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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 1488: Relating to restricting research on potentially pandemic pathogens in this state; creating a civil penalty.

In committee 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 1488 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to restricting research on potentially pandemic pathogens in this state; creating a civil penalty. Primary sponsor: Bob Hall (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 24, 2025): Co-author authorized.

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
Bob HallPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Kevin SparksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31

“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. Co-author authorized
  2. Referred to Education K-16
  3. Read first time
  4. Filed
  5. Received by the Secretary of the Senate

Sources

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