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SB18 • 2025

Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding.

Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Hughes | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | Hagenbuch | Hall | Hancock | Hinojosa, Adam | Huffman | King | Kolkhorst | Middleton | Nichols | Parker | Paxton | Perry | Schwertner | Sparks
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
05/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding.

Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  3. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  4. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  5. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  6. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  7. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  9. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  11. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  12. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  13. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  14. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  15. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  17. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  18. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  19. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  20. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) submitted

  21. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  22. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  23. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  24. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  25. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  26. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  27. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  28. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  29. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  30. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  31. 2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  33. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  34. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  35. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  36. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  37. 2025-02-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  38. 2025-02-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  39. 2025-02-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  40. 2025-02-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 18 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Hughes, et al.

S.B. No. 18

(Hull)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain

events from receiving state or other public funding.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 315, Local Government Code, is amended

by adding Section 315.0051 to read as follows:

Sec.

315.0051.

PROHIBITED EVENTS AT MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES. A

municipal library may not receive state or other public funds if the

library hosts an event at which a man presenting as a woman or a

woman presenting as a man reads a book or a story to a minor for

entertainment and the person being dressed as the opposite gender

is a primary component of the entertainment.

The state and a

political subdivision of the state may not provide funds to the

municipal library for the fiscal year following the year in which

the library hosts an event described by this section.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an event that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.