HB561 • 2025

Relating to the eligibility of certain local governmental entities affected by the realignment of defense worker jobs or facilities to receive grants.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Lopez, Ray
Last action: 2025-05-22
Official status: 05/22/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to the eligibility of certain local governmental entities affected by the realignment of defense worker jobs or facilities to receive grants.

What This Bill Does

Relating to the eligibility of certain local governmental entities affected by the realignment of defense worker jobs or facilities to receive grants.

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Bill History

2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Economic Development
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#1780
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the House
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#1665
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online
Recalled from subcommittee
2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online
Considered by s/c in public hearing
2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in subcommittee
2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker
2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the eligibility of certain local governmental entities affected by the realignment of defense worker jobs or facilities to receive grants.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 561 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R2419 LRM-F

By: Lopez of Bexar, et al.

H.B. No. 561

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of certain local governmental entities

affected by the realignment of defense worker jobs or facilities to

receive grants.

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

SECTION 1. Section 436.201(a), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a) The following local governmental entities are eligible

for a grant under this subchapter:

(1) a municipality or county that is a defense

community;

(2) a regional planning commission that has a defense

community within its boundaries;

(3) a public junior college district that is wholly or

partly located in a defense community;

(4) a campus or education extension center of the

Texas State Technical College System that is located in a defense

community;

(5) a defense base development authority created under

Chapter 379B, Local Government Code; [
and
]

(6) a political subdivision that has the power of a

defense base development authority created under Chapter 379B,

Local Government Code
; and

(7)

a municipally owned utility that acts as a retail

public utility, as those terms are defined by Section 13.002, Water

Code, in a defense community
.

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