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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the removal from office of certain officers of political subdivisions."
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description: "Relating to the removal from office of certain officers of political subdivisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "HB 2715"
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citation: "Texas HB 2715 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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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)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Curry", "Middleton"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48824a4b-13b9-4e42-84b9-7565156524cf"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2715.xml"
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source_hash: "b0716502901f713ada0a744e0cdc7e11e0c332a8055a9ec51e63ec3be7942bcd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 2715 (89R) — Relating to the removal from office of certain officers of political subdivisions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02715I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02715E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02715H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02715S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02715F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **110–37** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cook — primary (person)
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- Curry — primary (person)
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- Middleton — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-18** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-04-09** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment
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- **2025-05-05** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Record vote
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- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-07** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-19** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-05-22** Record vote
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- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-22** Record vote
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- **2025-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-05-25** Record vote
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- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-25** Record vote
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- **2025-05-26** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`
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## Source
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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).
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