SB 2 OK Passed Legislature
Wind energy; providing setback requirements for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters; zoning; construction; exemptions; database.
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Sponsors (2)
- Paxton Republican · primary
- Caldwell (Trey) Republican · primary
Action history (47)
- Feb 3, 2025 First Reading · upper
- Feb 3, 2025 Authored by Senator Green · upper
- Feb 3, 2025 Coauthored by Senator Thompson · upper
- Feb 3, 2025 Coauthored by Senator Seifried · upper
- Feb 3, 2025 Coauthored by Representative Pfeiffer (principal House author) · upper
- Feb 4, 2025 Second Reading referred to Energy · upper
- Feb 13, 2025 Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed · upper
- Feb 19, 2025 Placed on General Order · upper
- Mar 27, 2025 General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute · upper
- Mar 27, 2025 Emergency removed · upper
- Mar 27, 2025 Measure passed: Ayes: 28 Nays: 19 · upper
- Mar 27, 2025 Referred for engrossment · upper
- Mar 31, 2025 Engrossed to House · upper
- Mar 31, 2025 First Reading · lower
- Apr 1, 2025 Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight · lower
- Apr 1, 2025 Referred to Energy · lower
- Apr 9, 2025 Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Energy · lower
- Apr 23, 2025 CR; Do Pass, as amended, Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee · lower
- Apr 23, 2025 Title stricken · lower
- May 1, 2025 Remove Representative Pfeiffer as principal House author and substitute with Representative Caldwell (Trey) · lower
- May 6, 2025 General Order · lower
- May 6, 2025 Amended by floor substitute · lower
- May 6, 2025 Title restored · lower
- May 6, 2025 Third Reading, Measure failed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 49 · lower
- May 6, 2025 Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Caldwell (Trey) · lower
- May 7, 2025 Motion to reconsider adopted: Ayes: 61 Nays: 29 · lower
- May 7, 2025 Returned to General Order · lower
- May 7, 2025 Amended · lower
- May 7, 2025 Title stricken · lower
- May 7, 2025 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 54 Nays: 39 · lower
- May 7, 2025 Referred for engrossment · lower
- May 8, 2025 Engrossed, signed, to Senate · lower
- May 8, 2025 HAs read · upper
- Feb 5, 2026 Remove as author Senator Green; authored by Senator Paxton · upper
- Apr 27, 2026 HAs rejected, conference requested · upper
- Apr 27, 2026 SCs named Paxton, Daniels, Rosino, Rader, Jech, Kirt · upper
- May 4, 2026 Conference granted, naming Special Conference Committee on SB 2 · lower
- May 5, 2026 CCR read · upper
- May 5, 2026 CCR rejected, further conference requested, same conferees · upper
- May 6, 2026 Coauthored by Representative Marti · upper
- May 6, 2026 2 CCR read · upper
- May 6, 2026 Title restored · upper
- May 14, 2026 2 CCR adopted · upper
- May 14, 2026 Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 31 Nays: 16 · upper
- May 14, 2026 2 CCR submitted · lower
- May 14, 2026 2 CCR adopted · lower
- May 14, 2026 Fourth Reading, Measure failed: Ayes: 20 Nays: 67 · lower
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