SB 499: West Coke County Hospital District can bank outside the district

Caption

relating to the selection by the board of directors of the West Coke County Hospital District of a depository bank for the district.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

One hospital district, one bank choice.

The bill lets the West Coke County Hospital District board pick a bank outside the district to hold district money. It touches only that one hospital district's board and the banks it can choose from. On the ground, the board is no longer limited to banks located inside the district.

Labels

Labels: INSTANT LAW. Took effect immediately, on May 24, 2025. 833 of the 1,185 graded 89R laws took effect Sep 1, 2025 (derived from the bill histories, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).QUICK READ: 135 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 135 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB499 · 2024-11-22

SOLD BY

Sen. Kevin SparksRSenate 31

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to the selection by the board of directors of the West Coke County Hospital District of a depository bank for the district.

WHAT IT DOES

One hospital district, one bank choice.

The bill lets the West Coke County Hospital District board pick a bank outside the district to hold district money. It touches only that one hospital district's board and the banks it can choose from. On the ground, the board is no longer limited to banks located inside the district.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 8, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Nov 22, 2024Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Nov 22, 2024Filed
Feb 3, 2025Read first time
Feb 3, 2025Referred to Local Government
Mar 10, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 10, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 10, 2025Testimony taken in committee
Mar 10, 2025Left pending in committee
Mar 13, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 13, 2025Vote taken in committee
Mar 17, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
Mar 17, 2025Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
Mar 17, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
Mar 19, 2025Co-author authorized
Mar 19, 2025Placed on intent calendar
Mar 20, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Mar 20, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
Mar 20, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
Mar 20, 2025Three day rule suspended
Mar 20, 2025Record vote
Mar 20, 2025Read 3rd time
Mar 20, 2025Passed
Mar 20, 2025Record vote
Mar 20, 2025Reported engrossed
Mar 25, 2025Received from the Senate
Apr 9, 2025Read first time
Apr 9, 2025Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker
Apr 28, 2025Recalled from subcommittee
Apr 28, 2025Considered in formal meeting
Apr 28, 2025Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
Apr 28, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 9, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 9, 2025Committee report distributed
May 9, 2025Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
May 10, 2025Laid out in lieu of companion HB 2379
May 10, 2025Read 2nd time
May 10, 2025Passed to 3rd reading
May 10, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 10, 2025Read 3rd time
May 10, 2025Passed
May 10, 2025Record vote RV#1985
May 10, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 10, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 12, 2025House passage reported
May 12, 2025Reported enrolled
May 13, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 13, 2025Signed in the House
May 13, 2025Sent to the Governor
May 24, 2025Signed by the Governor
May 24, 2025Effective immediately

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 117 yea · 11 nay

Senate · 29 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 10, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · Mar 20, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Kevin Sparks

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$60KKyle & Jamie Stallings$25,000Tim Dunn$25,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 25, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$60,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$60,000.00

Cash: $60,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $60,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101012623, 101029380, 101072732.

Kyle & Jamie Stallings$25,000.00

Tim Dunn$25,000.00

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$60,000.00

Cash: $60,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $60,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101012623, 101029380, 101072732.

Votes4

House May 10, 2025

Yea: 117
Nay: 11
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 7
Excused: 13

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1985

SB 499 (Bumgarner, Cain, Hickland, Hopper, Hull, Leach, Lowe, Oliverson, Patterson, Slawson, and Vasut - no) (117 - 11 - 2)

Shared roll motion

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 1985): 128 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 117 (published)
Nay: 11 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 7 (derived from named list)
Excused: 13 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Mar 20, 2025

Yea: 29
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 2

Names

MenéndezExcused
KingExcused

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.

Sources

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0. (Same as previous roll call)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 29 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Mar 20, 2025

Yea: 29
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 2

Names

MenéndezExcused
KingExcused

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.

Sources

Senator Sparks moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 499 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 29 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Mar 20, 2025

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 2

Names

MenéndezExcused
KingExcused

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to engrossment by a viva voce vote.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses1

For: 1
Against: 0
On: 0

Names

For

West Coke County Hospital District1 registration

Sources

1 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 8, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Nov 22, 2024

05/24/2025 E Effective immediately

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Royce WestDSenate 23

Companion

HB 2379 by Darby (identical)

Subjects

WEST COKE COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (DS7WO)

Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital

Text

The text as introduced · 135 words

89R95 MPF-D

By: Sparks
S.B. No. 499

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the selection by the board of directors of the West Coke

County Hospital District of a depository bank for the district.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1112.155(a), Special District Local Laws

Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The board shall select one or more banks [ in the

district ] to serve as a depository for district money.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

House May 10, 2025

Senate Mar 20, 2025

Senate Mar 20, 2025

Senate Mar 20, 2025

For

Companion