David Spiller Texas House of Representatives District 68 | Official Website
David Spiller Texas House of Representatives District 68 | Official Website
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to actions brought by the attorney general on behalf of certain persons under the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill amends the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983 to allow the attorney general to bring civil actions on behalf of individuals or governmental entities for business or property injury due to antitrust violations, contingent on notifying the relevant governmental entity, which can withdraw authorization within 30 days. The action may be initiated in Travis County or any county where relevant parties reside or operate. If the attorney general prevails, they can recover actual damages, interest, and legal costs, or triple damages if the conduct was willful. The bill also specifies that the state retains investigation and prosecution expenses from any proceeds for the general revenue fund. It defines "governmental entity" broadly and applies to causes of action accruing on or after Sept. 1, 2025.
David Spiller, chair of the House Committee on S/C on County & Regional Government and member of the House Committee on Redistricting, proposed another 13 bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Spiller graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA and again from St. Mary's University with a JD.
David Spiller is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 68th House district. He replaced previous state representative Drew Springer in 2021.
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 3082 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the small and mid-sized district allotment under the public school finance system |
| HB 2922 | 03/19/2025 | Relating to use of artificial intelligence in utilization review conducted for health benefit plans |
| HB 323 | 03/18/2025 | Relating to requiring political subdivisions of this state to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify |
| HB 2566 | 03/17/2025 | Relating to the enforcement of state and federal immigration laws by state agencies, local entities, and peace officers; creating a civil penalty |
| HB 1425 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools |
| HB 945 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to issue a search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested for certain intoxication criminal offenses |
| HB 898 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to the Texas Sovereignty Act |
| HB 875 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects |
| HB 840 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the removal, relocation, alteration, or construction of certain monuments, memorials, or designations located on public property; authorizing a civil penalty |
| HB 811 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the applicability of lobbyist registration requirements to a person who provides legal services to a political subdivision |
| HB 790 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required to be used |
| HB 243 | 02/27/2025 | Relating to the authority of the attorney general to acquire by eminent domain certain real property owned by aliens or foreign entities |
| HB 191 | 02/27/2025 | Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain foreign entities |
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