TX SB 2781
enactedRelating to the imposition of civil penalties for certain violations with respect to political contributions and expenditures made by certain persons who engage in lobbying activities.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 2781 pass?
Yes. TX SB 2781 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 2781 about?
TX SB 2781 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the imposition of civil penalties for certain violations with respect to political contributions and expenditures made by certain persons who engage in lobbying activities.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 2781?
Birdwell, Shaheen are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2781, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-14
- Latest action
- 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Birdwellprimary
- Shaheenprimary
- Eckhardtcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-14
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-03-14
Filed
filing
2025-04-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-03
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-04-28
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-28
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-28
Left pending in committee
2025-04-30
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-30
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-05
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-05
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-05
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-07
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-08
Co-author authorized
2025-05-08
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-08
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-05-08
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-08
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-08
Record vote
2025-05-08
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-08
Passed
passage
2025-05-08
Record vote
2025-05-08
Reported engrossed
2025-05-09
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-05-12
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-12
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-05-20
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-20
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-22
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-22
Committee report distributed
2025-05-22
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-23
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-25
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-27
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-27
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-28
Passed
passage
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
House passage reported
passage
2025-05-28
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-30
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-01
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-01
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
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 SB 2781 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-08 · pass · 31-0
passage
2025-05-27 · pass · 117-24
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Capriglione: 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
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: 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
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Allen: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Manuel: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Talarico: no
- Turner: no
- Wu: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Anchía: absent
- Canales: absent
- V: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Garcia Hernandez: absent
- Little: absent
- Luther: absent
- Virdel: absent
passage
2025-05-28 · pass · 108-27
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: 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, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Bhojani: no
- Bryant: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Collier: no
- Cook: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- González, J.: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- Manuel: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Richardson: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Simmons: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Landgraf(C: not voting
- Anchía: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Harris: absent
- Hinojosa: absent
- Kerwin: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Talarico: absent
- Allen: absent
- Craddick: absent
- Curry: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Garcia Hernandez: absent
- Perez: absent
- M: absent
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