IEC of Texas Legislative Report
End of Veto Period 89th Legislative Session
June 23, 2025
The Governors’ Veto period ended on June 22, 2025. Below are the bills we are following that were signed or if not signed went into law automatically. You can track bills that have been vetoed by Governor Abbott on the Texas Legislature Online website. Governor Abbott has called a special session to begin July 21, 2025.
IEC of Texas Bills of interest:
HB 11 by Phelan - Passed/Signed by the Governor - This bill mandates that state agencies make reciprocal agreements with other states regarding occupational licenses and outlines parameters.
HB 20 by Gates - Passed/Signed by the Governor - will establish the Applied Sciences Pathway program for high schools with would allow a student to obtain a certification in high wage jobs including electrical.
HB 120 by Bell/Schwertner - Passed/Signed by the Governor - Relating to career and technology education programs in the public schools, the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership program, and a high school advising program, including funding for those programs.
HB 210 by Guillen/Hinojosa - Passed/Signed by the Governor - this will prohibit a company, individual, contractor, subcontractor, or professional services provider with whom a school district or open-enrollment charter school enters into an agreement, contract, memorandum of understanding, interlocal agreement, fee schedule, retainer, or similar instrument for goods and services; a vendor that bids or receives a contract from a school district or an open enrollment charter school commits an offense if any individual serving on the board of trustees or governing body of the district or school has a substantial interest (more than 10% of the profits, proceeds or capital gains) in the vendor or a subcontractor hired by a vendor or is related in the second degree by consanguinity or affinity to an individual who has a substantial interest in the vendor or has received or has been promised a gift or in-kind services with a value of more than $250. Any offense under this is a felony.
HB 1922 by Dean - Passed/Signed by the Governor - changes the date of a cause of action to accrue on the date the report is postmarked by the US Postal Service.
HB 2960 by Hayes - Passed/Signed by the Governor - Construction contract litigation subject to other state laws or other states as venues is prohibited.
HB 3005 Garvin-Hawkins - Passed/Signed by the Governor - this bill removes an audit in a dispute of a contract on a public work project.
HB 3234 by Cortez/Menendez - Passed/Signed by the Governor - this bill gives a political subdivision the ability to regulate construction and renovation of structures owned by certain counties with a population of one million or more and is located within the boundaries of another political subdivision.
HB 3260 by Bell/Hancock - Passed/Signed by the Governor - Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program - this bill removes the U.S. Department of Labor and moves certification of apprenticeship programs to the Texas Workforce Commission. It also adds language allowing the commission by rule to distribute payments constituting a partial reimbursement to an eligible person as milestones for on-the-job training and employment are met by program participants, in accordance with the grant terms.
SB 764 by Zaffarini/Phelan - Passed/Signed by the Governor - is a TDLR clean-up bill for 1305 of the Occupations Code that will eliminate a hearing that may be conducted by a hearings officer designated by the commission. TDLR does not have hearings officers as hearings are conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
SB 929 by Johnson/Lujan - Passed/Signed by the Governor - relates to the deadlines and time of inception for mechanic’s and materialman’s liens in Texas. It amends specific sections of the Property Code to clarify the computation of deadlines and the priority of liens. It amends two sections; the first is amended to specify that if the deadline or the last day of the period for providing notice or taking action falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period is extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. The next is amended to define the time of inception of a lien created under Section 53.021(3), (4), or (5) as the date of recording an affidavit of lien under Section 53.052. It also clarifies the priority of such liens with respect to other mechanic’s liens
SB 1036 by Zaffarini/Darby - Passed/Filed without signature by the Governor - This bill relates to the regulation of residential solar retail transactions in Texas. It introduces requirements for occupational registration, authorizes fees, and provides for civil and administrative penalties. The bill aims to ensure consumer protection and establish a regulatory framework for the growing residential solar market in Texas. IEC of Texas worked with the bill author, testified at the hearing and the substitute allows electrical contractors and their employees to be exempt except for the utilization of the contract that will be developed by TDLR and the 5 day requirement for the customer to terminate the contract.
SB 1202 King/Dean - Passed/ Signed by the Governor - This bill allows a third-party to review or inspect a home backup power installation of an energy generating facility, an energy storage facility, a standby system, and any associated infrastructure and equipment intended to provide electrical power to one or two family dwellings regardless of whether the facility or system is capable of participating in a wholesale electric market, that is 600 volts or less. A review of a development document required by a regulatory authority to install a home backup power installation and a development inspection may be conducted by a master electrician or an electrical inspector without having to request this from the authority.
SB 1252 by Schwertner/King - Passed/Signed by the Governor - This bill would not allow a municipality to adopt or enforce amendments to the National Electrical Code that would regulate the installation or inspection of a residential energy backup system
SB 2075 by Zaffarini/Phelan - Passed/Signed by the Governor - This bill relates to the regulation of Advisory Boards at Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). It changes the term of the presiding officer of the Texas Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board from one year to two year terms.
Renea BeasleyExecutive DirectorIEC of Texas