Bill Text: TX SB446 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to term limits for members of the senate serving on the Sunset Advisory Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-21 - Filed [SB446 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB446-Introduced.html

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89R3094 MCK-D
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 446

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to term limits for members of the senate serving on the
Sunset Advisory Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 325.003(e), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(e) Members other than the lieutenant governor and the
speaker are subject to the following restrictions:
(1) after a [legislative] member of the house of
representatives serves two terms on the commission or a public
member serves three terms on the commission, the individual is not
eligible for appointment to another term or part of a term;
(2) a [legislative] member of the house of
representatives who serves a full term may not be appointed to an
immediately succeeding term; and
(3) a public member may not serve more than two
consecutive terms, and, for purposes of this prohibition, a member
is considered to have served a term only if the member has served
more than half of the term.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.