H.B. No. 252         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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 252 was passed by the House on April   24, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 5, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 252 on May 30, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 118, Nays 18,   2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 252 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays   0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor