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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 1215: Relating to the placement of a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters.

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

SB 1215 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on February 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the placement of a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters. Primary sponsor: Lois Kolkhorst (Republican), Denise Villalobos (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 15, 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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lois KolkhorstPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Denise VillalobosPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse34
FloresCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 House
  5. Signed in the Senate
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. House passage reported
  8. Record vote
  9. Passed
  10. Read 3rd time
  11. Record vote
  12. Passed to 3rd reading

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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