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Introduced
Feb 12, 2025
Passed Senate
Mar 06, 2025
Passed House
May 21, 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 20, 2025

SB 21

Texas Senate Bill

Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds.

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executive • Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately

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Votes

Mar 06, 2024, Senate

Senator Schwertner moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 21 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5.

Mar 06, 2024, Senate

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5. (Same as previous roll call)

Mar 06, 2024, Senate

CSSB 21, Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5.

Mar 06, 2024, Senate

The bill was read second time and was passed to engrossment by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5. (Same as previous roll call)

May 29, 2024, Senate

SB 21 (110 Yeas, 25 Nays, 2 Present, not voting)

May 30, 2024, Senate

On motion of Senator Schwertner, the Conference Committee Report was adopted by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8.

May 20, 2025, House

CSSB 21, as amended, was passed to third reading by (Record 3106): 105 Yeas, 23 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

YES: 105

NOT VOTING: 2

Dustin Burrows
Vasut(C)

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY68FINAL.HTM

May 20, 2025, House

Amendment No. 1 was adopted by (Record 3105): 123 Yeas, 6 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

YES: 123

NO: 6

ABSENT: 19

NOT VOTING: 2

Dustin Burrows
Vasut(C)

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY68FINAL.HTM

May 21, 2025, House

SB 21 was passed by (Record 3153): 101 Yeas, 42 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

YES: 101

ABSENT: 5

NOT VOTING: 2

Dustin Burrows
Harris(C)

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY69FINAL.HTM

May 29, 2025, House

The motion to adopt the conference committee report on SB 21 prevailed by (Record 4050): 110 Yeas, 25 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

YES: 110

ABSENT: 13

NOT VOTING: 2

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY77FINAL.HTM

Actions

Jun 20, 2025 | executive
- Signed by the Governor
- Effective immediately
Jun 01, 2025 | executive
- Sent to the Governor
Jun 01, 2025 | House
- Signed in the House
May 31, 2025 | Senate
- Reported enrolled
- Signed in the Senate
May 31, 2025 | House
- Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
May 30, 2025 | Senate
- Senate adopts conference committee report
- Record vote
May 29, 2025 | Senate
- House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
May 29, 2025 | House
- House adopts conference committee report
- Record vote RV#4050
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 27, 2025 | House
- Conf. Comm. Report distributed
May 27, 2025 | Senate
- House grants request for conf comm-reported
- House appoints conferees-reported
- Conference committee report filed
May 27, 2025 | House
- House grants request for conference committee
- House appoints conferees
May 25, 2025 | House
- Senate refuses to concur-reported
- Senate requests conference committee-reported
- Senate appoints conferees-reported
May 25, 2025 | Senate
- House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- Read
- Senate refuses to concur
- Senate requests conference committee
- Senate appoints conferees
May 21, 2025 | Senate
- House passage as amended reported
May 21, 2025 | House
- Rules suspended
- Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote RV#3153
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 20, 2025 | House
- Placed on General State Calendar
- Rules suspended
- Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- Read 2nd time
- Amended 1-L. Garcia
- Record vote RV#3105
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- Record vote RV#3106
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 16, 2025 | House
- Considered in Calendars
May 13, 2025 | House
- Committee report distributed
- Committee report sent to Calendars
May 12, 2025 | House
- Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 07, 2025 | House
- Considered in public hearing
- Committee substitute considered in committee
- Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
- Reported favorably as substituted
Apr 23, 2025 | House
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 04/23/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Committee substitute considered in committee
- Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Left pending in committee
Apr 09, 2025 | House
- Read first time
- Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency
Mar 11, 2025 | House
- Received from the Senate
Mar 06, 2025 | Senate
- Co-author authorized
- Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
- Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- Record vote
- Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- Record vote
- Three day rule suspended
- Record vote
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote
- Reported engrossed
Mar 05, 2025 | Senate
- Co-author authorized
- Placed on intent calendar
Mar 04, 2025 | Senate
- Reported favorably as substituted
- Committee report printed and distributed
Feb 27, 2025 | Senate
- Considered in public hearing
- Vote taken in committee
Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Co-author authorized
Feb 18, 2025 | Senate
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 02/18/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Testimony taken in committee
- Left pending in committee
Feb 13, 2025 | Senate
- Read first time
- Referred to Business & Commerce
Feb 12, 2025 | Senate
- Received by the Secretary of the Senate
- Filed

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Sources

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB21