2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB2293
HB2293 keeps the Sweeny Hospital District’s board at seven directors, but specifies that they are elected at large by place: each seat has a separate place number, while the election remains districtwide rather than divided into …
Official caption: Relating to the election of the members of the board of directors of the Sweeny Hospital District.
Official report lists House author(s): Vasut. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
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Bill highlights
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- HB2293 keeps the Sweeny Hospital District’s board at seven directors, but specifies that they are elected at large by place: each seat has a separate place number, while the election remains districtwide rather than divided into geographic precincts.
- The sitting directors were required to draw lots at the first board meeting after the law’s September 1, 2025 effective date.
What does it do?
HB2293 keeps the Sweeny Hospital District’s board at seven directors, but specifies that they are elected at large by place: each seat has a separate place number, while the election remains districtwide rather than divided into geographic precincts. It changes the election structure, not the size of the board. Final law, Section 1.
The sitting directors were required to draw lots at the first board meeting after the law’s September 1, 2025 effective date. The four directors whose terms expired in May 2026 were to draw for Places 1–4; the three whose terms expire in May 2027 were to draw for Places 5–7. The drawing assigns the existing directors to numbered seats; it does not itself elect new directors or restart their terms. Final law, Sections 2–3; official history.
What changed along the way?
The introduced, House committee, engrossed, Senate committee and enrolled versions have identical substantive provisions. Differences are printing marks and certification material. The official amendment index lists no amendments, and both committees reported the bill without amendments. The final law adds “at large by place” to the seven-member board rule and supplies the initial place-assignment procedure; no indexed competing amendments need to be distinguished from the enacted law. Text versions; introduced text; amendment index; final law.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.
Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Voters and candidates can distinguish the individual numbered seats being contested. The district must administer the place assignment and elections under that structure. The act does not change hospital services, authorize a tax increase or add directors. It does not guarantee more competitive elections, improved representation or better patient outcomes. Final law.
The Legislative Budget Board’s May 21, 2025 engrossed fiscal note anticipates no state fiscal implication and no significant local-government fiscal implication. The April 10 introduced note reaches the same conclusions. Neither provides a dollar estimate of election costs or savings; “no significant fiscal implication” does not mean administration requires no work. Engrossed fiscal note; introduced fiscal note.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
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