Texas - Session 892
Title: Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a member is absent from a legislative session; authorizing a civil penalty.
Under the Texas Constitution, each chamber of the legislature has authority to compel the attendance of absent members to secure a quorum, including the authority to compel attendance under penalties that comply with constitutional procedural due process requirements. In prior sessions, including the First Called Session of the 89th Legislature, some legislators have left the state to intentionally break quorum and prevent legislative business from proceeding. The house's civil warrants of arrest for absent members issued under Rule 5, Section 8 of the House Rules Manual cannot be served out-of-state. Recent news reports have suggested that political contributions, including expenditures for in-kind contributions such as lodging, have subsidized members' efforts to break quorum, and those contributions and expenditures may have helped mitigate
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-21 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Status | introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Latest Action | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 4, 2025 |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SR 78 | Recognizing Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of its 125th anniversary. | enacted |
| HB 309 | Relating to the creation of the Texas Hemp Council; regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and hemp beverages and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing civil penalties; imposing taxes. | introduced |
| HR 99 | Congratulating Tina Cannon on her retirement as president and CEO of the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce. | in_committee |
| HB 304 | Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert. | introduced |
| HB 306 | Relating to the residential and commercial building codes of municipalities. | introduced |
| SB 2 | Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. | introduced |
| HB 2 | Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, including required training for justices of the peace and responding to mass fatality events; requiring a license; authorizing fees. | introduced |
| HB 270 | Relating to the revocation of certain licenses of persons found to have engaged in price gouging during a declared disaster. | introduced |