TX SB 2066
enactedRelating to the repeal of the Texas Research Incentive Program.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 2066 pass?
Yes. TX SB 2066 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-19. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Effective immediately
What is TX SB 2066 about?
TX SB 2066 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the repeal of the Texas Research Incentive Program.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 2066?
Huffman, Bonnen are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2066.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-07
- Latest action
- 2025-05-19 — Effective immediately
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Huffmanprimary
- Bonnenprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-07
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-03-07
Filed
filing
2025-03-24
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-24
Referred to Finance
referral-committee
2025-04-09
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-09
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-09
Vote taken in committee
2025-04-10
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-10
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-04-10
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-04-16
Placed on local & uncontested calendar
2025-04-16
Placed on intent calendar
2025-04-16
Laid before the Senate
receipt
2025-04-16
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-04-16
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-16
Three day rule suspended
2025-04-16
Record vote
2025-04-16
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-16
Passed
passage
2025-04-16
Record vote
2025-04-16
Reported engrossed
2025-04-17
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-22
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-22
Referred to Higher Education
referral-committee
2025-04-24
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-24
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-25
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-28
Committee report distributed
2025-04-28
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-01
Laid out in lieu of companion
2025-05-01
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-01
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-01
Record vote
2025-05-01
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-02
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-02
Passed
passage
2025-05-02
Record vote
2025-05-02
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-05
House passage reported
passage
2025-05-05
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-07
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-07
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-07
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-19
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-05-19
Effective immediately
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-05-01 · pass · 139-0
Member-level votes (153)
- 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
- 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
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: 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
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: 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
- 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
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: 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
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Holt: absent
- Talaric: absent
- Excused: absent
- Orr: absent
- Wall: absent
- Capriglione: absent
- Garcia Hernandez: absent
- Martinez Fischer: absent
- McLaughlin: absent
- Morgan: absent
- V: absent
passage
2025-05-02 · pass · 110-5
Member-level votes (151)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: 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, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: 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
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Thompson: 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: yes
- Bowers: no
- Lowe: no
- Olcott: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Tot: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Guerr: not voting
- Campos: absent
- Canales: absent
- Collier: absent
- Holt: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- LaHood: absent
- Lambert: absent
- Fischer: absent
- McLaughlin: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Muñoz: absent
- Schatzline: absent
- Barry: absent
- Gerdes: absent
- Harris: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- Hunter: absent
- Johnson: absent
- Leach: absent
- Lopez, J.: absent
- Romero: absent
- Rose: absent
- Tepper: absent
- Cain: absent
- Cunningham: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Harrison: absent
- Hefner: absent
- Hickland: absent
- Isaac: absent
- Lopez, R.: absent
- Metcalf: absent
- Vasut: absent
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 4066
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