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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 5243: Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

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 5243 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Primary sponsor: Stan Gerdes (Republican), Cody Harris (Republican), Terry Canales (Democratic), Lacey Hull (Republican), Richard Raymond (Democratic). It lists 48 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 15, 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 3 · Republican 48

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stan GerdesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Cody HarrisPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Terry CanalesPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Lacey HullPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Richard RaymondPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Jeff BarryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Cecil BellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Keith BellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Briscoe CainCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
CookCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Pat CurryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jay DeanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Mark DorazioCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
Caroline DunmoyerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Paul DysonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
James FrankCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Gary GatesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Ryan GuillenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Sam HarlessCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse126
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Cole HefnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Janis HoltCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Helen KerwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Stan KitzmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Stan LambertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Jeff LeachCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Mitch LittleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
David LoweCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Shelley LutherCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Don McLaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
John McQueeneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Brent MoneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Eddie MoralesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse74
Mike OlcottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Angelia OrrCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Dennis PaulCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse129
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
SchatzlineCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Alan SchoolcraftCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Shelby SlawsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
David SpillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Carl TepperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Steve TothCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Cody VasutCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Denise VillalobosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34
Wes VirdellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Trey WhartonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12

“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. Considered in public hearing
  4. Referred to Human Services
  5. Read first time
  6. Filed

Sources

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