The bill changes the Sweeny Hospital District board so its seven directors are elected at large by numbered place instead of in a single at-large pool. It touches the seven sitting directors and the voters of the district. Current directors draw lots for Places 1 through 7 at the first board meeting after September 1, 2025, and later elections are run place by place.
Labels
Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3292 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
relating to the election of the members of the board of directors of
the Sweeny Hospital District.
WHAT IT DOES
Seven directors, still at large, now by place.
The bill changes the Sweeny Hospital District board so its seven directors are elected at large by numbered place instead of in a single at-large pool. It touches the seven sitting directors and the voters of the district. Current directors draw lots for Places 1 through 7 at the first board meeting after September 1, 2025, and later elections are run place by place.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Huffman moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2293 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Huffman moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2293 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
The following bills which were considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed by the following record vote (members registering votes and the results of the vote are shown following the bill number). (Record 2818): 131 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 123 (published)
Nay: 8 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 4 (derived from named list)
Excused: 13 (derived from named list)
House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses2
For
2
Against
0
On
0
Names
For
Self2 registrations
Sources
2 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.
Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.
House committee · Intergovernmental Affairs · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Senate committee · Local Government · Committee vote 6 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Subjects
SWEENY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (DQ5PT)
Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital
Text
The text as introduced · 162 words
89R2103 MPF-D
By: Vasut
H.B. No. 2293
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election of the members of the board of directors of
the Sweeny Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1102.051(a), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The board consists of seven [ elected ] directors elected
at large by place .
SECTION 2. At the first meeting of the board of directors of
the Sweeny Hospital District that follows the effective date of
this Act, the directors serving on that date shall draw lots to
determine in which place each director serves. The four directors
whose terms expire in May 2026 shall draw lots to determine Places
1, 2, 3, and 4. The three directors whose terms expire in May 2027
shall draw lots to determine Places 5, 6, and 7.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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