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TexasHB 311489th Legislature Regular SessionHouse

Relating to the view of the State Capitol.

Sponsored By: Creighton, Charlie Geren

Signed by Governor

Education--Higher--AthleticsHighwaysSTATE CAPITOL BUILDING & GROUNDSUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Higher stadium limit and Austin project exemptions

Beginning September 1, 2025, specified Austin projects are exempt from the Capitol view chapter, with some height limits. At the University of Texas at Austin, Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium construction, renovation, equipment, and related improvements are exempt. The stadium height limit rises from 666 to 670 feet above mean sea level; north-end work has no such limit. Work on 11th Street under the East 11th and 12th Streets Redevelopment Program is exempt, but improvements cannot exceed 600 feet above mean sea level. Robert Mueller Municipal Airport redevelopment under Austin’s adopted redevelopment and reuse plan is exempt, with no height cap specified.

Austin Capitol view protections shift locations

Beginning September 1, 2025, the law changes where Texas Capitol view rules apply to construction and improvements. It adds two northbound Interstate Highway 35 corridors: Third Street to Waller Creek Plaza, and Waller Creek Plaza to the Municipal Police and Court Building. It also adds the East Seventh Street Bridge over the Texas-New Orleans Railroad and the Longhorn Shores corridors. It removes the southbound Interstate Highway 35 Upper Deck corridor between Concordia College and the Martin Luther King Boulevard Overpass.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Creighton

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Charlie Geren

    House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 286 • No: 28

Senate vote • 5/25/2025

Record vote

Yes: 0 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/25/2025

Record vote

Yes: 0 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2025

Record vote

Yes: 128 • No: 16

House vote • 4/22/2025

Record vote

Yes: 134 • No: 12

House vote • Unknown

Committee vote: State Affairs

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Senate vote • Unknown

Committee vote: Education K-16

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective on 9/1/25

    6/20/2025House

  2. Signed by the Governor

    6/20/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor

    5/28/2025House

  4. Signed in the Senate

    5/27/2025Senate

  5. Signed in the House

    5/27/2025House

  6. Reported enrolled

    5/26/2025House

  7. Senate passage reported

    5/25/2025House

  8. Record vote

    5/25/2025Senate

  9. Passed

    5/25/2025Senate

  10. Read 3rd time

    5/25/2025Senate

  11. Record vote

    5/25/2025Senate

  12. Three day rule suspended

    5/25/2025Senate

  13. Vote recorded in Journal

    5/25/2025Senate

  14. Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    5/25/2025Senate

  15. Laid before the Senate

    5/25/2025Senate

  16. Placed on local & uncontested calendar

    5/25/2025Senate

  17. Committee report printed and distributed

    5/16/2025Senate

  18. Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

    5/16/2025Senate

  19. Reported favorably w/o amendments

    5/16/2025Senate

  20. Vote taken in committee

    5/13/2025Senate

  21. Considered in public hearing

    5/13/2025Senate

  22. Left pending in committee

    5/8/2025Senate

  23. Considered in public hearing

    5/8/2025Senate

  24. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

    5/8/2025Senate

  25. Referred to Education K-16

    4/24/2025Senate

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