HB 2512 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the release of certain areas from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.

HB 2512 clarifies which land areas automatically fall outside a Texas municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction (control over land outside city limits) without requiring a petition or election. It exempts eight specific categories of land, including areas within 5 miles of military bases, certain newly annexed zones with significant population growth, industrial districts, and small residential lots under defined conditions. This primarily affects landowners and developers in those designated zones by removing municipal jurisdiction over their properties. The bill defines these exemptions to streamline land use decisions without requiring formal release processes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

Engrossed Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 1, 2025
MINOR
This bill was finalized in its enrolled version with minor formatting cleanup and the addition of a digital accessibility notice. The substantive policy content regarding extraterritorial jurisdiction release remains unchanged from the engrossed version, with no new provisions, thresholds, or requirements added.
Scope change
No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability to extraterritorial jurisdiction release remains the same
TECHNICAL

Added digital accessibility notice about WCAG 2.1 compliance to the bill text

Removed page numbers and internal markup annotations (e.g., '1[...]1') from the enrolled version

Cleaned up inconsistent spacing and line breaks in the bill text

Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2025 · House May 16, 2025

How they voted

264
Passed
Total votes 30
May 27, 2025
D Democratic10
10 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
16 Yea 4 Nay
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
62
Key actions
19
Committee
12
Amendments
12
Jun 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 29, 2025
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
upper
May 29, 2025
Introduced
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
lower
May 29, 2025
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
lower
May 28, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 28, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
upper
May 27, 2025
Amended
Amendment withdrawn
upper
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
May 27, 2025
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Local Government
upper
May 19, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 19, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Land & Resource Management
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Charlie Geren
Charlie Geren
RRepublican
TX
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