Bill Text: TX SB743 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to establish and operate a guaranteed income program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - Filed [SB743 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB743-Introduced.html
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| By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 743 | |
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| relating to the authority of a political subdivision to establish | ||
| and operate a guaranteed income program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 140.014 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 140.014. PROHIBITION ON GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM. | ||
| (a) In this section, "guaranteed income program" means a program | ||
| under which an individual is issued an unconditional cash payment | ||
| on a regular basis to be used by the individual for any purpose | ||
| without regard to the individual's circumstances. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a political subdivision | ||
| may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, order, or other regulation | ||
| that establishes or provides for the operation of a guaranteed | ||
| income program. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. | ||
