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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 74: Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Enacted 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 74 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain. Primary sponsor: Eddie Morales (Democratic), Ryan Guillen (Republican), Don McLaughlin (Republican), John Lujan (Republican), Cody Harris (Republican). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 12, 2025): Referred to Transportation.

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 11 · Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eddie MoralesPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse74
Ryan GuillenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Don McLaughlinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse80
John LujanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Cody HarrisPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Salman BhojaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse92
Liz CamposCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Terry CanalesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Philip CortezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse117
Stan GerdesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Venton JonesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Brooks LandgrafCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Janie LopezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Claudia OrdazCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Mihaela PleșaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Richard RaymondCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Ramon RomeroCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Carl TepperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Armando WalleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse140

“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 Transportation
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the House
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  6. Record vote
  7. Passed
  8. Read 3rd time
  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  10. Record vote
  11. Passed to engrossment as amended
  12. Amended

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

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