Bill Text: TX HB1366 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to limiting the duration of employment of certain state employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-15 - Filed [HB1366 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1366-Introduced.html

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89R3739 JCG-D
By: Tepper H.B. No. 1366

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to limiting the duration of employment of certain state
employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 651.011 to read as follows:
Sec. 651.011. LIMITATION ON EMPLOYMENT DURATION FOR CERTAIN
STATE EMPLOYEES. (a) In this section:
(1) "Faculty member" means a person who is employed by
an institution of higher education on a full-time basis as a member
of the faculty or staff and whose primary duties include teaching or
research.
(2) "State agency" means:
(A) a department, commission, board, office,
council, authority, or other agency in the executive branch of
state government that is created by the constitution or a statute of
this state, including a university system or institution of higher
education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; or
(B) either house of the legislature or a
legislative agency, council, or committee, including the
Legislative Budget Board, the Texas Legislative Council, the State
Auditor's Office, and the Legislative Reference Library.
(3) "State employee" means a person who is employed by
a state agency. The term does not include an elected official.
(b) This section does not apply to a faculty member.
(c) A person may not be employed as a state employee for one
or more periods that cumulatively exceed 24 years. The governing
body of the employing state agency shall immediately terminate the
employment of a person who becomes ineligible for employment under
this subsection.
(d) For purposes of determining a person's ineligibility
for employment under this section, only the length of the person's
employment after January 1, 2026, may be considered.
SECTION 2. If an employment relationship described by
Section 651.011, Government Code, as added by this Act, is governed
by an employment contract that was entered into before the
effective date of this Act, this Act only applies to any renewal of
that contract occurring on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026, but only
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 89th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2025, to limit the time that a person may serve as
a member of the Texas Legislature, a statewide elected officer in
the executive branch, or a state employee in the legislative or
executive branch of state government is approved by the voters. If
that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no
effect.