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HB3490 • 2025

Relating to the authority of the governing board of certain state agencies to conduct a closed meeting with the agency's internal auditor to deliberate or receive information about certain internal audit matters.

Relating to the authority of the governing board of certain state agencies to conduct a closed meeting with the agency's internal auditor to deliberate or receive information about certain internal audit matters.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
DeAyala
Last action
2025-05-16
Official status
05/16/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Effective date
Not listed

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 authority of the governing board of certain state agencies to conduct a closed meeting with the agency's internal auditor to deliberate or receive information about certain internal audit matters.

Relating to the authority of the governing board of certain state agencies to conduct a closed meeting with the agency's internal auditor to deliberate or receive information about certain internal audit matters.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the authority of the governing board of certain state agencies to conduct a closed meeting with the agency's internal auditor to deliberate or receive information about certain internal audit matters.

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. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Business & Commerce

  3. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  4. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  5. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1415

  6. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  7. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  8. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  9. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  10. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  11. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1385

  12. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  16. 2025-04-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  17. 2025-04-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  18. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  19. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  20. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  23. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  24. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  25. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency

  26. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the authority of the governing board of certain state agencies to conduct a closed meeting with the agency's internal auditor to deliberate or receive information about certain internal audit matters.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 3490 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R9993 BEF-D

By: DeAyala

H.B. No. 3490

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the governing board of certain state

agencies to conduct a closed meeting with the agency's internal

auditor to deliberate or receive information about certain internal

audit matters.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 551, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 551.092 to read as follows:

Sec.

551.092.

CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES: INTERNAL AUDIT

MATTERS; CLOSED MEETING.

(a)

In this section:

(1)

"Internal auditor" means the internal auditor

appointed for a state agency under Section 2102.006.

(2)

"State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section

2102.003.

(b)

This chapter does not require the governing board of a

state agency to conduct an open meeting to:

(1)

confer with or receive information from the

agency's internal auditor about a matter the internal auditor

determines would compromise the independence, effectiveness, or

confidentiality of the agency's internal audit function if

disclosed publicly; or

(2)

deliberate a matter described by Subdivision (1)

if the agency's internal auditor is present.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.