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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 2046: Relating to penalties for certain offenses involving county competitive bidding requirements; increasing criminal penalties.

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

SB 2046 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on March 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to penalties for certain offenses involving county competitive bidding requirements; increasing criminal penalties. Primary sponsor: Paul Bettencourt (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 2, 2025): Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker.

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 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Paul BettencourtPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Royce WestCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23

“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 s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the Senate
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Record vote
  6. Passed
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. Record vote
  9. Three day rule suspended
  10. Vote recorded in Journal
  11. Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  12. Vote recorded in Journal

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

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