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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 129: Relating to a prohibition on certain governmental contracts with foreign adversary companies and federally banned companies; authorizing a civil penalty.

Passed one chamber 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 129 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to a prohibition on certain governmental contracts with foreign adversary companies and federally banned companies; authorizing a civil penalty. Primary sponsor: John McQueeney (Republican), Richard Raymond (Democratic), Cody Harris (Republican), Will Metcalf (Republican), Jeff Barry (Republican). It lists 20 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 9, 2025): Referred to State Affairs.

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 23

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John McQueeneyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Richard RaymondPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Cody HarrisPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Will MetcalfPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Jeff BarryPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Keith BellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Greg BonnenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Giovanni CapriglioneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
CookCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Pat CurryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Drew DarbyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Paul DysonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Cole HefnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Janis HoltCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Janie LopezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Matt MorganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Angelia OrrCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Jared PattersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
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. Referred to State Affairs
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the House
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  6. Record vote
  7. Passed
  8. Read 3rd time
  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  10. Record vote
  11. Passed to engrossment
  12. Read 2nd time

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

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