Texas legislation · 89th Legislature 2nd Special Session
Texas HB253: Relating to the establishment of the Institute for Animal Health Research and Response at Texas A&M University.
Status: In committee, August 27, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to the establishment of the Institute for Animal Health Research and Response at Texas A&M University.
From the amended text, August 26, 2025:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the establishment of the Institute for Animal Health Research and Response at Texas A&M University. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 61.003(6), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (6) "Other agency of higher education" means The University of Texas System, System Administration; The University of Texas at El Paso Museum; Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; The Texas A&M University System, Administrative and General Offices; Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service; Rodent and Predatory Animal Control Service (a part of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service);[ADDED: Institute for Animal Health Research ] []Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (including the Texas A&M Transportation Institute); Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service; Texas A&M Forest Service; Texas Division of Emergency Management; Texas Tech University Museum; Texas State University System, System Administration; Sam Houston Memorial Museum; Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum; Cotton Research Committee of Texas; Texas Water Resources Institute; Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory; and any other unit, division, institution, or agency which shall be so designated by statute or which may be established to operate as a component part of any public senior college or university, or which may be so classified as …
Sponsors
- Stan Kitzman (R, HD-085) · primary sponsor
- Brad Buckley (R, HD-054)
- Ryan Guillen (R, HD-031)
Latest actions
- : Committee report sent to Calendars
- : Committee report distributed
- : Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- : Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
- : Considered in formal meeting
- : Referred to Agriculture & Livestock
- : Read first time
- : Filed
Votes
- Agriculture & Livestock Committee Vote (Out of committee): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH & RESPONSE AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (UL5FH), Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE, Animals, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Common questions
- What is HB253?
- HB253 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature 2nd Special Session): Relating to the establishment of the Institute for Animal Health Research and Response at Texas A&M University.
- What does HB253 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the establishment of the Institute for Animal Health Research and Response at Texas A&M University.
- What is the status of HB253?
- In committee as of August 27, 2025. Latest action: Committee report sent to Calendars (August 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB253?
- Stan Kitzman (R, HD-085), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB253?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB00253
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