By: Walle, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 252          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2025;   April 28, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on   Business & Commerce; May 22, 2025, reported adversely, with   favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 11,   Nays 0; May 22, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 252 By:  King     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state   agencies.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 659.082, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  A state agency listed in Subsection (a) may elect to pay   employment compensation twice a month to an employee who holds a   position classified under classification salary Schedule A in the   General Appropriations Act. A state agency that elects to pay   employment compensation twice a month under this subsection must   satisfy the comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of   compensation twice a month.          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.     * * * * *