HB2175 - Relating to the authority of a municipality to prohibit police or fire department employees from circulating or signing certain employment petitions.

      By: Muñoz H.B. No. 2175       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a municipality to prohibit police or   fire department employees from circulating or signing certain   employment petitions.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 150, Local Government Code, is amended   by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS           Sec.   150.901.     AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT POLICE OR FIRE   DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES FROM CIRCULATING OR SIGNING CERTAIN   PETITIONS. A municipality may not adopt or enforce a charter   provision, ordinance, policy, or other measure that prohibits an   employee of the municipality's police or fire department from   circulating or signing a petition authorized by Chapter 142, 143,   or 174.          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.