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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 2013: Relating to the authority of certain property owners' associations to prohibit or restrict the keeping of chickens.

Passed one chamber 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 2013 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the authority of certain property owners' associations to prohibit or restrict the keeping of chickens. Primary sponsor: Cecil Bell (Republican), Bob Hall (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 19, 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): Democratic 1 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Cecil BellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Bob HallPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Penny Morales ShawCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148

“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 in committee
  3. Considered in public hearing
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Referred to Local Government
  6. Read first time
  7. Received from the House
  8. Reported engrossed
  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  10. Record vote
  11. Passed
  12. Read 3rd time

Showing 12 most recent of 29 actions. Full history

Sources

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