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HR1515 • 2025

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2972.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2972.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Leach
Last action
2025-06-01
Official status
06/01/2025 H Reported enrolled: Jun 1 2025 8:11PM
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2972.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B.

What This Bill Does

  • Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B.
  • No.
  • 2972.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the House

  2. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Adopted. SB 2972

  3. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#4158

  4. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  5. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  6. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

  7. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    3 hr. notice-for consideration

Official Summary Text

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2972.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HR 1515 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.R. No. 1515

R E S O L U T I O N

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of

Texas, 89th Legislature, 2025, That House Rule 13, Section 9(a), be

suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, Section 9(f), to

enable the conference committee appointed to resolve the

differences on Senate Bill 2972 (expressive activities at public

institutions of higher education) to consider and take action on

the following matters:

(1) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit

the committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in

proposed SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section 51.9315(d)(2),

Education Code, by striking "[
content-neutral,
]" and substituting

"content-neutral,".

Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that

restrictions on expressive activities must employ content-neutral

criteria.

(2) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit

the committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 2

of the bill, at the end of amended Section 51.9315(d)(2), Education

Code, by omitting "
and
".

Explanation: The change is necessary to remove unnecessary

language.

Leach

______________________________

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.R. No. 1515 was adopted by the House on June

1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 109, Nays 27, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House