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Votes at a glance: committee passes several local-government bills; a few measures fail or are pulled

3155514 · April 2, 2025
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Summary

The City, County & Local Affairs Committee advanced a set of bills on May 20: several passed by voice vote, one Senate amendment failed, and one bill was pulled for further stakeholder work.

At its meeting the City, County & Local Affairs Committee considered numerous local-government bills. Outcomes recorded in the transcript (voice votes unless noted) included the following:

- Representative Wing's bill (public-notice language restored by amendment): amendment adopted; bill passed as amended (voice votes). Bill number not specified in transcript.

- Representative Clowney (District 21) — bill raising the population threshold allowing a municipality to opt to be a city of the second class from under 5,000 to 7,500: bill passed (voice vote).

- Representative Brent McKenzie (District 7) — House Bill (listed in…

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