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TX HB 5534

enacted

Relating to the electronic posting of notices and agendas for meetings of the commissioners court of a county.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 5534 pass?

Yes. TX HB 5534 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 5534 about?

TX HB 5534 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the electronic posting of notices and agendas for meetings of the commissioners court of a county.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 5534?

Wilson, Leo Wilson, Schwertner are the primary sponsors of TX HB 5534.

Introduced
2025-04-07
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wilsonprimary
  • Leo Wilsonprimary
  • Schwertnerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-14

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-04-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-04-07

    Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-14

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  5. 2025-04-14

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  6. 2025-04-14

    Committee substitute considered in s/c

    substitution

  7. 2025-04-14

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  8. 2025-04-14

    Left pending in subcommittee

  9. 2025-04-28

    Recalled from subcommittee

  10. 2025-04-28

    Considered in formal meeting

  11. 2025-04-28

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  12. 2025-04-28

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-05-07

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  14. 2025-05-08

    Committee report distributed

  15. 2025-05-08

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  16. 2025-05-09

    Considered in Calendars

  17. 2025-05-11

    Placed on General State Calendar

  18. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2025-05-14

    Passed to engrossment

  20. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  23. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  24. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  25. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  26. 2025-05-15

    Reported engrossed

  27. 2025-05-15

    Received from the House

    introduction

  28. 2025-05-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  29. 2025-05-16

    Referred to Local Government

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-05-19

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  31. 2025-05-19

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-05-19

    Vote taken in committee

  33. 2025-05-20

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-05-20

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  35. 2025-05-20

    Committee report printed and distributed

  36. 2025-05-22

    Placed on intent calendar

  37. 2025-05-22

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  38. 2025-05-22

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  39. 2025-05-22

    Vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-22

    Three day rule suspended

  41. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-22

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  43. 2025-05-22

    Passed

    passage

  44. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-22

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  46. 2025-05-23

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  47. 2025-05-24

    Signed in the House

    passage

  48. 2025-05-25

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  49. 2025-05-26

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  50. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  51. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 139-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: 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 Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Olcott: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Craddick: absent
    • Curry: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 141-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • 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
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: 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
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Collier: absent
    • Hayes: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • C: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 5534 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-22 · pass · 31-0

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05500_HB05599/HB 5534.xml

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