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HB1851 • 2025

Relating to the disposition of certain surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment by the Texas Facilities Commission to certain school districts.

Relating to the disposition of certain surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment by the Texas Facilities Commission to certain school districts.

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Morales, Eddie | Guillen | Holt | González, Mary | Louderback
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

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Relating to the disposition of certain surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment by the Texas Facilities Commission to certain school districts.

Relating to the disposition of certain surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment by the Texas Facilities Commission to certain school districts.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the disposition of certain surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment by the Texas Facilities Commission to certain school districts.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  7. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  8. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  9. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  10. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  11. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  13. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  15. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  17. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  18. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  20. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  21. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  22. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  24. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  25. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Economic Development

  26. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  27. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  28. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  29. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#584

  30. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  31. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  33. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  34. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-E. Morales

  35. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#543

  36. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  38. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#544

  39. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  41. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  42. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  43. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  44. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  45. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  46. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  47. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  48. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  49. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  50. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  51. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency

  52. 2025-01-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the disposition of certain surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment by the Texas Facilities Commission to certain school districts.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 1851 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 1851

AN ACT

relating to the disposition of certain surplus motor vehicles and

other law enforcement equipment by the Texas Facilities Commission

to certain school districts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2175.308, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 2175.308. EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OF DEPARTMENT

OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision

of this chapter, if the commission determines that this state's

efforts to secure this state's international border and combat

transnational crime will sufficiently benefit from the donation of

the surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment of

the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to a municipal

or county law enforcement agency
, or to a school district, located

in an economically disadvantaged area of this state, the commission

may transfer the property to the agency
or district
at a price or

for other consideration agreed to by the commission and the agency

or district
.

(b) A law enforcement agency
or school district
that

receives surplus property under Subsection (a) may not sell the

property before the second anniversary of the date the property is

received.

(c)

A school district that receives surplus property under

Subsection (a) may not use the property for a purpose other than in

the performance of law enforcement duties by peace officers, school

resource officers, or security personnel as described by Section

37.081, Education Code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1851 was passed by the House on April

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 105, Nays 11, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1851 was passed by the Senate on May

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor