TX SB 2965

enacted

Relating to territory in an emergency services district that is annexed by a municipality.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 2965 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2965 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 2965 about?

TX SB 2965 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to territory in an emergency services district that is annexed by a municipality.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2965?

Creighton, Bell, Cecil, Patterson are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2965, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced: 2025-03-14
Latest action: 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-02
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-02
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-01
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-31
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-31
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-30
Record vote
2025-05-30
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-30
Read
2025-05-30
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-28
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Passed
passage
2025-05-28
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-27
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-24
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-22
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-20
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-19
Committee report distributed
2025-05-19
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-15
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-12
Referred to Land & Resource Management
referral-committee
2025-05-12
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-09
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-05-09
Reported engrossed
2025-05-09
Record vote
2025-05-09
Passed
passage
2025-05-09
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-09
Record vote
2025-05-09
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-09
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-09
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-05-09
Laid before the Senate
receipt
2025-05-09
Placed on local & uncontested calendar
2025-04-30
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-04-30
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-04-30
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-28
Vote taken in committee
2025-04-28
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-24
Left pending in committee
2025-04-24
Testimony taken in committee
2025-04-24
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-24
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-07
Referred to Local Government
referral-committee
2025-04-07
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-14
Filed
filing
2025-03-14
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-05-27 · pass · 134-9
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: 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
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: 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
- Holt: 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
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: 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
- 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
- Villalobos: yes
- Walle: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- González, M.: no
- Manuel: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, E.: no
- Ordaz: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Vasut(C): not voting
- Virdel: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Anchía: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Canales: absent
- V: absent
passage
2025-05-28 · pass · 124-14
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: 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
- 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
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: 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, 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
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, C.: 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
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: 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
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Campos: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Manuel: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, E.: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Vasut(C): not voting
- Virdel: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Anchía: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Harris: absent
- Hinojosa: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Talaric: absent
- Davis: absent
- A: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
passage
2025-05-30 · pass · 31-0

Related bills

Companion bill: HB 3897

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02900_SB02999/SB 2965.xml

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