HB 406 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to notification of the execution of certain local economic development agreements by a municipality or county to local workforce development boards.

HB 406 requires Texas municipalities and counties to notify local workforce development boards within 14 days when entering, amending, or renewing certain economic development agreements. The notice must include specific details outlined in state law (Government Code § 403.0246(c)). This applies only to agreements executed on or after September 1, 2025, and directly affects local governments and workforce boards in the relevant service areas. The bill establishes a procedural requirement for transparency between economic development agreements and workforce planning entities.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025
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Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 30, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up to remove extraneous metadata, page numbers, and formatting artifacts from the original introduction. The substantive legislative content regarding notification requirements for workforce development agreements remains unchanged.
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Removed metadata headers, page numbers, and formatting artifacts that were present in the introduced version but not needed in the final engrossed version.

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Floor votes · House Apr 29, 2025

How they voted

11034
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 145
Apr 29, 2025
D Democratic59
56 Yea 2 Nay 1
94% Yea
R Republican86
54 Yea 32 Nay
62% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 30, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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