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2025-2026 89th Legislature

HB119

Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty.

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
June 20, 2025
Last status update
Signed by the Governor
Author
Stan Gerdes
Co-sponsors
Greg BonnenGiovanni CapriglioneWilliam MetcalfEllen TroxclairJeff BarryBen BumgarnerDavid CookPat CurryCody HarrisCaroline Harris DavilaRichard HayesCole HefnerHillary HicklandJanis HoltCarrie IsaacTerri Leo-WilsonJanie LopezJohn McQueeneyAngelia OrrKatrina PiersonKeresa RichardsonTerry WilsonBryan HughesLois Kolkhorst

Legislative progress

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Enrolled June 2, 2025 Governor approved June 20, 2025
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Recorded floor votes

4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

April 29, 2025 · House

Read 2nd time RV#817

Passed

134 yea–5 nay · 2 not voting · 9 absent

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April 30, 2025 · House

Read 3rd time RV#965

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

132 yea–8 nay · 2 not voting · 8 absent

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June 1, 2025 · House

House adopts conference committee report RV#4135

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

101 yea–36 nay · 1 not voting · 12 absent

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June 1, 2025 · Senate

Senate adopts conference committee report

Failed ⭐ Substantive final action

0 yea–1 nay

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. State Effective on 9/1/25
  2. State Signed by the Governor
  3. State Sent to the Governor
  4. Senate Signed in the Senate
  5. House Signed in the House
  6. House Reported enrolled
  7. House Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  8. Senate Record vote View roll call
  9. Senate Senate adopts conference committee report
  10. Senate House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  11. House Record vote RV#4135 View roll call
  12. House House adopts conference committee report
  13. House Senate appoints conferees-reported
  14. House Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
  15. Senate Conference committee report filed
  16. Senate Co-sponsor authorized
  17. House Conf. Comm. Report distributed
  18. Senate Senate appoints conferees
  19. Senate Senate grants request for conference comm.
  20. Senate House appoints conferees-reported
  21. Senate House requests conference committee-reported
  22. Senate House refuses to concur-reported
  23. House House appoints conferees
  24. House House requests conference committee
  25. House House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
  26. House Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
  27. House Senate Amendments distributed
  28. House Senate passage as amended reported
  29. Senate Record vote
  30. Senate Passed
  31. Senate Read 3rd time
  32. Senate Record vote
  33. Senate Three day rule suspended
  34. Senate Vote recorded in Journal
  35. Senate Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  36. Senate Laid before the Senate
  37. Senate Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  38. Senate Committee report printed and distributed
  39. Senate Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  40. Senate Reported favorably as substituted
  41. Senate Vote taken in committee
  42. Senate Considered in public hearing
  43. Senate Left pending in committee
  44. Senate Considered in public hearing
  45. Senate Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  46. Senate Referred to State Affairs
  47. Senate Read first time
  48. Senate Received from the House
  49. House Reported engrossed
  50. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal View roll call
  51. House Record vote RV#965 View roll call
  52. House Passed View roll call
  53. House Read 3rd time
  54. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal View roll call
  55. House Record vote RV#817 View roll call
  56. House Passed to engrossment View roll call
  57. House Read 2nd time
  58. House Placed on General State Calendar
  59. House Considered in Calendars
  60. House Committee report sent to Calendars
  61. House Committee report distributed
  62. House Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  63. House Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  64. House Considered in public hearing
  65. House Left pending in committee
  66. House Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  67. House Considered in public hearing
  68. House Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  69. House Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
  70. House Read first time
  71. House Filed
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2005933
LegiScan session ID
2160
Source file
var/states/texas/source/legiscan/2160-8caaa099665d/bill/HB119.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:14:58+00:00