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HB 2546 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to vehicles eligible for replacement under the clean school bus program.

HB 2546 updates eligibility for Texas school buses under the Clean School Bus Program. It changes the cutoff year for buses eligible for replacement from "pre-2007" to "pre-2011" model year (meaning buses from 2010 or earlier). The bill also requires replacement buses to be current model year or the previous year at application time. School districts applying for grants would be directly affected by these updated criteria. The changes take effect September 1, 2025.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill expands eligibility for school bus replacements (to 2010 model year), improving school infrastructure access under Clean School Bus Program.90% confidence ✓ EnergySupports EnergyUpdates Clean School Bus Program eligibility to include pre-2011 buses, promoting replacement with cleaner vehicles and reducing emissions from diesel school buses.95% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentUpdates Clean School Bus eligibility to replace older diesel buses (pre-2011) with current-model clean buses, reducing emissions per program's environmental focus.95% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationUpdates school bus eligibility to promote cleaner vehicles (pre-2011 models), advancing sustainable transportation infrastructure and reducing emissions per Clean School Bus Program goals.92% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action Apr 29, 2025
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Introduced → Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 25, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up, removing extraneous metadata and standardizing the layout. The substantive policy content regarding clean school bus replacement program eligibility criteria and effective dates remains unchanged.
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No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and presentation were modified.
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Removed metadata headers and footers including bill numbers, amendment codes, and page numbers that were mixed with the actual text.

Standardized line breaks and spacing throughout the document for cleaner formatting.

Corrected inconsistent capitalization and spacing in section headers and text.

Floor votes · House Apr 24, 2025

How they voted

119–21
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 145
Apr 24, 2025
D Democratic59
57 Yea 1 Nay 1
96% Yea
R Republican86
62 Yea 20 Nay 4
72% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Business & Commerce
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Environmental Regulation
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Carl Tepper
Carl Tepper
RRepublican
TX
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