Bill Text: TX HB312 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of a person who is not a United States citizen to be appointed to or serve in a public office or on an advisory board or task force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB312 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB312-Introduced.html
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| By: Tepper | H.B. No. 312 | |
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| relating to the eligibility of a person who is not a United States | ||
| citizen to be appointed to or serve in a public office or on an | ||
| advisory board or task force. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 601, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 601.012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 601.012. CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN | ||
| APPOINTMENTS. (a) A person must be a United States citizen to be | ||
| appointed to or serve in a public office, including on the governing | ||
| body of a commission, board, or other agency, or on an advisory | ||
| board or task force: | ||
| (1) within the executive, legislative, or judicial | ||
| branch of state government; or | ||
| (2) of a political subdivision of this state. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an office for which the | ||
| federal or state constitution prescribes exclusive qualification | ||
| requirements. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 601.012, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies to an appointment that occurs on or after | ||
| September 1, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 3. The term of office of a person who is not a United | ||
| States citizen who was appointed before September 1, 2025, to serve | ||
| in a position that is subject to Section 601.012, Government Code, | ||
| as added by this Act, ends September 1, 2025, unless the person | ||
| becomes a United States citizen on or before that date. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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. | ||
