Mar 13, 2025
(S) Zaffirini signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed Apr 3, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, chaired by a Republican May 12, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Vote taken in committee May 14, 2025
(S) Reported favorably as substituted (S) Committee report printed and distributed May 15, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar May 19, 2025
(S) Eckhardt signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Record vote (S) Read 2nd time 20250519_SB2497_2R: Yea 26 (R 15 , D 11 ) - Nay 5 (R 5 , D 0 )
Yea - Alvarado Bettencourt Birdwell Blanco Campbell Cook Creighton Eckhardt Flores Gutierrez Hagenbuch Hall Huffman J. Hinojosa Johnson Kolkhorst Menendez Miles Nichols Parker Paxton Perry Schwertner Sparks West Zaffirini
Nay - A. Hinojosa Hancock Hughes King Middleton
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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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Yea - Alvarado Bettencourt Birdwell Blanco Campbell Cook Creighton Eckhardt Flores Gutierrez Hagenbuch Hall Huffman J. Hinojosa Johnson Kolkhorst Menendez Miles Nichols Parker Paxton Perry Schwertner Sparks West Zaffirini
Nay - A. Hinojosa Hancock Hughes King Middleton
You can view which lawmakers have received money from a specific PACAFSCME Texas Correctional Officers PAC Allen Boone Humphries Robinson, LLP American Electric Power Texas PAC Arnold & Itkin LLP Ashby Signature Homes LLC Associated General Contractors of Texas PAC Associated Republicans of Texas AT&T PAC Austin Fire Fighters PAC Baron & Budd, P.C. Barry and Lana Andrews Revocable Trust Beer Alliance of Texas PAC Blackridge PAC BNSF Railway Company RAILPAC Border Health PAC Brent Hagenbuch Campaign BSD NIHUL LLC Charles Butt Public Education PAC Charter Communications, Inc. Texas PAC Charter Schools Now PAC Chevron Employees Political Action Committee - Che Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Coalition Por/For Texas PAC Craig Goldman Campaign CVS Health PAC Dade Phelan Campaign Dan Patrick Campaign Dealon, LLC DEC PAC Defend Rural Texas PAC Defend Texas Liberty PAC Energy Transfer Partners Texas PAC Enterprise Products Partners Texas PAC Family Empowerment Coalition PAC Farmers Employee & Agent PAC of Texas Fasken Management, LLC FLD Interests Foley & Lardner LLP Texas Campaign Fund Fort Worth Firefighters Committee for Responsible Friends of the University PAC Friends of UT Southwestern Medical Center PAC Greg Abbott Campaign Gulf States Toyota PAC HCA Texas Good Government Fund Hillco PAC HOMEPAC (Texas Association of Builders) Houston Firefighters Union PAC Houston Police Officers' Union PAC HS Law PAC ILIAC, LLC Independent Bankers Association of Texas PAC Independent Insurance Agents of Texas PAC International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Kevin Eltife Campaign Kevin Sparks Campaign Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Killam LTD Laminack, Pirtle & Martines Laredo Political Action Committee Leaders We Deserve PAC Legacy 44 Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP Locke Lord LLP LUMPAC Lyondell Chemical Company PAC Mansfield Business Management, LLC Marchant Good Government Fund McGuire Revocable Trust Metropolitan Anesthesia PAC Mission Business PAC NRG Energy Inc. Political Action Committee NuStar Energy PAC Oncor PAC Penn Entertainment Inc PAC Phillips 66 PAC Pioneer Natural Resources PAC Political Action Committee of Winstead PC Populus Financial Group, Inc. Texas PAC Protect and Serve Texas PAC Provider Coalition For Care PAC Public Blueprint LLC Q PAC Republican State Leadership Committee PAC Ryan Texas PAC Schwertner COH Campaign Account Senfronia Thompson Campaign Skyview Development LLC Tenet Healthcare Corporation Political Action Comm Texans for Dan Patrick Texans for Greg Abbott Texans for Lawsuit Reform Texans For Responsible Government PAC Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Texas Apartment Association (TAA PAC) Texas Association of Realtors PAC Texas Automobile Dealers Assocation Pac Texas Bail PAC Texas Bankers Association Bank PAC Texas Beverage Alliance of the Texas Package Store Texas Building Branch Associated General Contracto Texas Consumer Lenders PAC Texas Cornerstone Credit Union League PAC Texas Deer Association PAC Texas Defense PAC Texas Dental Association PAC (DenPAC) Texas Diamond Back Energy PAC Texas Farm Bureau Ag Fund PAC Texas Food & Fuel Association PAC Texas Hospital Association PAC (HOSPAC) Texas House Republican Caucus PAC Texas Impact, a CRH PAC Texas Land Developers Association PAC Texas Land Title Association PAC Texas Medical Association PAC (TEXPAC) Texas Mortgage Bankers Association PAC Texas Motor Transportation Association TRUCKPAC Texas Nurse Practitioners PAC Texas Oil and Gas Association PAC Texas Optometric PAC Texas Organizing Project PAC Texas Restaurant Association PAC Texas Sands PAC Texas Society Of Anesthesiologists PAC (TSAPAC) Texas Society of Architects Committee Texas Society of Certified Accountants PAC (TXCPA) Texas State Teachers Association PAC Texas Tech Alumni and Friends PAC (TECHPAC) Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC (TTLA) The Chickasaw Nation The Dugaboy Investment Trust The Texas State University System PAC Todd A. Hunter Campaign TX Bitcoin PAC UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 286 PAC Union Pacific Corp PAC United Food & Commercial Workers International Uni United Parcel Service PAC United Services Automobile Industry Employee PAC University of Houston PAC USAA Employee PAC US Anesthesia Partners of Texas PAC Valero Energy Corp PAC Verizon Communications Inc. Good Government Club - Vistra Employee PAC of Vistra Corp. WalMart Inc. PAC for Responsible Government Wholesale Beer Distrbutors PAC Will Metcalf Campaign (S) Three day rule suspended (S) Record vote (S) Read 3rd time (S) Passed 20250519_SB2497_3R: Yea 26 (R 15 , D 11 ) - Nay 5 (R 5 , D 0 )
