Relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county judges.
HB 2529 amends Texas law to change how the state calculates annual salary supplements for certain county judges. It replaces a fixed 18% of a district judge's base salary with a new requirement: county judges must spend at least 18% of their functions or work hours performing judicial duties to qualify for the supplement. This bill directly affects county judges who meet this threshold, ensuring the supplement aligns with their judicial workload. The change applies only to salary payments starting September 1, 2025, with prior payments governed by previous law.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 17, 2025
Signed Jun 20, 2025
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Jun 20, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a draft version to the final enrolled version, with no substantive policy changes. The core provisions regarding county judge salary supplements remain identical, including the 18 percent calculation method and September 1, 2025 effective date.
TECHNICAL
Removed draft annotations and formatting markers, added enrolled version headers, and inserted signature lines for legislative approval.
Floor votes · House May 13, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
49
Key actions
17
Committee
12
Jun 20, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage reported
lower
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 15, 2025
Committee
Referred to Finance
upper
May 15, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 14, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recalled from subcommittee
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in subcommittee
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
2 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jay Dean
RRepublican
P
Joan Huffman
RRepublican
Co
CB
César Blanco
DDemocratic
Co
Penny Morales Shaw
DDemocratic
Co
Ryan Guillen
RRepublican
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