republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-140.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain definitions relating to the regulation of and private rights of action arising from certain solicitation-related communications."
description: "Relating to certain definitions relating to the regulation of and private rights of action arising from certain solicitation-related communications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Texas SB 140 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "TELEPHONES & TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES (S5657)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchía", "Button", "Hall", "Spiller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/490f6b63-6f79-4149-b01f-dab8bb8cce56"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 140.xml"
source_hash: "88b96639d256d0be93ffa4c030b1a3e0f05486fc7308529994c931773e2a9e2e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 140 (89R) — Relating to certain definitions relating to the regulation of and private rights of action arising from certain solicitation-related communications.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00140I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00140E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00140H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00140S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00140F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 140 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anchía — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-02-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-18** Left pending in committee
- **2025-02-20** Co-author authorized
- **2025-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-11** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-11** Record vote
- **2025-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Record vote
- **2025-03-11** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-27** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/490f6b63-6f79-4149-b01f-dab8bb8cce56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).