · pass · 108-26

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: 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
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: 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
    • 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
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: 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
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Moody: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Geren(C: not voting
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • L: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Oliverson: absent
    • Simmon: absent

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