---
title: Purchasing--General - Texas Legislation
subject: Purchasing--General
total_bills: 4
unique_authors: 4
critical_bills: 2
high_cost_bills: 2
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/purchasing-general"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Purchasing--General

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 4
- **Unique Authors:** 4
- **Critical Compliance:** 2 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 2 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 2

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 2 bills
- **Senate:** 2 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 2 bills
- **Moderate:** 2 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Cecil Bell** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Chris Turner** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Donna Campbell** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Joan Huffman** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Purchasing](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/purchasing) (4 shared bills)
- [COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/comptroller-of-public-accounts) (2 shared bills)
- [Education--Higher](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-higher) (2 shared bills)
- [State Agencies, Boards & Commissions](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-agencies-boards-commissions) (2 shared bills)
- [Education](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education) (2 shared bills)
- [SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/speaker-of-the-house) (1 shared bills)
- [State Finances--Management & Control](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances-management-control) (1 shared bills)
- [TREASURY SAFEKEEPING TRUST COMPANY, TEXAS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/treasury-safekeeping-trust-company-texas) (1 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-comptroller-of-public-accounts) - 2 bills
- [Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-higher-education-coordinating-board) - 1 bills
- [Public Utility Commission of Texas](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/public-utility-commission) - 1 bills
- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB718](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb718-89th-regular) | Relating to prohibiting a public instituti... | Critical | High |
| [SB2368](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2368-89th-regular) | Relating to critical infrastructure and ut... | Critical | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB148](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb148-89th-regular) | Relating to the qualification of cand... | Chris Turner (D) | Moderate |
| [HB718](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb718-89th-regular) | Relating to prohibiting a public inst... | Cecil Bell (R) | Critical |
| [SB2368](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2368-89th-regular) | Relating to critical infrastructure a... | Donna Campbell (R) | Critical |
| [SB5](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb5-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation of the Demen... | Joan Huffman (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/purchasing-general)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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