THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TX SB18 (2025)
Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Session
- 89th Legislature Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Passed one chamber Session adjourned
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Placed on General State Calendar
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Censorship: Drag Ban
Links
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Feb 21, 2025)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (Mar 5, 2025)(opens another site)
- Engrossed text (Mar 19, 2025)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (May 13, 2025)(opens another site)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Received by the Secretary of the Senate | |
| Senate | Filed | |
| Senate | Read first time | |
| Senate | Referred to State Affairs | |
| Senate | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | |
| Senate | Considered in public hearing | |
| Senate | Testimony taken in committee | |
| Senate | Left pending in committee | |
| Senate | Considered in public hearing | |
| Senate | Vote taken in committee | |
| Senate | Reported favorably w/o amendments | |
| Senate | Committee report printed and distributed | |
| Senate | Placed on intent calendar | |
| Senate | Not again placed on intent calendar | |
| Senate | Placed on intent calendar | |
| Senate | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Read 3rd time | |
| Senate | Passed | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Statement(s) submitted | |
| Senate | Reported engrossed | |
| House | Received from the Senate | |
| House | Read first time | |
| House | Referred to State Affairs | |
| House | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | |
| House | Considered in public hearing | |
| House | Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee | |
| House | Left pending in committee | |
| House | Considered in formal meeting | |
| House | Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) | |
| House | Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator | |
| House | Committee report distributed | |
| House | Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| House | Considered in Calendars | |
| House | Placed on General State Calendar |
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