HB 1206

bill requiring landlords to disclose recurring fees

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Fee not disclosed? The tenant doesn’t pay it.

The bill requires a landlord to tell a tenant about any fixed, recurring fee other than rent before the tenant signs a written lease, and listing the fee amount in the lease itself counts as telling. If the landlord does not disclose such a fee, the tenant does not have to pay it. The rule covers residential landlords and tenants on leases signed or renewed on or after September 1, 2025, and it still lets the two sides agree to new recurring fees for goods or services during the lease.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3276 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3276 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1206 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Jessica GonzálezDHouse 104

ITEM

relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord.

WHAT IT DOES

Fee not disclosed? The tenant doesn’t pay it.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Nov 12, 2024Filed
Mar 10, 2025Read first time
Mar 10, 2025Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Jessica González

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$35K Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$20K Coalition for Working Families PAC$10K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 9, 2024 to Jun 29, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$35,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$35,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $35,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 17, 2024 to Jun 29, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100990080, 101009663, 101032230, 101062814.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$20,000.00

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$20,000.00

Cash: $20,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $20,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101009663, 101032230.

Coalition for Working Families PAC$10,000.00

Coalition for Working Families PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 24 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 25, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jan 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101062814.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$35,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $35,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 17, 2024 to Jun 29, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100990080, 101009663, 101032230, 101062814.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$20,000.00

Cash: $20,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $20,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101009663, 101032230.

Coalition for Working Families PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 24 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 25, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jan 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101062814.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 3276

by Rep. Jessica González, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, May 10, 2023: Referred to Business & Commerce

Relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

03/10/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Trade, Workforce & Economic Development · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

SB 759 by Cook (identical)

Subjects

Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant

Text

The text as introduced · 233 words

89R818 SHH-D

By: González of Dallas
H.B. No. 1206

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is

amended by adding Section 92.0115 to read as follows:

Sec. 92.0115. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN FEES. (a) A fixed,

recurring fee other than rent for a dwelling that a landlord intends

to charge a tenant under a written lease must be disclosed by the

landlord to the tenant before a lease for the dwelling is signed by

the tenant. Disclosure of the amount of a fee in a written lease or

an amendment to a written lease satisfies the requirement of this

subsection.

(b) A tenant is not obligated to pay a fee described by

Subsection (a) that is not disclosed as required by that

subsection.

(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the

ability of a landlord and tenant to enter into an agreement during a

lease term under which the landlord charges a recurring fee to the

tenant for goods or services.

SECTION 2. Section 92.0115, Property Code, as added by this

Act, applies only to a fee under a lease entered into or renewed on

or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.