TX SB 996

• Business & Commerce--General (I0050)
• Safety--Fireworks (I0741)

• Nicholsprimary
• Bell, Cecilprimary
• Piersoncosponsor

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1. 2025-01-29

   Received by the Secretary of the Senate

   filing,introduction

2. 2025-01-29

   Filed

   filing

3. 2025-02-13

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

4. 2025-02-13

   Referred to Local Government

   referral-committee

5. 2025-03-24

   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

6. 2025-03-24

   Considered in public hearing

7. 2025-03-24

   Left pending in committee

8. 2025-03-27

   Considered in public hearing

9. 2025-03-27

   Vote taken in committee

10. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

11. 2025-03-31

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

12. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

13. 2025-04-02

    Placed on intent calendar

14. 2025-04-08

    Not again placed on intent calendar

15. 2025-04-09

    Placed on intent calendar

16. 2025-04-10

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

17. 2025-04-10

    Not again placed on intent calendar

18. 2025-04-10

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

19. 2025-04-10

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

20. 2025-04-10

    Vote recorded in Journal

21. 2025-04-10

    Three day rule suspended

22. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

23. 2025-04-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

24. 2025-04-10

    Passed

    passage

25. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

26. 2025-04-10

    Reported engrossed

27. 2025-04-14

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

28. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

29. 2025-04-17

    Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker

    referral-committee

30. 2025-04-30

    Recalled from subcommittee

31. 2025-04-30

    Considered in formal meeting

32. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

33. 2025-05-07

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

34. 2025-05-07

    Committee report distributed

35. 2025-05-07

    Committee report sent to Calendars

36. 2025-05-10

    Laid out in lieu of companion

37. 2025-05-10

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

38. 2025-05-10

    Passed to 3rd reading

39. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

40. 2025-05-10

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

41. 2025-05-12

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

42. 2025-05-12

    Passed

    passage

43. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

44. 2025-05-12

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

45. 2025-05-12

    House passage reported

    passage

46. 2025-05-12

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

47. 2025-05-13

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

48. 2025-05-13

    Signed in the House

    passage

49. 2025-05-13

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

50. 2025-05-24

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

51. 2025-05-24

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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• passage

  2025-05-10 · pass · 122-1

  Member-level votes (151)

  • Alders: yes
  • Ashby: yes
  • Barry: yes
  • Bell, C.: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bhojani: yes
  • Bonnen: yes
  • Buckley: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Bumgarner: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Cain: yes
  • Campos: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cole: 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
  • 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
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris: yes
  • Harris Davila: yes
  • Harrison: yes
  • Hayes: yes
  • Hernandez: yes
  • Hickland: yes
  • Hinojosa: 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
  • 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
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Money: yes
  • Morales, C.: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Morgan: yes
  • Muñoz: yes
  • Noble: yes
  • Olcott: yes
  • Oliverson: yes
  • Orr: yes
  • Patterson: yes
  • Perez, V.: yes
  • Phelan: yes
  • Pierson: yes
  • Plesa: yes
  • Raymond: yes
  • Reynolds: yes
  • Richardson: yes
  • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Rose: yes
  • Schatzline: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Schoolcraft: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Shofner: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • Slawson: yes
  • Spiller: yes
  • Swanson: yes
  • Tepper: yes
  • Tinderholt: yes
  • Toth: yes
  • Turner: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Virdell: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wharton: yes
  • Wilson: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Collier: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Speaker(C): not voting
  • Rosentha: not voting
  • Allen: absent
  • Anchía: absent
  • Bernal: absent
  • Bowers: absent
  • Bryant: absent
  • Canales: absent
  • Davis, Y.: absent
  • Goodwin: absent
  • Hefner: absent
  • Holt: absent
  • Lambert: absent
  • Fischer: absent
  • Meza: absent
  • Moody: absent
  • Morales Shaw: absent
  • Ordaz: absent
  • Perez, M.: absent
  • Smithee: absent
  • Talarico: absent
  • Thompson: absent
  • Vo: absent
  • Zwiener: absent
  • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
  • Paul: absent
  • Troxclai: absent

• passage

  2025-05-12 · pass · 130-11

  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
  • Campos: yes
  • Canales: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cole: 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lozano: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Luther: yes
  • Manuel: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • Fischer: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Meza: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, C.: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Morgan: yes
  • Muñoz: 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
  • Schoolcraft: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Shofner: yes
  • Smithee: yes
  • Spiller: yes
  • Swanson: yes
  • Talarico: yes
  • Tepper: yes
  • Thompson: yes
  • Troxclair: yes
  • Turner: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Virdell: yes
  • Vo: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wilson: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Zwiener: yes
  • Collier: no
  • Harless: no
  • Lowe: no
  • Money: no
  • Noble: no
  • Olcott: no
  • Rosenthal: no
  • Schatzline: no
  • Slawson: no
  • Tinderholt: no
  • Toth: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Speaker: not voting
  • Cain: not voting
  • Harris(C: not voting
  • Absent: absent
  • Flores: absent
  • Schofield: absent
  • Simmon: absent
  • Bowers: absent
  • Morales Shaw: absent
  • Wharto: absent

• Companion bill: HB 4491

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