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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 39: Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator.

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 39 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator. Primary sponsor: Birdwell. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 29, 2025): Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence.

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
BirdwellPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Adam HinojosaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27

“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 Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
  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. Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  10. Record vote
  11. Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  12. Record vote

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

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