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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 119: Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain 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.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 119 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain 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. Primary sponsor: Stan Gerdes (Republican), Greg Bonnen (Republican), Giovanni Capriglione (Republican), Will Metcalf (Republican), Ellen Troxclair (Republican), Bryan Hughes (Republican). It lists 19 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective on 9/1/25.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 24

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stan GerdesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Greg BonnenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Giovanni CapriglionePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Will MetcalfPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Ellen TroxclairPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Bryan HughesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Jeff BarryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
CookCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Pat CurryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Caroline Harris DavilaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Cole HefnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Janis HoltCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Terri Leo-WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Janie LopezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
John McQueeneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Angelia OrrCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Terry WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective on 9/1/25
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed in the Senate
  5. Signed in the House
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  8. Record vote
  9. Senate adopts conference committee report
  10. House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  11. Record vote
  12. House adopts conference committee report

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source