William Drew Darby, Texas State Representative of the 52nd district (R) | https://drewdarby.com/about/
William Drew Darby, Texas State Representative of the 52nd district (R) | https://drewdarby.com/about/
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the repeal of a municipal civil service system for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill enables municipalities in Texas with populations under 70,000 to repeal their municipal civil service systems for firefighters and police officers. If at least 10% of qualified voters in such a municipality sign a petition requesting an election for repeal, the governing body must call an election on the issue. If a majority of voters decide in favor of repeal, the civil service system is nullified. The new regulation applies only to petitions that have not triggered an election before the bill's effective date. The act becomes effective immediately with a two-thirds majority vote in both legislative houses or on Sept. 1, 2025, otherwise.
Drew Darby, chair of the House Committee on Energy Resources and member of the House Committee on State Affairs, proposed another six bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Drew Darby is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 72nd House district. He replaced previous state representative Scott Edward Campbell in 2007.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 3503 | 03/24/2025 | Relating to the Social Work Licensure Compact; authorizing fees |
| HB 3190 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to school personnel and public school operations, including the eligibility of certain employees for unemployment compensation benefits |
| HB 3156 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to fluid oil and gas waste and products and byproducts of that waste |
| HB 3100 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to a limit on the number of athletic scholarships that may be awarded to foreign students by a public institution of higher education |
| HB 3035 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the creation of an organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Department of Public Safety |
| HB 2678 | 03/18/2025 | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Authority and a Texas nuclear permitting officer |
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