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THE 89TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE
View the APATX Advocacy Committee Legislative Bill Tracker
Bills scheduled for Committees (with dates)
DEVELOPMENT CHARACTER
HB 2013 Bell, Cecil
Relating to the authority of certain property owners' associations to prohibit or restrict the keeping of chickens. Scheduled for House Agriculture on Tuesday 4/8. No Action needed.
SB 1855 Perry
Relating to requirements that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply. Scheduled for Senate Water & Ag on Monday 4/7. Support.
SB 844 Hughes
Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary. Scheduled for Senate Local Government on Monday 4/7. Oppose. View CSSB 844
HOUSING
SB 2260 Cook
Relating to reports on information regarding certain multifamily residential developments to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Scheduled for Senate Local Government on Monday 4/7. Support.
ENVIRONMENT
HB 4230 Metcalf | et al.
Relating to the establishment of a hike and bike trail to be known as the Bicentennial Trail. Scheduled for Culture, Recreation & Tourism on Tuesday 4/8Support.
SB 1967 Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al.
Relating to the projects eligible for financial assistance from the flood infrastructure fund. Scheduled for Senate Water & Ag on Monday 4/7.
TRANSPORTATION
SB 2129 Johnson
Relating to the operation of vehicles at railroad grade crossings; increasing a criminal penalty. Scheduled for Senate Transportation on 4/9. Support.
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The APATX Advocacy Committee is monitoring and evaluating the 2025 89R legislative session with the help of more than 75 APATX members, representing both cities, counties, elected and appointed officials as well as private interests such as consulting firms and developers. The Committee is monitoring almost 200 bills and fully expects the final number to be over 250 bills that have been determined will affect Planning and Development in Texas. The bills are analyzed in the Advocacy Committee Legislative AirTable and are divided into categories by the six Advocacy subcommittees monitoring the legislation. Those 6 subcommittees are Annexation and ETJ, Development Character (Zoning, Platting, Building Codes, etc.), Economic Development/Redevelopment, Environment, Housing, and Transportation. Above is a link to the AirTable containing those bills and by using the search function, a bill can be easily found, with the subcommittee summary of the bill and their level of concern. There is also a link to the actual introduced bill itself, which makes it simple to look up a bill. Feel free to let us know of a bill that is not listed and should be of concern. Also, if you are aware of additional information that would be of interest to the APATX, please let us know. Finally, if you think the APATX Advocacy Committee should have a different opinion, please let us know your reasoning and we will take it into consideration. Even amongst our members there is not unanimity of opinions on certain topics which makes it difficult to develop our position.
The APATX Advocacy email is: advocate@apatexas.org
Feel free to send any comments or suggestions about legislative efforts to this email.
Below are legislative bill alerts in chronological order (most recent alert first) of bills that the Advocacy Committee feels the membership should be aware of and look into, along with a position statement on the bill and whether testimony, letters of support/opposition or emails are needed. House or Senate Committee alerts will also include links to the Committee members so APATX members can determine where they can be most effective.
Handy Links:
- Texas Legislature online - https://capitol.texas.gov/ (Has all links)2. Bill Lookup by number- https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/BillNumber.aspx3. House Committees with links to member information - https://capitol.texas.gov/Committees/CommitteesMbrs.aspx?Chamber=H4. Senate Committees with links to member information – https://capitol.texas.gov/Committees/CommitteesMbrs.aspx?Chamber=S5. Committee meeting calendars and agendas - https://capitol.texas.gov/MnuCommittees.aspx6. House and Senate calendars - https://capitol.texas.gov/MnuCalendars.aspx