2025 Texas sessionsRegular and both called sessions have ended. This index covers House and Senate bills, not resolutions. Statuses come from official reports.

2025 · Regular session · House bill

HB252

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Official caption: Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.

Signed by governorSource-checked explanation published

Official report lists House author(s): Walle, Bhojani, Curry, Rodríguez Ramos, Garcia, Linda. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.

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HB252 allows the state agencies covered by Government Code Section 659.082(a) to choose twice-monthly pay for employees in any position classified under salary Schedule A in the General Appropriations Act.
The covered-agency list includes the Department of Transportation, Texas Workforce Commission and Department of Public Safety, as well as other agencies listed in the statute or designated by the comptroller.
This is an agency option, not a guarantee that each eligible employee can demand a different payday.

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What does it do?

HB252 allows the state agencies covered by Government Code Section 659.082(a) to choose twice-monthly pay for employees in any position classified under salary Schedule A in the General Appropriations Act. An agency choosing that option must meet the comptroller’s requirements for twice-monthly payroll. The governor signed the bill June 20, 2025, and it took effect immediately after receiving the required legislative votes. Final act · Official history

The covered-agency list includes the Department of Transportation, Texas Workforce Commission and Department of Public Safety, as well as other agencies listed in the statute or designated by the comptroller. The new authority is limited to Schedule A positions; it does not automatically cover every state employee or every salary schedule. Section 659.082(a) and (c)

This is an agency option, not a guarantee that each eligible employee can demand a different payday. Existing law already provided a separate twice-monthly-pay entitlement for certain employees below salary group A12 when its conditions are met, and a separate option for higher-education institutions. HB252 adds a broader Schedule A agency option without deleting those provisions. It changes pay frequency, not the amount of salary: twice a month means 24 payments in a full year, not the 26 associated with an every-two-weeks schedule. Section 659.082

What changed along the way?

The filed bill, House committee report and House-passed text limited the new option to salary groups A12 through A17. The Senate committee substitute removed that limitation, extending the option to Schedule A generally. The final act retains the Senate substitute’s wording. The comptroller-compliance requirement and immediate-effect-or-September-1 clause remained throughout. Filed text · House report · House-passed text · Senate substitute

The official amendment index lists no separate floor amendments; the expansion occurred through the Senate substitute. The House passed HB252 April 24 by 141–5, with two present but not voting. The Senate passed it May 28 by 31–0. The House agreed to the Senate change May 30 by 118–18, with two present but not voting. Those votes supported immediate effectiveness on signing, rather than the fallback September 1 date. Amendment index · Final vote certificates

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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?

Employees at agencies that choose the option could receive earned pay in smaller, more frequent installments, potentially making household cash flow easier to manage. The law does not increase their annual pay, guarantee agency participation or establish that workers will save a particular amount in borrowing costs. Final act

Agencies may need payroll changes, and earlier payments can move state cash out sooner. The Legislative Budget Board anticipated no significant state fiscal implication and assumed implementation costs could be absorbed within existing resources. It noted an unquantifiable acceleration of cash outlays that could affect the 2026–27 budget certification balance, but did not expect that effect to be significant. No local-government fiscal implication was anticipated. Final fiscal note

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