Food truck owners react to Texas law that could create statewide health permit, ease travel between cities

A Texas law pending Governor Greg Abbott’s signature could make traveling between Texas cities easier for food truck owners by establishing a single statewide health permit.

Currently, food trucks are required to obtain a variety of permits for each city, town and potentially county in which they operate.

House Bill 2844, introduced by Rep. Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa), passed through the Texas House and Senate. Abbott has until June 22, 2025, to sign it into law.

“It’s going to open up a lot of doors for new food trucks to come into the industry,” said El Camino Food Truck Park & Bar owner Ricky Ortiz.

Ortiz says many food trucks enter the industry without fully realizing all the permits they need to secure to go into business. He says that additional health permits for every city or co