Bill Text: TX HB1250 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Related to making the Texas Insurance Commissioner an elected office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB1250 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1250-Introduced.html

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By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 1250

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
related to making the Texas Insurance Commissioner an elected
office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sec. Sec. 31.022. of the Texas Insurance Code is
amended as follows:
APPOINTMENT; TERM. (a) The commissioner is elected for a
term of four years.The governor, with the advice and consent of
the senate, shall appoint the commissioner. The commissioner
serves a four-year term that coincides with the Gubernatorial
election.
(b) The governor shall appoint the commissioner without
regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or
national origin of the appointee.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.