Tex. Gov't Code § 301.014 · Subchapter B. COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE
POWERS AND DUTIES OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each standing committee shall:
(1) conduct a continuing study of any matter within its jurisdiction and of the instrumentalities of government administering or executing the matter;
(2) examine the administration and execution of all laws relating to matters within its jurisdiction;
(3) conduct investigations to collect adequate information and materials necessary to perform its duties; and
(4) recommend to the appropriate house any legislation the committee believes is necessary and desirable.
(b) Each committee may inspect the records, documents, and files of each state department, agency, or office as necessary to perform the committee's duties.
(c) A standing committee is not limited in its legislative endeavors to considering bills, resolutions, or other proposals submitted by individual legislators. Each committee shall search for problems within its jurisdiction and develop, formulate, and recommend passage of any legislative solution the committee believes is desirable.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1250 (H.B. 4181), Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.301.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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