Yea - Alvarado Bettencourt Birdwell Blanco Campbell Cook Creighton Eckhardt Flores Gutierrez Hagenbuch Hall Huffman J. Hinojosa Johnson Kolkhorst Menendez Miles Nichols Parker Paxton Perry Schwertner Sparks West Zaffirini
Nay - A. Hinojosa Hancock Hughes King Middleton
You can view which lawmakers have received money from a specific PACAFSCME Texas Correctional Officers PAC Allen Boone Humphries Robinson, LLP American Electric Power Texas PAC Arnold & Itkin LLP Ashby Signature Homes LLC Associated General Contractors of Texas PAC Associated Republicans of Texas AT&T PAC Austin Fire Fighters PAC Baron & Budd, P.C. Barry and Lana Andrews Revocable Trust Beer Alliance of Texas PAC Blackridge PAC BNSF Railway Company RAILPAC Border Health PAC Brent Hagenbuch Campaign BSD NIHUL LLC Charles Butt Public Education PAC Charter Communications, Inc. Texas PAC Charter Schools Now PAC Chevron Employees Political Action Committee - Che Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Coalition Por/For Texas PAC Craig Goldman Campaign CVS Health PAC Dade Phelan Campaign Dan Patrick Campaign Dealon, LLC DEC PAC Defend Rural Texas PAC Defend Texas Liberty PAC Energy Transfer Partners Texas PAC Enterprise Products Partners Texas PAC Family Empowerment Coalition PAC Farmers Employee & Agent PAC of Texas Fasken Management, LLC FLD Interests Foley & Lardner LLP Texas Campaign Fund Fort Worth Firefighters Committee for Responsible Friends of the University PAC Friends of UT Southwestern Medical Center PAC Greg Abbott Campaign Gulf States Toyota PAC HCA Texas Good Government Fund Hillco PAC HOMEPAC (Texas Association of Builders) Houston Firefighters Union PAC Houston Police Officers' Union PAC HS Law PAC ILIAC, LLC Independent Bankers Association of Texas PAC Independent Insurance Agents of Texas PAC International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Kevin Eltife Campaign Kevin Sparks Campaign Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Killam LTD Laminack, Pirtle & Martines Laredo Political Action Committee Leaders We Deserve PAC Legacy 44 Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP Locke Lord LLP LUMPAC Lyondell Chemical Company PAC Mansfield Business Management, LLC Marchant Good Government Fund McGuire Revocable Trust Metropolitan Anesthesia PAC Mission Business PAC NRG Energy Inc. Political Action Committee NuStar Energy PAC Oncor PAC Penn Entertainment Inc PAC Phillips 66 PAC Pioneer Natural Resources PAC Political Action Committee of Winstead PC Populus Financial Group, Inc. Texas PAC Protect and Serve Texas PAC Provider Coalition For Care PAC Public Blueprint LLC Q PAC Republican State Leadership Committee PAC Ryan Texas PAC Schwertner COH Campaign Account Senfronia Thompson Campaign Skyview Development LLC Tenet Healthcare Corporation Political Action Comm Texans for Dan Patrick Texans for Greg Abbott Texans for Lawsuit Reform Texans For Responsible Government PAC Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Texas Apartment Association (TAA PAC) Texas Association of Realtors PAC Texas Automobile Dealers Assocation Pac Texas Bail PAC Texas Bankers Association Bank PAC Texas Beverage Alliance of the Texas Package Store Texas Building Branch Associated General Contracto Texas Consumer Lenders PAC Texas Cornerstone Credit Union League PAC Texas Deer Association PAC Texas Defense PAC Texas Dental Association PAC (DenPAC) Texas Diamond Back Energy PAC Texas Farm Bureau Ag Fund PAC Texas Food & Fuel Association PAC Texas Hospital Association PAC (HOSPAC) Texas House Republican Caucus PAC Texas Impact, a CRH PAC Texas Land Developers Association PAC Texas Land Title Association PAC Texas Medical Association PAC (TEXPAC) Texas Mortgage Bankers Association PAC Texas Motor Transportation Association TRUCKPAC Texas Nurse Practitioners PAC Texas Oil and Gas Association PAC Texas Optometric PAC Texas Organizing Project PAC Texas Restaurant Association PAC Texas Sands PAC Texas Society Of Anesthesiologists PAC (TSAPAC) Texas Society of Architects Committee Texas Society of Certified Accountants PAC (TXCPA) Texas State Teachers Association PAC Texas Tech Alumni and Friends PAC (TECHPAC) Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC (TTLA) The Chickasaw Nation The Dugaboy Investment Trust The Texas State University System PAC Todd A. Hunter Campaign TX Bitcoin PAC UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 286 PAC Union Pacific Corp PAC United Food & Commercial Workers International Uni United Parcel Service PAC United Services Automobile Industry Employee PAC University of Houston PAC USAA Employee PAC US Anesthesia Partners of Texas PAC Valero Energy Corp PAC Verizon Communications Inc. Good Government Club - Vistra Employee PAC of Vistra Corp. WalMart Inc. PAC for Responsible Government Wholesale Beer Distrbutors PAC Will Metcalf Campaign (S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed May 20, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate May 21, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Natural Resources, chaired by a Republican May 22, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) May 24, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed (H) Committee report sent to Calendars May 25, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars May 27, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
(S) Guillen signed onto the bill as Sponsor 
