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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

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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

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-23

    Left pending in committee

  2. 2025-05-23

    Testimony taken in committee

  3. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  4. 2025-05-23

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  5. 2025-05-22

    Posting rule suspended

  6. 2025-05-05

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-05-05

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  8. 2025-05-05

    Received from the House

    introduction

  9. 2025-05-02

    Reported engrossed

  10. 2025-05-02

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  11. 2025-05-02

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-02

    Passed

    passage

  13. 2025-05-02

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  14. 2025-05-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-01

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-05-01

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-05-01

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2025-05-01

    Placed on General State Calendar

  20. 2025-04-28

    Considered in Calendars

  21. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  22. 2025-04-23

    Committee report distributed

  23. 2025-04-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  24. 2025-04-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  25. 2025-04-15

    Considered in public hearing

  26. 2025-04-01

    Left pending in committee

  27. 2025-04-01

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  28. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Human Services

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  31. 2025-02-06

    Filed

    filing

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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