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SB2858
In Calendar Committee in Other Chamber Authored by Brandon Creighton (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to state preemption of certain municipal and county regulation. Initially Referred to Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
SB 2858 expands state preemption over certain areas of local government regulation, prohibiting municipalities and counties from enforcing ordinances that regulate areas already covered by state law. It explicitly blocks local governments from adopting rules that conflict with state laws governing commerce, trade, elections, and criminal justice. The bill allows private citizens and trade associations to sue local governments over such regulations, and authorizes the Attorney General to investigate and take action against municipalities that violate these preemption laws.
Co-authors: Bettencourt (R) Sponsors: Bell, C. (R)
(S) Bell, C. signed onto the bill as
Mar 14, 2025
(S) Creighton signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed
Apr 7, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Business & Commerce, chaired by a Republican
Apr 22, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Left pending in committee
Apr 24, 2025
(S) Considered in public hearing (S) Vote taken in committee
Apr 28, 2025
(S) Reported favorably as substituted (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 29, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar
Apr 30, 2025
(S) Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Record vote (S) Read 2nd time
20250430_SB2858_2R: Yea 19 (R 19, D 0) - Nay 12 (R 1, D 11)
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
May 1, 2025
(S) Not again placed on intent calendar (H) Received from the Senate
May 2, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Intergovernmental Affairs, chaired by a Republican
May 13, 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
May 16, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 22, 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
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Tue 5/13/2025) Testifying before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Adam Haynes for Conference of Urban Counties (Tue 5/13/2025) Testifying before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Bill Longley for Texas Municipal League (Tue 5/13/2025) Testifying before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Buck Brice for City of Corpus Christi (Tue 5/13/2025) Testifying before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Evan Reed for City of El Paso (Tue 4/22/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as James Teal for self (with McMullen County, County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas (CJCAT)) (Tue 5/13/2025) Testifying before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Joe Shuster for Pecos Cointy (Tue 4/22/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Nicholas Palmer for City of Dallas (Tue 5/13/2025) Testifying before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Nicholas Palmer for City of Dallas (Tue 5/13/2025) Testifying before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Tiffany Hamilton Everfield for City of Port Arthur (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Aaron Taliaferro for Tarrant County Administration (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Adam Haynes for Conference of Urban Counties (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Alexa Aragonez for City of Houston (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Amber Hausenfluck for City of McAllen (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Ana Gonzalez for Texas AFL-CIO (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Ana Gonzalez for Texas AFL-CIO (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Ariel Traub for City of Garland (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Ariel Traub for City of Garland (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Audrey Zamora for City of San Antonio (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Bryan Mitchell for Dallas County District Attorney (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Charles Reed for Dallas County Commissioners Court (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Cicely Kay for Travis County Commissioners Court (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Collyn Peddie for City of Houston (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Cyrus Reed for Sierra Club (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Cyrus Reed for Sierra Club (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Ed Van Eenoo for City of Austin (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Elisa Tamayo for El Paso County (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Elisa Tamayo for El Paso County (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Jennifer Rodriguez for City of College Station (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Jennifer Rodriguez for City of Coppell (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Jennifer Rodriguez for North Texas Commission (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Joanna Klose for self (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Joel Romo for City of Port Aransas (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Jon Weist for City of Irving (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Jon Weist for City of Irving (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Joshua Sanders for City of Houston (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Josie Castro Garcia for Dallas County Commissioners Court (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Julie Wheeler for Travis County Commissioners Court (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Katelyn Caldwell for Harris County Commissioners Court (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Keely Hovatter for City of McAllen (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Laura Mueller for City of Dripping Springs (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Leah Clark for City of Georgetown (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Leah Clark for City of Georgetown (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Logan Spence for City of Denton (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Luis Figueroa for Every Texan (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Luis Figueroa for Every Texan (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Mary Ibarra for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Mary Selby for self (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Maya Grever for Harris County Commissioners Court (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Melissa Shannon for Bexar County Commissioners Court (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Monty Wynn for Texas Municipal League (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Nadia Islam for City of San Antonio (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Rick Ramirez for City of Austin (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Rick Thompson for County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas (CJCAT) (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Rick Thompson for County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas (CJCAT) (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Rudy Madrid for Kleberg County, County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas (CJCAT) (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Ryan Skrobarczyk for City of Corpus Christi (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Sally Bakko for City of Galveston (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Scott Miller for San Antonio Water System (SAWS) (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Spencer Gutierrez for City of Sugar Land (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Spencer Gutierrez for City of Sugar Land (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as Steven Deline for self (Tue 5/13/2025) Registering before H Intergovernmental Affairs as T. Patterson for City of Fort Worth (Tue 4/22/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as T.J. Patterson for City of Fort Worth
