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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 349: Relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle.

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 349 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle. Primary sponsor: Flores, Jeff Leach (Republican), Ben Bumgarner (Republican), Mihaela Pleșa (Democratic), Brad Buckley (Republican). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 5, 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 10 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
FloresPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jeff LeachPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Ben BumgarnerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Mihaela PleșaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Brad BuckleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse54
John BryantCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse114
John BucyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
Jessica GonzálezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Mary GonzálezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Vikki GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Christina MoralesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse145
Rodríguez RamosCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jon RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse135
Penny Morales ShawCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148
Perez, VincentCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Gene WuCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse137

“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