TX SB 36

enacted

Relating to the homeland security activities of certain entities, including the establishment and operations of the Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 36 pass?

Yes. TX SB 36 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 36 about?

TX SB 36 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the homeland security activities of certain entities, including the establishment and operations of the Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 36?

Parker, Hefner are the primary sponsors of TX SB 36, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-13
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
2025-06-01
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-01
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-31
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-29
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-29
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-28
Read
2025-05-28
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-25
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-24
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-24
Record vote
2025-05-24
Passed
passage
2025-05-24
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-23
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-23
Record vote
2025-05-23
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-23
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-23
Record vote
2025-05-23
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-23
Point of order withdrawn
withdrawal
2025-05-23
Point of order withdrawn
withdrawal
2025-05-23
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-23
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-20
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-14
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-13
Committee report distributed
2025-05-13
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-07
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-07
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-07
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-30
Left pending in committee
2025-04-30
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-30
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-30
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-22
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
referral-committee
2025-04-22
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-14
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-10
Reported engrossed
2025-04-10
Record vote
2025-04-10
Passed
passage
2025-04-10
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-10
Record vote
2025-04-10
Three day rule suspended
2025-04-10
Record vote
2025-04-10
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-04-10
Record vote
2025-04-10
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-04-10
Co-author authorized
2025-04-09
Placed on intent calendar
2025-04-09
Co-author authorized
2025-04-08
Co-author authorized
2025-04-07
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-04-07
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-04-07
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-03
Vote taken in committee
2025-04-03
Testimony taken in committee
2025-04-03
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-03
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-24
Co-author authorized
2025-03-17
Referred to Border Security
referral-committee
2025-03-17
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-13
Filed
filing
2025-03-13
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction

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Documents

Votes

Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 36 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-04-10 · pass · 27-3
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Eckhardt: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Menéndez: no
- King: absent
passage
2025-04-10 · pass · 27-3
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Eckhardt: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Menéndez: no
- King: absent
passage
2025-05-23 · pass · 118-11
Member-level votes (155)
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: 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
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: 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
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Isaac: 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
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: 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
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: 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
- Allen: no
- Bryant: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Thompson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Davis: not voting
- Y: not voting
- Campos: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Harris: absent
- Johnson: absent
- Paul: absent
- Smithee: absent
- Zwiener: absent
- Alders: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Canales: absent
- Fairly: absent
- Garcia, L.: absent
- Hunter: absent
- Jones, J.: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Perez, V.: absent
- Schofield: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Swanson: absent
- Davis, Y.: no
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Ples: absent
passage
2025-05-24 · pass · 83-36
Member-level votes (151)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Anchía: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Guerra: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Longoria: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Fischer: no
- Moody: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Schofield: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Fairly: not voting
- Metcalf(C: not voting
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Johnson: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- Kerwin: absent
- Meza: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Paul: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Vo: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Bhojani: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Cunningham: absent
- Dean: absent
- DeAyala: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Harless: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- Lalani: absent
- Leach: absent
- Louderback: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Oliverson: absent
- Ordaz: absent
- Phelan: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Tinderholt: absent
- Toth: absent
passage
2025-05-28 · pass · 28-3
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Eckhardt: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Menéndez: no

Related bills

Companion bill: SB 780

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