THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TX SB8 (2025)
Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Session
- 89th Legislature 2nd Special Session
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Signed by the Governor
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public PropertiesTrans Bathroom Ban: CollegesPrison Placement BanTrans Segregation Bill
Links
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Aug 15, 2025)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (Aug 15, 2025)(opens another site)
- Engrossed text (Aug 19, 2025)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (Aug 26, 2025)(opens another site)
- Enrolled text (Sep 3, 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 | Posting rule suspended | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | |
| Senate | Considered in public hearing | |
| Senate | Testimony taken in committee | |
| Senate | Vote taken in committee | |
| Senate | Reported favorably w/o amendments | |
| Senate | Committee report printed and distributed | |
| Senate | Co-author authorized | |
| Senate | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Laid before the Senate | |
| Senate | Read 3rd time | |
| Senate | Passed | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Reason for vote recorded in Journal | |
| 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 | Amendment(s) considered in committee | |
| 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 | |
| House | Rules suspended | |
| House | Additional sponsor(s) authorized | |
| House | Read 2nd time | |
| House | Amendment tabled 1-Anchía | |
| House | Record vote RV#111 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Amendment tabled 2-Goodwin | |
| House | Record vote RV#112 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Amendment(s) offered 3-J. González | |
| House | Point of order withdrawn (amendment) Rule 11, Section 2 | |
| House | Amendment withdrawn 3-J. González | |
| House | Amendment tabled 4-Rosenthal | |
| House | Record vote RV#113 | |
| House | Amendment tabled 5-V. Jones | |
| House | Record vote RV#114 | |
| House | Amendment tabled 6-Zwiener | |
| House | Record vote RV#115 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Amendment tabled 7-Simmons | |
| House | Record vote RV#116 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Amendment tabled 8-Simmons | |
| House | Record vote RV#117 | |
| House | Amendment(s) offered 9-Simmons | |
| House | Point of order withdrawn (amendment) Rule 11, Section 2 | |
| House | Amendment withdrawn 9-Simmons | |
| House | Amendment tabled 10-Collier | |
| House | Record vote RV#119 | |
| House | Amendment tabled 11-Garcia Hernandez | |
| House | Record vote RV#120 | |
| House | Amendment(s) offered 12-Rose | |
| House | Point of order withdrawn (amendment) Rule 11, Section 2 | |
| House | Amendment tabled 12-Rose | |
| House | Record vote RV#121 | |
| House | Amendment tabled 13-J. González | |
| House | Record vote RV#122 | |
| House | Point of order withdrawn Rule 8, Section 3; Article III, Section 35(a) | |
| House | Point of order withdrawn Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1) | |
| House | Amended 14-Toth, Cain, Harrison, Tinderholt, and Olcott | |
| House | Record vote RV#123 | |
| House | Passed to 3rd reading as amended | |
| House | Record vote RV#124 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Read 3rd time | |
| House | Passed | |
| House | Record vote RV#134 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Reason for vote recorded in Journal | |
| Senate | House passage as amended reported | |
| Senate | House amendment(s) laid before the Senate | |
| Senate | Read | |
| Senate | Senate concurs in House amendment(s) | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| House | Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported | |
| Senate | Reported enrolled | |
| Senate | Signed in the Senate | |
| House | Signed in the House | |
| Sent to the Governor | ||
| Signed by the Governor | ||
| Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 4, 2025 |
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