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HB2857 • 2025

Relating to purchase or other acquisition of personal property by a political subdivision.

Relating to purchase or other acquisition of personal property by a political subdivision.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Tepper
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to purchase or other acquisition of personal property by a political subdivision.

Relating to purchase or other acquisition of personal property by a political subdivision.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to purchase or other acquisition of personal property by a political subdivision.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  3. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  4. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  5. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  6. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  7. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  8. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  9. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  11. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  12. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  13. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs

  14. 2025-02-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to purchase or other acquisition of personal property by a political subdivision.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2857 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R10770 MP-D

By: Tepper

H.B. No. 2857

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to purchase or other acquisition of personal property by a

political subdivision.

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

SECTION 1. Section 271.003(8), Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(8) "Personal property" includes appliances,

equipment, facilities, and furnishings, or an interest in personal

property, whether movable or fixed, considered by the governing

body of the governmental agency to be necessary, useful, or

appropriate to one or more purposes of the governmental agency. The

term includes all materials
, consultation, assistance,
and labor

incident to the installation
or use
of that personal property. The

term includes electricity and cloud computing services. The term

does not include real property.

SECTION 2. Section 271.005(b), Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(b) The governing body of a governmental agency may contract

under this section for materials
, consultation, assistance,
and

labor incident to the installation
or use
of personal property.

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