HB 500 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.

HB 500 reassigns existing state funds to specific programs without creating new revenue. It directs $40.4 million to crime victim compensation, $104.5 million to preserve historic state buildings (transferring from prior museum funds), $300 million for space research, and $100 million for courthouse preservation grants through the Texas Historical Commission. These funds come from unspent balances in existing appropriations, not new taxes or spending. The bill affects state agencies managing these programs and directly supports crime victims, historic preservation, and state infrastructure.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 14, 2025 Signed Jun 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 4 edits · Jun 22, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was completely rewritten from an introduced version to an enrolled version, changing the primary focus from a broad supplemental appropriations act to a specific bill addressing the Employees Retirement System legacy payments and various state agency appropriations. The text was reformatted for final passage, removing original line numbers and adding standard enrolled bill language.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed from a general appropriations bill to a specific version focused on legacy retirement payments and targeted agency funding, with the original broad title and introductory text removed.

FISCAL

The Employees Retirement System legacy payment was reduced from $1,000,000,000 to $915,960,000 from the general revenue fund, with an additional $104,040,000 from the state highway fund.

The Texas Facilities Commission State Insurance Building appropriation was reduced from $145,377,607 to $121,000,000.

New appropriations were added for Comptroller facilities ($429,106), Department of Information Resources security centers ($10,000,000), and various Governor's Trusteed Programs totaling over $500,000,000.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a draft version with line numbers and amendment markers to a clean enrolled version with proper section numbering and formatting.

Floor votes · House Apr 10, 2025

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 22, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor/line item veto

executive

Jun 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed in the House

lower

May 30, 2025

Introduced

House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

upper

May 30, 2025

Introduced

Text of Senate Amendment(s)

lower

May 30, 2025

Introduced

House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

lower

May 29, 2025

Introduced

Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

lower

May 29, 2025

Introduced

Senate Amendments distributed

lower

May 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate passage as amended reported

lower

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed as amended

upper

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Amended

upper

May 27, 2025

Introduced

Amendment(s) offered

upper

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

May 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

May 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Testimony taken in committee

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to Finance

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

Apr 15, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment as amended

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Introduced

Motion to adopt amendments on Speaker's desk

lower

Apr 10, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (121-21-3)

house

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Calendars Committee rule adopted

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Appropriations

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

2 primary · 2 co-sponsors