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TX SB 34

enacted

Relating to funding for certain volunteer fire departments, to the preparation for and the prevention, management, and potential effects of wildfires, and to emergency communications in this state.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 34 pass?

Yes. TX SB 34 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 34 about?

TX SB 34 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to funding for certain volunteer fire departments, to the preparation for and the prevention, management, and potential effects of wildfires, and to emergency communications in this state.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 34?

Sparks, King are the primary sponsors of TX SB 34, joined by 9 cosponsors.

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

Sponsors

  • Sparksprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Eckhardtcosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Hughescosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Perrycosponsor
  • Schwertnercosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-14

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-14

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-20

    Co-author authorized

  6. 2025-03-31

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  7. 2025-03-31

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-03-31

    Testimony taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-31

    Left pending in committee

  10. 2025-04-07

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-04-07

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-04-09

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-04-09

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  14. 2025-04-09

    Committee report printed and distributed

  15. 2025-04-10

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-04-14

    Co-author authorized

  17. 2025-04-14

    Placed on intent calendar

  18. 2025-04-15

    Co-author authorized

  19. 2025-04-15

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  20. 2025-04-15

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  21. 2025-04-15

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  22. 2025-04-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-04-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-04-15

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  25. 2025-04-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  26. 2025-04-15

    Three day rule suspended

  27. 2025-04-15

    Record vote

  28. 2025-04-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  29. 2025-04-15

    Passed

    passage

  30. 2025-04-15

    Record vote

  31. 2025-04-15

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-04-16

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  33. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  34. 2025-04-22

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-05-05

    Considered in public hearing

  36. 2025-05-05

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  37. 2025-05-05

    Left pending in committee

  38. 2025-05-10

    Considered in formal meeting

  39. 2025-05-10

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  40. 2025-05-10

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  41. 2025-05-14

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  42. 2025-05-14

    Committee report distributed

  43. 2025-05-14

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  44. 2025-05-16

    Considered in Calendars

  45. 2025-05-20

    Placed on General State Calendar

  46. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  47. 2025-05-20

    Passed to 3rd reading

  48. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  50. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  51. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  52. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  53. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  54. 2025-05-21

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  55. 2025-05-25

    Co-author authorized

  56. 2025-05-28

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  57. 2025-05-28

    Read

  58. 2025-05-28

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  59. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  60. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  61. 2025-05-29

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  62. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  63. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  64. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  65. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  66. 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 CSSB 34 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-15 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-04-15 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 142-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • 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
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: 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
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkin: absent
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bryant: 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
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: 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
    • 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
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 140-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: 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
    • 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
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: 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 Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: 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
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: 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
    • 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
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Frank: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Leo Wilso: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Hefne: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 31-0

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 34.xml

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