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TX SB 495

died on adjournment

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Insurance to adopt rules that implement or are based on certain environmental, social, and governance models, ratings, or standards.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 495 pass?

No. TX SB 495 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-05): Committee report sent to Calendars

What is TX SB 495 about?

TX SB 495 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Insurance to adopt rules that implement or are based on certain environmental, social, and governance models, ratings, or standards.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 495?

Sparks, Paul are the primary sponsors of TX SB 495, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-11-22
Latest action
2025-05-05 — Committee report sent to Calendars
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sparksprimary
  • Paulprimary
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Hallcosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-05

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  2. 2025-05-02

    Committee report distributed

  3. 2025-05-02

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  4. 2025-04-28

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-04-28

    Considered in formal meeting

  6. 2025-04-23

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-23

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  8. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Insurance

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  11. 2025-03-20

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  12. 2025-03-19

    Reported engrossed

  13. 2025-03-19

    Statement(s) submitted

  14. 2025-03-19

    Record vote

  15. 2025-03-19

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-03-19

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-03-19

    Record vote

  18. 2025-03-19

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  19. 2025-03-18

    Record vote

  20. 2025-03-18

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-03-18

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-03-18

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-03-18

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  24. 2025-03-18

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  25. 2025-03-18

    Record vote

  26. 2025-03-18

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  27. 2025-03-18

    Placed on intent calendar

  28. 2025-03-18

    Co-author authorized

  29. 2025-03-13

    Co-author authorized

  30. 2025-03-12

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  31. 2025-03-06

    Placed on intent calendar

  32. 2025-03-04

    Committee report printed and distributed

  33. 2025-03-04

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-02-27

    Vote taken in committee

  35. 2025-02-27

    Considered in public hearing

  36. 2025-02-19

    Co-author authorized

  37. 2025-02-18

    Left pending in committee

  38. 2025-02-18

    Testimony taken in committee

  39. 2025-02-18

    Considered in public hearing

  40. 2025-02-18

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  41. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  42. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  43. 2024-11-22

    Filed

    filing

  44. 2024-11-22

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-03-18 · pass · 21-9

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no
    • Blanco: absent

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1

    2025-03-18 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-03-19 · pass · 23-8

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 495.xml

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