Relating to the authority of a county to cancel subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
HB 954 clarifies when counties can cancel subdivisions in areas outside city limits but within a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). It modifies a local government code section to specify that county authority over subdivisions applies only to property outside cities and outside ETJ areas not covered by specific agreements between cities and counties (under Sections 242.001(d)(2) or (d)(3)). This directly affects counties and municipalities in ETJ areas where such agreements exist. The bill does not create new policy but refines existing legal boundaries for subdivision approvals.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 6, 2025
Last action May 12, 2025
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Floor votes · House May 9, 2025
How they voted
134–1
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 144
May 9, 2025
D
Democratic59
94% Yea
R
Republican85
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
7
May 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Local Government
upper
May 12, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 12, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Land & Resource Management
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Spiller
RRepublican
P
Janis Holt
RRepublican
Co
Carrie Isaac
RRepublican
Co
Helen Kerwin
RRepublican
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