---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the removal from office of certain officers of political subdivisions."
description: "Relating to the removal from office of certain officers of political subdivisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2715"
citation: "Texas HB 2715 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Governor (I0375)", "Legislature (I0520)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "State Officers (I0761)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Curry", "Middleton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48824a4b-13b9-4e42-84b9-7565156524cf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2715.xml"
source_hash: "b0716502901f713ada0a744e0cdc7e11e0c332a8055a9ec51e63ec3be7942bcd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 2715 (89R) — Relating to the removal from office of certain officers of political subdivisions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02715I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02715E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02715H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02715S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02715F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **110–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Curry — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-05** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48824a4b-13b9-4e42-84b9-7565156524cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).