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Introduced
Mar 14, 2025
Passed Senate
May 14, 2025
Passed House
May 28, 2025
Signed into Law

SB 2972

Texas Senate Bill

Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education.

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Senate • May 30, 2025: House appoints conferees-reported

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May 13, 2024, Senate

CSSB 2972, Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 10.

May 13, 2024, Senate

CSSB 2972 as amended was passed to engrossment by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 10.

May 14, 2024, Senate

CSSB 2972, Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 10.

May 14, 2024, Senate

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 10. (Same as previous roll call)

May 27, 2025, House

SB 2972, as amended, was passed to third reading by (Record 3770): 111 Yeas, 27 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

YES: 111

ABSENT: 11

NOT VOTING: 1

Dustin Burrows

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https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY75FINAL.HTM

Actions

May 30, 2025 | Senate
- House grants request for conf comm-reported
- House appoints conferees-reported
May 30, 2025 | House
- House grants request for conference committee
- House appoints conferees
May 29, 2025 | House
- Senate refuses to concur-reported
- Senate requests conference committee-reported
- Senate appoints conferees-reported
May 29, 2025 | Senate
- House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- Read
- Senate refuses to concur
- Senate requests conference committee
- Senate appoints conferees
May 28, 2025 | Senate
- House passage as amended reported
May 28, 2025 | House
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote RV#3879
May 27, 2025 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Postponed 5/27/25 6:45 PM
- Laid out as postponed business
- Postponed 5/27/25 8:15 PM
- Laid out as postponed business
- Amended 1-Leach
- Record vote RV#3768
- Amended 2-Turner
- Record vote RV#3769
- Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- Record vote RV#3770
May 24, 2025 | House
- Placed on General State Calendar
May 22, 2025 | House
- Considered in Calendars
May 21, 2025 | House
- Committee report sent to Calendars
May 20, 2025 | House
- Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Committee report distributed
May 19, 2025 | House
- Considered in formal meeting
- Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 16, 2025 | House
- Read first time
- Referred to Higher Education
May 15, 2025 | House
- Received from the Senate
May 14, 2025 | Senate
- Co-author authorized
- Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- Record vote
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote
- Reported engrossed
May 13, 2025 | Senate
- Co-author authorized
- Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- Record vote
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment(s) offered FA1 Creighton
- Amended
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Passed to engrossment as amended
- Record vote
May 09, 2025 | Senate
- Placed on intent calendar
Apr 28, 2025 | Senate
- Reported favorably as substituted
- Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 23, 2025 | Senate
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 04/23/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Vote taken in committee
Apr 16, 2025 | Senate
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 04/16/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Testimony taken in committee
- Left pending in committee
Apr 07, 2025 | Senate
- Read first time
- Referred to Education K-16
Mar 14, 2025 | Senate
- Received by the Secretary of the Senate
- Filed

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https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB2972