2025 Regular Session • Texas Legislature
HB119
Legislative Summary
Relating to the applicability of lobbyist registration requirements to persons engaged in certain foreign transactions or 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.
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Bill History
3/13/2025
Filed
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
Read first time
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Considered in public hearing
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Left pending in committee
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Considered in public hearing
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Committee report distributed
House of Representatives
4/17/2025
Committee report sent to Calendars
House of Representatives
4/24/2025
Considered in Calendars
House of Representatives
4/29/2025
Placed on General State Calendar
House of Representatives
4/29/2025
Read 2nd time
House of Representatives
4/29/2025
Passed to engrossment
House of Representatives
4/29/2025
Record vote RV#817
House of Representatives
4/29/2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
House of Representatives
4/30/2025
Read 3rd time
House of Representatives
4/30/2025
Passed
House of Representatives
4/30/2025
Record vote RV#965
House of Representatives
4/30/2025
Reported engrossed
House of Representatives
4/30/2025
Received from the House
Senate
5/1/2025
Read first time
Senate
5/1/2025
Referred to State Affairs
Senate
5/5/2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Senate
5/5/2025
Considered in public hearing
Senate
5/5/2025
Left pending in committee
Senate
5/22/2025
Considered in public hearing
Senate
5/22/2025
Vote taken in committee
Senate
5/23/2025
Reported favorably as substituted
Senate
5/23/2025
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
Senate
5/23/2025
Committee report printed and distributed
Senate
5/28/2025
Placed on local & uncontested calendar
Senate
5/28/2025
Laid before the Senate
Senate
5/28/2025
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
Senate
5/28/2025
Vote recorded in Journal
Senate
5/28/2025
Three day rule suspended
Senate
5/28/2025
Record vote
Senate
5/28/2025
Read 3rd time
Senate
5/28/2025
Passed
Senate
5/28/2025
Record vote
Senate
5/29/2025
Senate passage as amended reported
House of Representatives
5/29/2025
Senate Amendments distributed
House of Representatives
5/29/2025
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
House of Representatives
5/30/2025
House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
House of Representatives
5/30/2025
House requests conference committee
House of Representatives
5/30/2025
House appoints conferees
House of Representatives
5/30/2025
House refuses to concur-reported
Senate
5/30/2025
House requests conference committee-reported
Senate
5/30/2025
House appoints conferees-reported
Senate
5/30/2025
Senate grants request for conference comm.
Senate
5/30/2025
Senate appoints conferees
Senate
5/30/2025
Conf. Comm. Report distributed
House of Representatives
5/31/2025
Co-sponsor authorized
Senate
5/31/2025
Conference committee report filed
Senate
5/31/2025
Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
House of Representatives
5/31/2025
Senate appoints conferees-reported
House of Representatives
Roll Call Votes
Three day rule suspended
5/28/2025
31
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read 3rd time RV#965
4/30/2025
132
Yea
8
Nay
2
Not Voting
8
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read 2nd time RV#817
4/29/2025
134
Yea
5
Nay
2
Not Voting
9
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(4/30/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Republican: 25
Primary Sponsor
Stan Gerdes
Republican
Co-Sponsors (24)
Greg Bonnen
Republican
Giovanni Capriglione
Republican
William Metcalf
Republican
Ellen Troxclair
Republican
Jeff Barry
Republican
Ben Bumgarner
Republican
David Cook
Republican
Pat Curry
Republican
Cody Harris
Republican
Caroline Harris Davila
Republican
Richard Hayes
Republican
Cole Hefner
Republican
Hillary Hickland
Republican
Janis Holt
Republican
Carrie Isaac
Republican
Terri Leo-Wilson
Republican
Janie Lopez
Republican
John McQueeney
Republican
Angelia Orr
Republican
Katrina Pierson
Republican
Keresa Richardson
Republican
Terry Wilson
Republican
Bryan Hughes
Republican
Lois Kolkhorst
Republican