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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 127: Relating to measures to protect institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; increasing a criminal 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 127 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to measures to protect institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; increasing a criminal penalty. Primary sponsor: Bryan Hughes (Republican), Terry Wilson (Republican), Cole Hefner (Republican), Matt Shaheen (Republican), Donna Howard (Democratic), Stan Lambert (Republican). It lists 38 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): Democratic 1 · Republican 42

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bryan HughesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Terry WilsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Cole HefnerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Matt ShaheenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Donna HowardPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Stan LambertPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Jeff BarryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Keith BellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Paul BettencourtCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Greg BonnenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Brad BuckleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Angie ButtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112
Donna CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Giovanni CapriglioneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
CookCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Pat CurryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Mano DeAyalaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse133
Paul DysonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Stan GerdesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Sam HarlessCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse126
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Adam HinojosaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Janis HoltCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Todd HunterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Stan KitzmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Marc LaHoodCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse121
Brooks LandgrafCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Terri Leo-WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Janie LopezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
David LoweCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
John McQueeneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Mayes MiddletonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Angelia OrrCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Tan ParkerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Jared PattersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Angela PaxtonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Carl TepperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Denise VillalobosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34

“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. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
  8. Text of Senate Amendment(s)
  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  10. Record vote
  11. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
  12. Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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