Up from $5,000 to $20,000. Young farmers get a raise.
This bill raises the size of grants under the state's young farmer grant program. Each grant must now be at least $10,000 and no more than $35,000, up from the old range of $5,000 to $20,000. Young farmers who get a grant on or after September 1, 2025 can receive larger awards, while grants issued earlier stay under the old limits.
Labels
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2851 by Rep. Burns (Did not pass) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 2851 by Rep. Burns (Did not pass). 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.QUICK READ: 144 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 144 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).GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on Apr 10, 2025. Died in the House: never got out of the Agriculture & Livestock committee.
relating to grant amounts under the young farmer grant program.
WHAT IT DOES
Up from $5,000 to $20,000. Young farmers get a raise.
This bill raises the size of grants under the state's young farmer grant program. Each grant must now be at least $10,000 and no more than $35,000, up from the old range of $5,000 to $20,000. Young farmers who get a grant on or after September 1, 2025 can receive larger awards, while grants issued earlier stay under the old limits.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
SB 532 (Sparks) Relating to grant amounts under the young farmer grant program. (viva voce vote) (30-0) (30-0)
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 30 (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.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
SB 532 (Sparks) Relating to grant amounts under the young farmer grant program. (viva voce vote) (30-0) (30-0)
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 30 (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.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to engrossment. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
SB 532 (Sparks) Relating to grant amounts under the young farmer grant program. (viva voce vote) (30-0) (30-0)
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: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Last action, May 24, 2023: Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and grant amounts under the young farmer grant program administered by the authority.
Caption, 88R bill history
Sources
Texas Senate · Filed Dec 5, 2024
04/17/2025 H Referred to Agriculture & Livestock: Apr 17 2025 2:29PM
89R4561 SCF-D
By: Sparks
S.B. No. 532
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to grant amounts under the young farmer grant program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 58.093, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 58.093. AMOUNT OF GRANTS. A grant under the young
farmer grant program may not be less than $10,000 [ $5,000 ] or more
than $35,000 [ $20,000 ].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
grant issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A grant
issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect on the date the grant is issued, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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