Trent Ashby, Texas State Representative from the 9th district | Facebook
Trent Ashby, Texas State Representative from the 9th district | Facebook
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate fire prevention standards for certain agricultural facilities’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill amends the Local Government Code to restrict political subdivisions from adopting or enforcing measures that require the installation of fire protection sprinkler systems in specified agricultural facilities. These facilities include agricultural pole barns, nonresidential farm buildings, cotton gins, livestock markets, and commercial feed mills. The intent is to define and exempt these structures from such requirements, emphasizing their agricultural function and unique structural characteristics, such as open perimeter walls in barns. The bill becomes effective on Sept. 1, 2025.
Trent Ashby, chair of the House Committee on S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education and member of the House Committee on Public Education, proposed another seven bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Ashby graduated from Texas A&M University in 1996 with a BA.
Trent Ashby is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 9th House district. He replaced previous state representative Chris Paddie in 2023.
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 4479 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to the establishment of the Rural Workforce Development Grant Program |
| HB 4286 | 04/01/2025 | Relating to the territory of the Angelina and Neches River Authority |
| HB 4031 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to the unauthorized occupancy of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants; creating a criminal offense |
| HB 3409 | 03/21/2025 | Relating to the duties of the district attorney for the 1st Judicial District and the creation of the office of district attorney for the 273rd Judicial District |
| HB 3149 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to instruction on hunter education for public high school students |
| HB 2838 | 03/19/2025 | Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet services |
| HB 2553 | 03/17/2025 | Relating to certain ad valorem tax-related studies conducted by the comptroller of public accounts |
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