John Smithee, Texas State Representative of the 86th district (R) | https://www.facebook.com/JohnSmitheeHD86/
John Smithee, Texas State Representative of the 86th district (R) | https://www.facebook.com/JohnSmitheeHD86/
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the operation and management of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum by the Texas Historical Commission’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill relates to the operation and management of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum by the Texas Historical Commission. It allows the commission to contract with the Panhandle-Plains Historical Society and West Texas A&M University or The Texas A&M University System for managing and maintaining museum facilities. The contract mandates provisions for expanding, renovating, and maintaining the museum, preserving its collection, and hiring a museum director and necessary staff. It also allows for donations and the acquisition of property and relics. The bill establishes the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum fund outside the state treasury, comprising admissions, sales revenue, and donations. The fund can be used for the museum's administration and upkeep without legislative appropriation. An employee of West Texas A&M University dedicated to the museum becomes a commission employee on Sept. 1, 2025, unless the bill receives immediate effect from a two-thirds legislative vote.
John Smithee, chair of the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence and member of the House Committee on State Affairs, proposed another nine bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Smithee graduated from West Texas A&M with a BBA and again from Texas Tech University Law School with a JD.
John Smithee is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 86th House district. He replaced previous state representative Bob Simpson in 1985.
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 5191 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to providing a one-time supplemental payment and a cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas |
| HB 5020 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to requirements for the exercise of the power of impeachment by the House of Representatives and providing that officers against whom articles of impeachment are preferred receive pay during the pendency of impeachment proceedings |
| HB 4508 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearance |
| HB 2248 | 04/02/2025 | Relating to the public information law |
| HB 3688 | 03/25/2025 | Relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligation |
| HB 76 | 03/18/2025 | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds |
| HB 75 | 03/18/2025 | Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the regulation of charitable bail organizations |
| HB 1957 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to an exemption from jury service for a person who is over the age of 65 |
| HB 1945 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to the confidentiality of a public or private school employee's home address information in property tax appraisal records |
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