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IntroducedMar 13, 2025
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Passed HouseMay 15, 2025
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Passed SenateMay 29, 2025
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Signed into Law
Relating to measures to protect institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Senate • May 30, 2025: House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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Comments on HB 127
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Sponsors
- Howardauthor
- Lambertauthor
- Barrycoauthor
- Bell, Keithcoauthor
- Bonnencoauthor
- Buckleycoauthor
- Bumgarnercoauthor
- Buttoncoauthor
- Capriglionecoauthor
- Cookcoauthor
- Currycoauthor
- DeAyalacoauthor
- Dysoncoauthor
- Gerdescoauthor
- Harlesscoauthor
- Harriscoauthor
- Holtcoauthor
- Huntercoauthor
- Isaaccoauthor
- Kitzmancoauthor
- LaHoodcoauthor
- Landgrafcoauthor
- Leo Wilsoncoauthor
- Lopez, Janiecoauthor
- Lowecoauthor
- McQueeneycoauthor
- Metcalfcoauthor
- Orrcoauthor
- Pattersoncoauthor
- Piersoncoauthor
- Teppercoauthor
- Troxclaircoauthor
- Villaloboscoauthor
- Hughessponsor
- Bettencourtcosponsor
- Campbellcosponsor
- Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
- Kolkhorstcosponsor
- Middletoncosponsor
- Parkercosponsor
- Paxtoncosponsor
Votes
YES: 99
- Alders
- Ashby
- Barry
- Bernal
- Bhojani
- Bonnen
- Bryant
- Bumgarner
- Cain
- Capriglione
- Cole
- Cook
- Craddick
- Cunningham
- Curry
- Darby
- Davis, A.
- Dean
- DeAyala
- Dorazio
- Dyson
- Fairly
- Frank
- Gates
- Gerdes
- Geren
- Guillen
- Harless
- Harris Davila
- Harrison
- Hayes
- Hefner
- Hernandez
- Hickland
- Hopper
- Howard
- Hull
- Isaac
- Jones, J.
- Kerwin
- Kitzman
- LaHood
- Lalani
- Lambert
- Landgraf
- Leach
- Leo Wilson
- Little
- Longoria
- Lopez, R.
- Louderback
- Lowe
- Lozano
- Lujan
- Luther
- Martinez
- Fischer
- McLaughlin
- McQueeney
- Metcalf
- Meyer
- Money
- Moody
- Morales, E.
- Morgan
- Muñoz
- Noble
- Oliverson
- Ordaz
- Orr
- Patterson
- Perez, M.
- Perez, V.
- Phelan
- Pierson
- Plesa
- Raymond
- Richardson
- Schatzline
- Schofield
- Schoolcraft
- Shaheen
- Shofner
- Slawson
- Smithee
- Spiller
- Swanson
- Tepper
- Tinderholt
- Toth
- Troxclair
- Turner
- VanDeaver
- Villalobos
- Virdell
- Walle
- Ward Johnson
- Wharton
- Wilson
NO: 27
ABSENT: 18
NOT VOTING: 6
YES: 131
- Alders
- Allen
- AnchÃa
- Ashby
- Barry
- Bell, C.
- Bell, K.
- Bernal
- Bhojani
- Bowers
- Bryant
- Buckley
- Bucy
- Bumgarner
- Button
- Cain
- Campos
- Canales
- Capriglione
- Cole
- Cook
- Cortez
- Craddick
- Cunningham
- Curry
- Darby
- Davis, A.
- Davis, Y.
- Dean
- DeAyala
- Dorazio
- Dyson
- Fairly
- Flores
- Gámez
- Garcia, J.
- Garcia, L.
- Garcia Hernandez
- Gates
- Gerdes
- Geren
- González, M.
- Goodwin
- Guerra
- Guillen
- Harless
- Harris
- Harris Davila
- Harrison
- Hayes
- Hefner
- Hernandez
- Hickland
- Hinojosa
- Holt
- Hopper
- Howard
- Hull
- Hunter
- Isaac
- Johnson
- Jones, V.
- Kerwin
- King
- Kitzman
- LaHood
- Lalani
- Landgraf
- Leach
- Leo Wilson
- Little
- Longoria
- Lopez, J.
- Lopez, R.
- Louderback
- Lowe
- Lozano
- Lujan
- Luther
- Manuel
- Martinez
- Fischer
- McLaughlin
- McQueeney
- Metcalf
- Meyer
- Moody
- Morales, E.
- Morales Shaw
- Morgan
- Muñoz
- Noble
- Olcott
- Oliverson
- Ordaz
- Orr
- Patterson
- Perez, M.
- Perez, V.
- Phelan
- Plesa
- Raymond
- Reynolds
- Richardson
- Rose
- Schatzline
- Schofield
- Schoolcraft
- Shaheen
- Shofner
- Simmons
- Slawson
- Smithee
- Spiller
- Swanson
- Talarico
- Tepper
- Tinderholt
- Toth
- Troxclair
- Turner
- VanDeaver
- Villalobos
- Virdell
- Vo
- Walle
- Ward Johnson
- Wharton
- Wilson
- Wu
- Zwiener
NOT VOTING: 2
- Dustin Burrows
- Vasut(C)
Actions
- May 30, 2025 | Senate
- House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- May 30, 2025 | House
- House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- Record vote RV#4094
- Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- May 29, 2025 | House
- Senate passage as amended reported
- Senate Amendments distributed
- Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- May 29, 2025 | Senate
- Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
- Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment(s) offered
- Amended
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Three day rule suspended
- Record vote
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote
- May 28, 2025 | Senate
- Co-sponsor authorized
- Placed on intent calendar
- May 27, 2025 | Senate
- Reported favorably as substituted
- Committee report printed and distributed
- May 26, 2025 | Senate
- Co-sponsor authorized
- May 23, 2025 | Senate
- Considered in public hearing
- Vote taken in committee
- May 16, 2025 | Senate
- Read first time
- Referred to Education K-16
- May 15, 2025 | Senate
- Received from the House
- May 15, 2025 | House
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote RV#2623
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Reported engrossed
- May 14, 2025 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Passed to engrossment
- Record vote RV#2506
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- May 11, 2025 | House
- Placed on General State Calendar
- May 09, 2025 | House
- Considered in Calendars
- May 07, 2025 | House
- Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Committee report distributed
- Committee report sent to Calendars
- Apr 30, 2025 | House
- Considered in public hearing
- Committee substitute considered in committee
- Reported favorably as substituted
- Apr 02, 2025 | House
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 04/02/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Committee substitute considered in committee
- Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Left pending in committee
- Mar 14, 2025 | House
- Read first time
- Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
- Mar 13, 2025 | House
- Filed
Documents
- Fiscal Note (Introduced)PDF
- Fiscal Note (Introduced)HTML
- Analysis (House Committee Report)PDF
- Analysis (House Committee Report)HTML
- Fiscal Note (House Committee Report)PDF
- Fiscal Note (House Committee Report)HTML
- Witness List (House Committee Report)HTML
- Summary of Committee Action (House Committee Report)HTML
- Analysis (Engrossed)PDF
- Analysis (Engrossed)HTML
- Fiscal Note (Engrossed)PDF
- Fiscal Note (Engrossed)HTML
- Analysis (Senate Committee Report)PDF
- Analysis (Senate Committee Report)HTML
- Fiscal Note (Senate Committee Report)PDF
- Fiscal Note (Senate Committee Report)HTML
- Analysis (Senate Amendments Printing)PDF
- Fiscal Note (Senate Amendments Printing)PDF
- Fiscal Note (Senate Amendments Printing)HTML