Bill Commons

TX SB 21

enacted

Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 21 pass?

Yes. TX SB 21 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 21 about?

TX SB 21 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 21?

Cunningham, Capriglione, Oliverson and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 21, joined by 28 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-12
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Cunninghamprimary
  • Capriglioneprimary
  • Oliversonprimary
  • Longoriaprimary
  • Vasutprimary
  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Bumgarnercosponsor
  • DeAyalacosponsor
  • Garcia, Lindacosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Hayescosponsor
  • Hullcosponsor
  • Isaaccosponsor
  • Kitzmancosponsor
  • LaHoodcosponsor
  • Lalanicosponsor
  • Leo Wilsoncosponsor
  • Lujancosponsor
  • McQueeneycosponsor
  • Metcalfcosponsor
  • Orrcosponsor
  • Pattersoncosponsor
  • Paulcosponsor
  • Perez, Mary Anncosponsor
  • Phelancosponsor
  • Raymondcosponsor
  • Richardsoncosponsor
  • Tothcosponsor
  • Villaloboscosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Westcosponsor
  • Bhojanicosponsor
  • Buckleycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-12

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-18

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-02-18

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-02-18

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-02-18

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-02-19

    Co-author authorized

  10. 2025-02-27

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-02-27

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-03-04

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-03-04

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-03-05

    Co-author authorized

  15. 2025-03-05

    Placed on intent calendar

  16. 2025-03-06

    Co-author authorized

  17. 2025-03-06

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  18. 2025-03-06

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  19. 2025-03-06

    Record vote

  20. 2025-03-06

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  21. 2025-03-06

    Record vote

  22. 2025-03-06

    Three day rule suspended

  23. 2025-03-06

    Record vote

  24. 2025-03-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  25. 2025-03-06

    Passed

    passage

  26. 2025-03-06

    Record vote

  27. 2025-03-06

    Reported engrossed

  28. 2025-03-11

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  29. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-04-23

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  33. 2025-04-23

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  34. 2025-04-23

    Left pending in committee

  35. 2025-05-07

    Considered in public hearing

  36. 2025-05-07

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  37. 2025-05-07

    Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

    committee-failure

  38. 2025-05-07

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  39. 2025-05-12

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  40. 2025-05-13

    Committee report distributed

  41. 2025-05-13

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  42. 2025-05-16

    Considered in Calendars

  43. 2025-05-20

    Placed on General State Calendar

  44. 2025-05-20

    Rules suspended

  45. 2025-05-20

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  46. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  47. 2025-05-20

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  50. 2025-05-20

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  51. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  52. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  53. 2025-05-21

    Rules suspended

  54. 2025-05-21

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  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. 2025-05-25

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  61. 2025-05-25

    Read

  62. 2025-05-25

    Senate refuses to concur

  63. 2025-05-25

    Senate requests conference committee

  64. 2025-05-25

    Senate appoints conferees

  65. 2025-05-25

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  66. 2025-05-25

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  67. 2025-05-25

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  68. 2025-05-27

    House grants request for conference committee

  69. 2025-05-27

    House appoints conferees

  70. 2025-05-27

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  71. 2025-05-27

    House appoints conferees-reported

  72. 2025-05-27

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  73. 2025-05-27

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  74. 2025-05-29

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  75. 2025-05-29

    Record vote

  76. 2025-05-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  77. 2025-05-29

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  78. 2025-05-30

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  79. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  80. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  81. 2025-05-31

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  82. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  83. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  84. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  85. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  86. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    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 CSSB 21 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-06 · pass · 25-5

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Creighton: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Hall: no
    • Hancock: no
    • Nichols: no
    • Miles: absent
  • passage

    2025-03-06 · pass · 25-5

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Creighton: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Hall: no
    • Hancock: no
    • Nichols: no
    • Miles: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 105-23

    Member-level votes (157)
    • Alders: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: 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
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: 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
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Frank: no
    • Gates: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Lambert: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Money: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Darby: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Hull: absent
    • King: absent
    • McQueeney: absent
    • Metcalf: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Raymond: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Thompson: absent
    • Turner: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Garcia Hernande: absent
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • W: no
  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 101-42

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Holt: 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
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Campos: no
    • Canales: no
    • Darby: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Frank: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harless: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Lowe: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Meza: no
    • Money: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Dea: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-29 · pass · 110-25

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Ashby: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: 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
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: 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
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: 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
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: 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
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Lambert: no
    • Money: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Walle: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Bonne: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Virdel: absent
    • Alders: absent
    • Barry: absent
    • Hayes: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 23-8

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Cook: no
    • Creighton: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Kolkhorst: no
    • Nichols: no

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