89R26795 MCK-F

By: Capriglione H.B. No. 5469

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5469:

By: Capriglione C.S.H.B. No. 5469

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the effect of provisions of laws enacted during the regular session of the 89th Legislature requiring certain state agencies to create reports.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "report" means an ad hoc or periodic publication, study, compilation of information, statement, or written work product produced by an agency in the executive or judicial branch of state government for distribution to:

(1) the legislature or an agency in the legislative branch of state government; or

(2) an officer or agency in the executive branch of state government.

SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF REPORTS. Except as otherwise specifically provided by this Act, an agency in the executive or judicial branch of state government is not required to create a report if an Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, that becomes law creates the reporting requirement.

SECTION 3. EXEMPT REPORTS; REPORTS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW. (a) Section 2 of this Act does not apply to a report required by the following legislation:

(1) H.B. No. 2 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to public education and public school finance;

(2) H.B. No. 6 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to discipline in public schools;

(3) H.B. No. 12 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the review and audit of certain state agency operations;

(4) H.B. No. 18 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties;

(5) H.B. No. 26 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to requiring contracts with Medicaid managed care organizations to permit the organizations to offer nutrition support services in lieu of other state Medicaid plan services;

(6) H.B. No. 29 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to water losses reported by certain municipally owned utilities to the Texas Water Development Board; authorizing administrative penalties;

(7) H.B. No. 35 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to a peer support network for first responders;

(8) H.B. No. 36 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the monitoring of certain family violence offenders, the provision of resources for family violence victims, and the collection of information about conditions of bond imposed in family violence cases and certain other criminal cases;

(9) H.B. No. 38 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to improvements to the Texas Information and Referral Network;

(10) H.B. No. 107 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry;

(11) H.B. No. 112 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the creation and operation of a science park district in certain counties;

(12) H.B. No. 114 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the transition of certain veterans' mental health initiatives from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to the Texas Veterans Commission;

(13) H.B. No. 118 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the establishment and powers and duties of the Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict;

(14) H.B. No. 121 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, public school safety and security requirements and resources, and the reporting of child abuse or neglect by public school employees;

(15) H.B. No. 140 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the creation of the child and adult protective investigations advisory committee in the Department of Family and Protective Services;

(16) H.B. No. 141 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the adoption of the revised Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children by the State of Texas; making conforming changes;

(17) H.B. No. 149 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to regulation of the use of artificial intelligence systems in this state; providing civil penalties;

(18) H.B. No. 150 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the establishment of the Texas Cyber Command as a component institution of The University of Texas System and the transfer to it of certain powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources;

(19) H.B. No. 500 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations;

(20) H.B. No. 1500 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Information Resources, including the composition of the governing body of the department;

(21) H.B. No. 3526 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to fiscal transparency for bonds issued by local governmental entities;

(22) H.B. No. 3770 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to efficiency and strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies conducted by the Legislative Budget Board;

(23) H.B. No. 3963 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to an early childhood integrated data system;

(24) S.B. No. 2 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the establishment of an education savings account program; or

(25) S.B. No. 5 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

(b) Section 2 of this Act does not apply to a report created by an Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, that becomes law if an agency in the executive or judicial branch of state government is required to create the report to comply with federal law.

SECTION 4. EFFECT OF ACT. (a) This Act prevails over any provision of another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, that becomes law that purports to require an agency in the executive or judicial branch of state government to create a report, regardless of the relative dates of enactment.

(b) An exemption from the application of this Act contained in another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, has no effect.

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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.