Bill Commons

TX SB 2514

enacted

Relating to establishing the hostile foreign adversaries unit at the Department of Public Safety and training, prohibitions, and reporting requirements designed to combat foreign influence and foreign adversary operations; creating a criminal offense.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 2514 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2514 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 2514 about?

TX SB 2514 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to establishing the hostile foreign adversaries unit at the Department of Public Safety and training, prohibitions, and reporting requirements designed to combat foreign influence and foreign adversary operations; creating a criminal offense.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2514?

Hughes, Hefner are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2514, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-13
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hughesprimary
  • Hefnerprimary
  • Bettencourtcosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-23

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-23

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  12. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-22

    Passed to 3rd reading

  15. 2025-05-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  17. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  18. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  19. 2025-05-16

    Committee report distributed

  20. 2025-05-16

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  21. 2025-05-14

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-05-14

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  23. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-05-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  26. 2025-05-06

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  27. 2025-05-05

    Reported engrossed

  28. 2025-05-05

    Record vote

  29. 2025-05-05

    Passed

    passage

  30. 2025-05-05

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  31. 2025-05-05

    Record vote

  32. 2025-05-05

    Three day rule suspended

  33. 2025-05-05

    Vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-05-05

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  35. 2025-05-05

    Vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-05-05

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  37. 2025-05-05

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  38. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  39. 2025-05-05

    Vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-05

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  41. 2025-05-05

    Co-author authorized

  42. 2025-04-30

    Placed on intent calendar

  43. 2025-04-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  44. 2025-04-22

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  45. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  46. 2025-04-16

    Vote taken in committee

  47. 2025-04-16

    Considered in public hearing

  48. 2025-04-14

    Left pending in committee

  49. 2025-04-14

    Testimony taken in committee

  50. 2025-04-14

    Considered in public hearing

  51. 2025-04-14

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  52. 2025-04-03

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  53. 2025-04-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  54. 2025-03-13

    Filed

    filing

  55. 2025-03-13

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

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 2514 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-05 · 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

    2025-05-22 · pass · 122-18

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: 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
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: 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
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Bernal: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Collier: no
    • Flores: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Holt: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Vo: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • González: absent
    • J: absent
    • King: absent
    • Manue: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 114-24

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: 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
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: 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
    • Walle: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rose: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Vo: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Zwiener: absent
    • Bucy: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Talaric: absent

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02500_SB02599/SB 2514.xml

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