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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1985: Relating to the age limit for a beginning position in a fire department under municipal civil service.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1985 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the age limit for a beginning position in a fire department under municipal civil service. Primary sponsor: Hillary Hickland (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 25, 2025): Left pending in committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Hillary HicklandPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left pending in committee
  2. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  3. Committee substitute considered in committee
  4. Considered in public hearing
  5. Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs
  6. Read first time
  7. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source