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Texas · 89th Legislature, 1st Called Session (2025) · Bill

SB 7: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

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 7 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on July 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. Primary sponsor: Lois Kolkhorst (Republican), Mayes Middleton (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 6, 2025): Reported engrossed.

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 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lois KolkhorstPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Mayes MiddletonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Paul BettencourtCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Donna CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Bob HallCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Adam HinojosaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
KingCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Tan ParkerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Angela PaxtonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Charles SchwertnerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
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. Reported engrossed
  2. Record vote
  3. Passed
  4. Read 3rd time
  5. Record vote
  6. Three day rule suspended
  7. Record vote
  8. Passed to engrossment as amended
  9. Vote recorded in Journal
  10. Amended
  11. Amendment(s) offered
  12. Read 2nd time

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

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