HB 420 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the meeting places for the board of directors of certain special districts.

This bill requires certain water districts to hold at least one in-person meeting each quarter at a location within the district or within 10 miles of its boundary. It applies only to districts in counties that border a county with 2.6 million or more residents and contain part of the Cedar Creek Reservoir. Districts may conduct other quarterly meetings via phone or video conference, but meetings discussing tax rates must be held in person. The law takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 28, 2025 Last action Apr 28, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 25, 2025

MINOR

The bill was amended to add a new section about public hearings for tax rate adoption in certain water districts, while also updating the meeting place requirements for board meetings. The changes clarify that public hearings must be held either at designated locations or via conference call, and the meeting place requirements now reference the correct chapter of the Water Code.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include requirements for public hearings on tax rate adoption in addition to meeting place requirements for board meetings.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new section requiring public hearings for tax rate adoption to be held either at designated locations or via telephone/video conference call.

Updated meeting place requirements to reference Chapter 551 of the Government Code instead of Chapter 551, and clarified that at least one board member must be physically present during open portions of meetings held via conference call.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a reference from Section 49.064 to Section 49.062 in the meeting place requirements subsection.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Apr 28, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Committee

Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

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 Natural Resources

lower

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors