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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 4860: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.

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 4860 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities. Primary sponsor: Jared Patterson (Republican), Will Metcalf (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 3, 2025): Referred to State Affairs.

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 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jared PattersonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Will MetcalfPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Lacey HullCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61

“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 State Affairs
  2. Read first time
  3. Filed

Sources

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