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HB849 • 2025

Relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to hold a meeting by videoconference call.

Relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to hold a meeting by videoconference call.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Vasut
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
05/05/2025 S Received from the House
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 a county board of park commissioners to hold a meeting by videoconference call.

Relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to hold a meeting by videoconference call.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to hold a meeting by videoconference call.

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. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  2. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  3. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  4. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1134

  5. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  6. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  7. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  8. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  9. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  10. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1093

  11. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  14. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  15. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  16. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  17. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  18. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  19. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  20. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  21. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  22. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  23. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  24. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker

  25. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to hold a meeting by videoconference call.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 849 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R2738 TJB-D

By: Vasut

H.B. No. 849

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to

hold a meeting by videoconference call.

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

SECTION 1. Section 551.127(c), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(c)
This subsection applies only to a
[
A
] meeting of a state

governmental body
,
[
or
] a governmental body that extends into three

or more counties
, or a county board of park commissioners. A

meeting
may be held by videoconference call only if the member of

the governmental body presiding over the meeting is physically

present at one location of the meeting that is open to the public

during the open portions of the meeting.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. 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.