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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 230: Relating to the establishment of the office of community violence intervention and prevention within the Department of State Health Services and a grant program for violence intervention and prevention services.

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 230 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the establishment of the office of community violence intervention and prevention within the Department of State Health Services and a grant program for violence intervention and prevention services. Primary sponsor: Jon Rosenthal (Democratic), Lauren Simmons (Democratic), Gene Wu (Democratic). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 27, 2025): Referred to Public Health.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jon RosenthalPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse135
Lauren SimmonsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Gene WuPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse137
FloresCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Linda GarciaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse107
Vikki GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Cas Garcia HernandezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse115
Donna HowardCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Suleman LalaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Terry MezaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
Christina MoralesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse145
Mihaela PleșaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Penny Morales ShawCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148
Hubert VoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse149

“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. Referred to Public Health
  2. Read first time
  3. Filed

Sources

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