HB126

Signed by Governor
Authored by Carl Tepper (R)
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Caption: Relating to the compensation and professional representation of prospective student athletes and student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education.
Initially Referred to House Higher Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to Senate Education K-16 Committee, chaired by a Republican
Joint authors: Ashby (R); Davis, A. (D)
Sponsors: Creighton (R)
Co-sponsors: Menendez (D); West (D)


(H) Menendez signed onto the bill as Cosponsor
(H) West signed onto the bill as Cosponsor
(H) Creighton signed onto the bill as Sponsor
 

Mar 10, 2025


(H) Tepper signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed
(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Higher Education, chaired by a Republican
 

Mar 25, 2025


(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
(H) Left pending in committee
 

Mar 27, 2025


(H) House Higher Education met.
(H) Considered in formal meeting
(H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
 

Mar 29, 2025


(H) Davis, A. signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Apr 1, 2025


(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
(H) Committee report distributed
 

Apr 2, 2025


(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
 

Apr 9, 2025


(H) Considered in Calendars
 

Apr 14, 2025


(H) Ashby signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
(H) Read 2nd time
(H) Passed to engrossment
(H) Record vote

RV#162: Yea 80 (R 80, D 0) - Nay 28 (R 0, D 28)
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Yea - Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson

Nay - Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Cole; Collier; Dutton; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Goodwin; Hinojosa; Howard; Lalani; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Meza; Moody; Perez, V.; Raymond; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Turner; Walle; Ward Johnson; Zweiner

Absent - Allen; Bernal; Bhojani; Cain; Campos; Canales; Cortez; Davis, A.; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Harless; Johnson; LaHood; Lambert; Longoria; Luther; Martinez; Morales, C.; Munoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Plesa; Rodriguez Ramos; Thompson; Vo; Wu

Present, Not Voting - Burrows

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Apr 15, 2025


(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H) Record vote

RV#177: Yea 125 (R 70, D 55) - Nay 19 (R 15, D 4)
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Yea - Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Nay - Alders; Bryant; Cain; Flores; Gonzalez, J.; Holt; Hopper; Kerwin; Little; Luther; Olcott; Pierson; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Schatzline; Shaheen; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut

Absent - Martinez Fischer; Virdell

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Landgraf

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Helen Kerwin: "When Record No. 177 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos: "When Record No. 177 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
(H) Reported engrossed
(S) Received from the House
 

Apr 28, 2025


(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate Education K-16, chaired by a Republican
 

May 20, 2025


(S) Co-sponsor authorized
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Testimony taken in committee
(S) Left pending in committee
 

May 21, 2025


(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Vote taken in committee
 

May 22, 2025


(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments
(S) Committee report printed and distributed
 

May 25, 2025


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Motion to suspend regular order of business
(S) Motion withdrawn
 

May 27, 2025


(S) Co-sponsor authorized
(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Read 2nd time

20250527_HB126_2R: Yea 30 (R 19, D 11) - Nay 1 (R 1, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

Nay - Hagenbuch

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(S) Amendment(s) offered

20250527_HB126_FA1: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Amended
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Passed to 3rd reading as amended
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Three day rule suspended
(S) Record vote
(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed

20250527_HB126_3R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Record vote
 

May 28, 2025


(H) Senate passage as amended reported
(H) Senate Amendments distributed
(H) Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
 

May 29, 2025


(H) House adopts resolution for tech. correction
(H) House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
(H) Record vote

RV#4042: Yea 110 (R 60, D 50) - Nay 25 (R 20, D 5)
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Yea - Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zweiner

Nay - Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Campos; Garcia, J.; Gervin-Hawkins; Holt; Hopper; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; Olcott; Patterson; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Swanson; Toth; Vasut

Absent - Garcia, L.; Jones, V.; Manuel; Schoolcraft; Simmons; Tinderholt; Wharton; Wilson

Present, Not Voting - Burrows

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(H) Text of Senate Amendment(s)
(S) House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
 

May 30, 2025


(S) Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
 

May 31, 2025


(H) Reported enrolled
 

Jun 1, 2025


(H) Signed in the House
(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Jun 2, 2025


(E) Sent to the Governor
 

Jun 5, 2025


(E) Signed by the Governor
(E) Effective immediately

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Tue 3/25/2025) Registering before H Higher Education as Sarah Berel-Harrop for self
(Tue 5/20/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Steven Deline for self
 

For

(Tue 5/20/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Susan Ross for self (with Baylor University)
 

On

(Tue 3/25/2025) Testifying before H Higher Education as Brooks Moore for Texas A&M University System
(Tue 5/20/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Brooks Moore for Texas A&M University System
(Tue 5/20/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Eric Bentley for Texas Tech System
(Tue 3/25/2025) Testifying before H Higher Education as Eric Bentley for Texas Tech University System



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