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Consultants brief Grand Prairie council on 2025 legislative session, highlight bills affecting housing finance, ETJ and municipal authority

5602141 · August 19, 2025
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Lobbying consultants and legal counsel briefed the council on the recent legislative session and special sessions, summarizing passed and pending bills that affect housing finance corporations, extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) release rules, third-party inspection authority and other municipal concerns.

Lobbyists and legal counsel briefed the Grand Prairie City Council on highlights from the recent legislative session and the start of special-session work, focusing on statutes and bills that municipal staff said have direct implications for Grand Prairie operations and finance.

Brandon Agamalian of Snapper Carr (advocacy) and Snapper Carr (partner and general counsel) reviewed the session’s scale and results, noting roughly “9,000 plus bills filed” and that about 24% of passed measures typically affect cities. Brandon said the legislature’s volume and priorities made this session…

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