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TX HB 2542

died on adjournment

Relating to the establishment of a work group to study and make recommendations on certain services needed by individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 2542 pass?

No. TX HB 2542 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-23): Left pending in committee

What is TX HB 2542 about?

TX HB 2542 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the establishment of a work group to study and make recommendations on certain services needed by individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2542?

Kitzman, Lalani, Perry are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2542, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-05-23 — Left pending in committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kitzmanprimary
  • Lalaniprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Florescosponsor
  • Morales Shawcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Human Services

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-01

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-04-01

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-15

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-04-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-04-23

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-04-28

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-05-01

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-05-01

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-01

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  16. 2025-05-01

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-05-02

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-05-02

    Passed

    passage

  21. 2025-05-02

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-02

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-05-02

    Reported engrossed

  24. 2025-05-05

    Received from the House

    introduction

  25. 2025-05-05

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  26. 2025-05-05

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-05-22

    Posting rule suspended

  28. 2025-05-23

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  29. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-05-23

    Testimony taken in committee

  31. 2025-05-23

    Left pending in committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-01 · pass · 109-32

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Luther: no
    • Money: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Moody(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Talaric: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Wall: absent
    • Capriglione: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • Y: absent
    • Low: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-02 · pass · 103-18

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Fairly: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Campos: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Collier: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • McLaughlin: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Muñoz: absent
    • Schatzline: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Cook: absent
    • Jones, J.: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Louderback: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramos: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Virdell: absent
    • Wu: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • Y: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Reynold: absent

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2542.xml

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