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TX SB 512

enacted

Relating to prohibiting the imposition of a monetary fine or penalty for a violation of a money services business's terms of service agreement; providing a civil penalty.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 512 pass?

Yes. TX SB 512 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 512 about?

TX SB 512 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to prohibiting the imposition of a monetary fine or penalty for a violation of a money services business's terms of service agreement; providing a civil penalty.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 512?

Kolkhorst, Schofield are the primary sponsors of TX SB 512.

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

Sponsors

  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Schofieldprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-25

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-11-25

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-10

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-10

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-10

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-10

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-04-15

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-15

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-04-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-04-16

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-04-16

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-04-24

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-04-28

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-04-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  18. 2025-04-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-04-28

    Three day rule suspended

  20. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  22. 2025-04-28

    Passed

    passage

  23. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  24. 2025-04-28

    Reported engrossed

  25. 2025-04-29

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  26. 2025-04-30

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  27. 2025-04-30

    Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-05-12

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-12

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  30. 2025-05-12

    Left pending in committee

  31. 2025-05-19

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-21

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  34. 2025-05-21

    Committee report distributed

  35. 2025-05-21

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  36. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  37. 2025-05-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

  38. 2025-05-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  39. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  40. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-05-26

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  43. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  46. 2025-05-27

    Passed

    passage

  47. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  48. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  49. 2025-05-27

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  50. 2025-05-30

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  51. 2025-05-30

    Read

  52. 2025-05-30

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  53. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  54. 2025-05-30

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  55. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  56. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  57. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  58. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  59. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  60. 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 512 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-28 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Gutierrez: not voting

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 146-0

    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
    • Bryant: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Bowers: absent
    • Guerra: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 140-0

    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
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Talarico: 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
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Longori: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Gutierrez: not voting

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 512.xml

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