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HB2564 • 2025

Relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant applications.

Relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant applications.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Wilson
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 the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant applications.

Relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant applications.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant applications.

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. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  5. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  8. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  9. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  10. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  11. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  15. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  16. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  18. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  19. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  20. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  21. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  22. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  23. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  25. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  26. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  27. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Economic Development

  28. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  29. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  30. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1766

  31. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  33. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  34. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Wilson

  35. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  36. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1652

  37. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  39. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  40. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  41. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  42. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  43. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  44. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  45. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  46. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  47. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

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

  48. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  49. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  50. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  51. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  52. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker

  53. 2025-02-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant applications.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2564 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 2564

AN ACT

relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment

Assistance Grant applications.

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

SECTION 1. Section 436.205, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 436.205. [
PANEL:
] EVALUATION OF APPLICATION. [
(a)

The commission shall establish a defense economic adjustment

assistance panel composed of at least three and not more than five

professional full-time employees of the office of the governor

appointed by the director of the commission.

[
(b)
] The
commission
[
panel
] shall evaluate each grant

application and assign the applicant a score based on:

(1) the significance of the adverse or positive effect

within the local governmental entity; and

(2) any other criteria established by the commission.

SECTION 2. Section 436.206, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 436.206. MAKING OF GRANT. [
The panel shall submit its

scores to the commission.
] The commission shall use the scores

assigned under Section 436.205
to determine whether to make a grant

to an applicant. The commission may not make a grant unless the

legislature has appropriated the money for the grant.

SECTION 3. Section 436.001(6), Government Code, is

repealed.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2564 was passed by the House on May 8,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2564 was passed by the Senate on May

22, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor