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TX SB 2037

enacted

Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 2037 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2037 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 2037 about?

TX SB 2037 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2037?

Patterson, Landgraf, Anchía and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2037, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-07
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pattersonprimary
  • Landgrafprimary
  • Anchíaprimary
  • Sparksprimary
  • Westcosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-07

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-07

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-26

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-26

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-26

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-26

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-04-02

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-02

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-04-07

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-04-07

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-04-09

    Co-author authorized

  15. 2025-04-16

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-04-16

    Placed on intent calendar

  17. 2025-04-24

    Co-author authorized

  18. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  19. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-04-24

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  21. 2025-04-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  22. 2025-04-24

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-04-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  25. 2025-04-24

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  26. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  27. 2025-04-24

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  28. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  29. 2025-04-24

    Three day rule suspended

  30. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  31. 2025-04-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  32. 2025-04-24

    Passed

    passage

  33. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  34. 2025-04-24

    Reported engrossed

  35. 2025-04-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  36. 2025-04-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  37. 2025-04-28

    Referred to Environmental Regulation

    referral-committee

  38. 2025-05-02

    Considered in formal meeting

  39. 2025-05-02

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  40. 2025-05-02

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  41. 2025-05-09

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  42. 2025-05-09

    Committee report distributed

  43. 2025-05-10

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  44. 2025-05-16

    Considered in Calendars

  45. 2025-05-20

    Placed on General State Calendar

  46. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  47. 2025-05-20

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  48. 2025-05-20

    Postponed

  49. 2025-05-20

    Laid out as postponed business

  50. 2025-05-20

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  51. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  52. 2025-05-20

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  53. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  54. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  55. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  56. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  57. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  58. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  59. 2025-05-21

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  60. 2025-05-26

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  61. 2025-05-26

    Read

  62. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  63. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  64. 2025-05-27

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  65. 2025-05-27

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  66. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  67. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  68. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  69. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  70. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-24 · pass · 0-0

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-04-24 · pass · 0-0

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2037 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-24 · pass · 29-2

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

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 124-16

    Member-level votes (161)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: 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, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: 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
    • Money: 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
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: 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
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Morales Sha: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Hefner: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Ward Johnso: absent
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • González: absent
    • J: absent
    • Schoolcraf: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 109-29

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: 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 Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: 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
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Canales: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harless: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Leach: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C): not voting
    • McQueene: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • González, M.: absent
    • Hayes: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Ward Johnson: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 29-2

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

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2037.xml

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