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HB2510 • 2025

Relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of certain services to assisted living facility residents without a license; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of certain services to assisted living facility residents without a license; creating a criminal offense.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Turner | Rose | Hull | Tinderholt | Collier
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of certain services to assisted living facility residents without a license; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of certain services to assisted living facility residents without a license; creating a criminal offense.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of certain services to assisted living facility residents without a license; creating a criminal offense.

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. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  7. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  8. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  9. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  11. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  13. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  14. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  16. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  17. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  18. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  19. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  21. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  22. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  23. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  25. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  26. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  27. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  28. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  29. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  30. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1433

  31. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  34. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  35. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  36. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  37. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  38. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  39. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  40. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  41. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  42. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  43. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  44. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  45. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  46. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  47. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  48. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Human Services

  49. 2025-02-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of certain services to assisted living facility residents without a license; creating a criminal offense.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2510 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 2510

AN ACT

relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of

certain services to assisted living facility residents without a

license; creating a criminal offense.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 142, Health and Safety

Code, is amended by adding Section 142.00605 to read as follows:

Sec.

142.00605.

PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES PROVIDED

WITHOUT LICENSE TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

(a)

A

person commits an offense if the person:

(1)

is required to hold a license under this chapter;

and

(2)

provides without holding the required license

personal assistance services to a resident of an assisted living

facility, as defined by Section 247.002.

(b)

An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,

except the offense is a felony of the third degree if the person has

been previously convicted of an offense under this section.

SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 247, Health and Safety

Code, is amended by adding Section 247.0441 to read as follows:

Sec.

247.0441.

LICENSE REQUIRED; CRIMINAL PENALTY.

(a)

A

person commits an offense if the person operates an assisted living

facility without holding a license issued under this chapter.

(b)

An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,

except the offense is a felony of the third degree if the person has

been previously convicted of an offense under this section.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2510 was passed by the House on May 6,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 20, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2510 was passed by the Senate on May

20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor