Texas House · Second Called Session, 2025

SB 8: Designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action

Second Reading · Aug. 28, 2025 · Yeas 86, nays 43 · Party-line vote

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 2 · Nay 43 · Not voting 17
Republicans
Yea 84 · Nay 0 · Not voting 3

Republican Caucus Chair Tom Oliverson voted yea.

Bill

Bill
SB 8
Motion
Second Reading
Date
Aug. 28, 2025
Session
Second Called Session, 2025
Yeas–nays
Yeas 86, nays 43; 20 didn't vote (13 excused, 0 abstained)

Official record: the Journal for that day ↗
The bill on Texas Legislature Online ↗

The chamber on this vote

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How each member voted

Yea (86)

Nay (43)

Excused (13)

Not voting (7)