Dade Phelan, Texas State Representative of 21st district | www.texansfordade.com
Dade Phelan, Texas State Representative of 21st district | www.texansfordade.com
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the advertising, display, and offer of prices for prepared food’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
The bill prohibits individuals selling prepared food from advertising, displaying, or offering prices that do not reflect the full amount payable by the consumer, including mandatory fees and government-imposed taxes. It requires that the full price be clearly displayed in a standard font that is easily readable. Consumers can take legal action for violations, seeking injunctions and either actual damages or up to $1,000, along with reasonable attorney's fees. The attorney general is also empowered to enjoin violations and seek damages, restitution, and legal fees. This legislation applies to all relevant advertisements made on or after its effective date, Sept. 1, 2025.
Dade Phelan, chair of the House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures and member of the House Committee on State Affairs, proposed another nine bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Phelan graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998 with a BA.
Dade Phelan is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 21st House district. He replaced previous state representative Allan Ritter in 2015.
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 5601 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to conditioning the implementation of a school choice program on federal reimbursement of state expenses relating to securing the border |
| HB 5211 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain attorneys providing legal services in rural counties |
| HB 5210 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of real property for which the owner of the property has prepaid those taxes |
| HB 4958 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to required disclosures on political advertising supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil penalty |
| HB 4855 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to a patient's access to health records and access to and exchange of certain health benefit plan information; authorizing a civil penalty; authorizing fees |
| HB 4770 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to educational requirements for licensing as an audiologist |
| HB 4618 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to the terms of certain agreements involving minor boundary adjustments between two contiguous school districts |
| HB 4407 | 04/02/2025 | Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system and property tax appraisal and administration |
| HB 4399 | 04/01/2025 | Relating to the authority of an appraisal review board to direct changes in the appraisal roll and related appraisal records if a residence homestead is sold for less than the appraised value |
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