H.B. No. 252
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state
  agencies.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 659.082, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A state agency listed in Subsection (a) may elect to pay
  employment compensation twice a month to an employee who holds a
  position classified under classification salary Schedule A in the
  General Appropriations Act. A state agency that elects to pay
  employment compensation twice a month under this subsection must
  satisfy the comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of
  compensation twice a month.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 252 was passed by the House on April
  24, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 5, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 252 on May 30, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 118, Nays 18,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 252 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor