Texas legislation · 89th Legislature Regular Session
Texas HB252: Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.
Status: Signed into law, June 20, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.
From the enrolled text, May 30, 2025:
AN ACT relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 659.082, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: [ADDED: (c)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: A state agency listed in Subsection (a) may elect to pay ] [ADDED: employment compensation twice a month to an employee who holds a ] [ADDED: position classified under classification salary Schedule A in the ] [ADDED: General Appropriations Act. A state agency that elects to pay ] [ADDED: employment compensation twice a month under this subsection must ] [ADDED: satisfy the comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of ] [ADDED: compensation twice a month.] SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 252 was passed by the House on April 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 5, present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 252 on May 30, …
Sponsors
- Armando Walle (D, HD-140) · primary sponsor
- Salman Bhojani (D, HD-092)
- Pat Curry (R, HD-056)
- Rodríguez Ramos, Ana-María (D, HD-102)
- Linda Garcia (D, HD-107)
- Bryan Hughes (R, SD-001)
- David Cook (R, HD-096)
- Borris Miles (D, SD-013)
Latest actions
- : Effective immediately
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Signed in the Senate
- : Signed in the House
- : Reported enrolled
- : House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- : Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- : Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- : Record vote (RV#4071)
Votes
- Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee Vote (Out of committee): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Business & Commerce Committee Vote (Out of committee): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#4071 (May 30, 2025): 118 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#505 (April 24, 2025): 147 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#485 (April 24, 2025): 141 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#443 (April 23, 2025): 145 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Boards & Commissions, State Employees, Salaries & Expenses
Common questions
- What is HB252?
- HB252 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature Regular Session): Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.
- What does HB252 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.
- What is the status of HB252?
- Signed into law as of June 20, 2025. Latest action: Effective immediately (June 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB252?
- Armando Walle (D, HD-140), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB252?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB00252
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