Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities.
HB 5165 defines specific municipalities eligible to use hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain purposes under Texas law. It applies only to cities meeting precise population, geographic, or landmark criteria (e.g., county seats bordering major rivers, cities with state parks or cultural museums). The bill modifies eligibility rules for these qualifying municipalities but does not change how the tax revenue must be spent. This is a procedural adjustment affecting only the listed cities, not a new policy.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 7, 2025
Last action May 21, 2025
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Engrossed
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3 edits
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May 14, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted and reorganized during its legislative journey from introduction to engrossed version, with no substantive policy changes to the law itself. The core provisions regarding municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue eligibility remain identical to the original version.
Scope change
No change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and layout were modified
TECHNICAL
Header information was updated to reflect the engrossed version status and bill number formatting
Line breaks and paragraph spacing were reorganized for final legislative formatting
Page numbering and tracking marks were removed as part of the final version preparation
Floor votes · House May 14, 2025
How they voted
103–34
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 145
May 14, 2025
D
Democratic60
95% Yea
R
Republican85
54% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
7
May 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to Economic Development
upper
May 21, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 14, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 13, 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
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Ways & Means
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brooks Landgraf
RRepublican
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