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HB5509 • 2025

Relating to the suspension or revocation of a hotel's certificate of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human trafficking.

Relating to the suspension or revocation of a hotel's certificate of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human trafficking.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Bumgarner | Rosenthal | Leo Wilson | Thompson | Isaac
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 suspension or revocation of a hotel's certificate of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human trafficking.

Relating to the suspension or revocation of a hotel's certificate of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human trafficking.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the suspension or revocation of a hotel's certificate of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human trafficking.

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. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  7. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#4068

  8. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  11. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  12. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage as amended reported

  13. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments distributed

  14. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  15. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  16. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  17. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  18. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  19. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  21. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  23. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  24. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  25. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  26. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  29. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  30. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  31. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  32. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  34. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  35. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Local Government

  36. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  37. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Bumgarner

  38. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed as amended

  39. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2905

  40. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  42. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  43. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2802

  44. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  46. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  47. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  48. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  49. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  50. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  51. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  52. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  53. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  54. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  55. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  56. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  57. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  58. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  59. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs

  60. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the suspension or revocation of a hotel's certificate of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human trafficking.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 5509 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 5509

AN ACT

relating to the suspension or revocation of a hotel's certificate

of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human trafficking.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 215, Local Government

Code, is amended by adding Section 215.007 to read as follows:

Sec.

215.007.

SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF HOTEL CERTIFICATE

OF OCCUPANCY. (a) In this section:

(1)

"Hotel" has the meaning assigned by Section

156.001, Tax Code.

(2)

"Human trafficking activity" means conduct that

constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 or 20A.03, Penal Code.

(b)

The governing body of a municipality may suspend or

revoke a certificate of occupancy for a hotel located in the

municipality if:

(1)

a law enforcement officer provides an affidavit of

probable cause swearing that criminal human trafficking activity is

occurring in the hotel;

(2)

a court with criminal jurisdiction in the county

in which the hotel is located issues an order stating the court's

finding of probable cause that human trafficking activity is

occurring at the hotel; and

(3)

the municipality follows the procedures described

by Subsection (d) before suspending or revoking the certificate of

occupancy.

(c)

This section does not limit a hotel owner's or

operator's right to a public hearing and to present evidence at a

proceeding regarding the suspension or revocation of a certificate

of occupancy.

(d)

A municipality that seeks to suspend or revoke a

certificate of occupancy for a hotel under this section shall

follow procedures that are consistent with the suspension or

revocation of a certificate of occupancy for any other type of

business or use of land within the municipality.

(e)

This section may not be construed to create a private

cause of action.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5509 was passed by the House on May

16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.

No. 5509 on May 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 120, Nays 16,

2 present, not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5509 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays

0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

__________________

Governor