Bill Commons

TX SB 456

enacted

Relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a criminal penalty.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 456 pass?

Yes. TX SB 456 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 456 about?

TX SB 456 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a criminal penalty.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 456?

Middleton, Lopez, Janie are the primary sponsors of TX SB 456, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2024-11-21
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Middletonprimary
  • Lopez, Janieprimary
  • Hallcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-21

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-11-21

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-22

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-22

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-22

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-04-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-23

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-04-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-04-29

    Co-author authorized

  13. 2025-05-05

    Placed on intent calendar

  14. 2025-05-06

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  15. 2025-05-06

    Vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-06

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  17. 2025-05-06

    Vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-06

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  21. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  22. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  23. 2025-05-06

    Reported engrossed

  24. 2025-05-07

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  25. 2025-05-08

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  26. 2025-05-08

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-05-20

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-20

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  29. 2025-05-20

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-05-21

    Considered in formal meeting

  31. 2025-05-21

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-05-22

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  33. 2025-05-22

    Committee report distributed

  34. 2025-05-22

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  35. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  36. 2025-05-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  37. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  38. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading

  39. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  43. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-28

    House passage reported

    passage

  46. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  47. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  48. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  49. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  50. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  51. 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 456 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-06 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Eckhardt: no
  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 139-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: 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, 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Walle: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Bucy: absent
    • Davis, A.: absent
    • Goodwin: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Perez, V.: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Ward Johnson: absent
    • Zwiener: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 140-0

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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
    • 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: 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
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: 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
    • 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
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Bumgarner: absent
    • V: absent

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