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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1644: Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine.

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 1644 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on December 17, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine. Primary sponsor: Tom Oliverson (Republican), Cas Garcia Hernandez (Democratic), John McQueeney (Republican), Liz Campos (Democratic), Mihaela Pleșa (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 24, 2025): Referred to Criminal Justice.

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 8 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tom OliversonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Cas Garcia HernandezPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse115
John McQueeneyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Liz CamposPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Mihaela PleșaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Salman BhojaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse92
Aicha DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse109
Josey GarciaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse124
Vikki GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Penny Morales ShawCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148

“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 Criminal Justice
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the House
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Record vote
  6. Passed
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  9. Record vote
  10. Passed to engrossment
  11. Read 2nd time
  12. Placed on General State Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

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