Texas 2025 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2588 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 04/20/2025

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             April 20, 2025       TO: Honorable Gary VanDeaver, Chair, House Committee on Public Health     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB2588 by Hull (Relating to cottage food production operations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted     No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Some small, licensed food manufacturers and producers may no longer need to obtain licenses and would operate as cottage food production operators under the bill. It is assumed that any revenue implications associated with the bill would be insignificant.It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.  Local Government ImpactThe fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time. The bill would prohibit local governments, including local health departments, to require a cottage food production operation to obtain a license or permit, or pay a fee to produce, sell, or provide samples of cottage foods directly to a consumer or cottage food vendor and would bar the employment of person who knowingly requires or attempts to require a cottage food production operation to obtain a license or permit for that purpose.   Source Agencies: b > td > 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, NPe, ER, APA

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 20, 2025



TO: Honorable Gary VanDeaver, Chair, House Committee on Public Health     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB2588 by Hull (Relating to cottage food production operations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

TO: Honorable Gary VanDeaver, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2588 by Hull (Relating to cottage food production operations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted



Honorable Gary VanDeaver, Chair, House Committee on Public Health

Honorable Gary VanDeaver, Chair, House Committee on Public Health

Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

HB2588 by Hull (Relating to cottage food production operations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

HB2588 by Hull (Relating to cottage food production operations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Some small, licensed food manufacturers and producers may no longer need to obtain licenses and would operate as cottage food production operators under the bill. It is assumed that any revenue implications associated with the bill would be insignificant.It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.

Some small, licensed food manufacturers and producers may no longer need to obtain licenses and would operate as cottage food production operators under the bill. It is assumed that any revenue implications associated with the bill would be insignificant.

It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.

Local Government Impact

The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time. The bill would prohibit local governments, including local health departments, to require a cottage food production operation to obtain a license or permit, or pay a fee to produce, sell, or provide samples of cottage foods directly to a consumer or cottage food vendor and would bar the employment of person who knowingly requires or attempts to require a cottage food production operation to obtain a license or permit for that purpose.

Source Agencies: b > td > 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of



529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of

LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, NPe, ER, APA



JMc, NPe, ER, APA