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Key details on HB 323 presented by David Spiller in Texas House

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David Spiller Texas House of Representatives District 68 | Official Website

David Spiller Texas House of Representatives District 68 | Official Website

Rep. David Spiller introduced HB 323, a bill on Labor, to the Texas House on Tuesday, March 18 during the 89(R) legislative session, according to the Texas Legislature website.

More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to requiring political subdivisions of this state to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify’’.

The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.

This bill mandates all political subdivisions in Texas, which include counties, municipalities, school districts, junior college districts, and other special districts, to register and participate in the federal E-verify program to authenticate the employment eligibility of all new hires. Employees responsible for verifying the new employee information must adhere to this requirement, and failure to do so will result in immediate termination of employment. The mandate is set to take effect on 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 10 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.

Other Recent Bills Introduced by Rep. David Spiller in Texas House During 89(R) Legislative Session

Bill NumberDate IntroducedShort Description
HB 256603/17/2025Relating to the enforcement of state and federal immigration laws by state agencies, local entities, and peace officers; creating a civil penalty
HB 142503/11/2025Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools
HB 94503/06/2025Relating 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 89803/06/2025Relating to the Texas Sovereignty Act
HB 87503/05/2025Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects
HB 84003/05/2025Relating to the removal, relocation, alteration, or construction of certain monuments, memorials, or designations located on public property; authorizing a civil penalty
HB 81103/05/2025Relating to the applicability of lobbyist registration requirements to a person who provides legal services to a political subdivision
HB 79003/05/2025Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required to be used
HB 24302/27/2025Relating to the authority of the attorney general to acquire by eminent domain certain real property owned by aliens or foreign entities
HB 19102/27/2025Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain foreign entities

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