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HB4163 • 2025

Relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental requirements on an agricultural operation.

Relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental requirements on an agricultural operation.

Agriculture
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Guillen | Cain
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 authority of a city to impose certain governmental requirements on an agricultural operation.

Relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental requirements on an agricultural operation.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental requirements on an agricultural operation.

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. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  4. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  5. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  6. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  8. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  9. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  10. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  12. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  14. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  16. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  17. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  19. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  20. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  21. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  22. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  23. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  24. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  25. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  26. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  27. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

  28. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  29. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  30. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1057

  31. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  34. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  35. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  36. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  37. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#921

  38. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  40. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Withdrawn from calendar (contested)

  41. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

  42. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  43. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  44. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  45. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  46. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  47. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  48. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  49. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  50. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  51. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  52. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

  53. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  54. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  55. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  56. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  57. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  58. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  59. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  60. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Agriculture & Livestock

  61. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental requirements on an agricultural operation.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 4163 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 4163

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental

requirements on an agricultural operation.

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

SECTION 1. Section 251.0055(c), Agriculture Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(c) A city may not impose a governmental requirement that

directly or indirectly:

(1) prohibits the use of a generally accepted

agricultural practice listed in the manual prepared under Section

251.007, except as provided by Subsections (a) and (b);

(2) prohibits or restricts the growing or harvesting

of vegetation for animal feed, livestock forage, or forage for

wildlife management, except as provided by Subsection (d);

(3) prohibits the use of pesticides or other measures

to control vermin or disease-bearing insects to the extent

necessary to prevent an infestation; [
or
]

(4) requires an agricultural operation be designated

for:

(A) agricultural use under Section 1-d, Article

VIII, Texas Constitution; or

(B) farm, ranch, wildlife management, or timber

production use under Section 1-d-1, Article VIII, Texas

Constitution
; or

(5)

requires the owner or lessee of an agricultural

operation to mow, bale, shred, or hoe material on the right-of-way

of a public road that is adjacent to the agricultural operation
.

SECTION 2. Section 251.0055, Agriculture Code, as amended

by this Act, applies to a governmental requirement adopted before,

on, or after the effective date of this Act.

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

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4163 was passed by the House on April

30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 18, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4163 was passed by the Senate on May

21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor