Monitoring the SessionHB 1231
Died in committee
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
relating to public access to personal financial statements filed by public officials and candidates.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
The Texas Ethics Commission posts every one on its website.
The bill requires the Texas Ethics Commission to post every personal financial statement filed by public officials and candidates on its website within 15 days of the filing deadline or the actual filing date, whichever is later. It keeps the rule that home addresses, phone numbers and dependent children's names are removed before any statement is shown, copied or posted online, and it repeals one existing subsection of the law. Statements the commission is required to destroy must come off the website, those it may destroy can come down, and everything else must stay up online for the public to read.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1828 (Did not pass) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 1828 (Did not pass). 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 State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB1231 · 2024-11-12
relating to public access to personal financial statements filed by public officials and candidates.
The Texas Ethics Commission posts every one on its website.
The bill requires the Texas Ethics Commission to post every personal financial statement filed by public officials and candidates on its website within 15 days of the filing deadline or the actual filing date, whichever is later. It keeps the rule that home addresses, phone numbers and dependent children's names are removed before any statement is shown, copied or posted online, and it repeals one existing subsection of the law. Statements the commission is required to destroy must come off the website, those it may destroy can come down, and everything else must stay up online for the public to read.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Not tied to this bill.
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Jun 1, 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.
$107,500.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 6, 2024 to Feb 21, 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: 100985193, 101006969, 101027154, 101035221, 101040103.
$100,389.10
Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 4, 2024 to Mar 3, 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: 100985193, 101006969, 101027154, 101040103, 101064980.
$84,000.00
Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 6, 2024 to Feb 6, 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: 100985193, 101040103.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$107,500.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 6, 2024 to Feb 21, 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: 100985193, 101006969, 101027154, 101035221, 101040103.
$100,389.10
Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 4, 2024 to Mar 3, 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: 100985193, 101006969, 101027154, 101040103, 101064980.
$84,000.00
Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 6, 2024 to Feb 6, 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: 100985193, 101040103.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Turner, same lead author · Did not pass · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 11, 2023: Placed on General State Calendar
Relating to public access to personal financial statements filed by public officials and candidates.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/10/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: 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 · State Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
Elections--Candidates
Ethics
Financial--General
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ETHICS COMMISSION, TEXAS
The text as introduced · 326 words
89R3559 CJD-D By: Turner H.B. No. 1231 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to public access to personal financial statements filed by public officials and candidates. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 572.032, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (a) Financial statements filed under this subchapter are public records. The commission shall : (1) maintain the statements in separate alphabetical files and in a manner that is accessible to the public during regular office hours ; and (2) make each statement available to the public on the commission's Internet website not later than the 15th day after the date the statement is required to be filed or the date the statement is actually filed, whichever date is later . (d) The commission is not required to continue to make available on the commission's Internet website a financial statement that the commission may destroy under Subsection (c). The commission may not make available on the commission's Internet website a financial statement that the commission is required to destroy under Subsection (c). SECTION 2. Section 572.032(a-1), Government Code, as amended by Chapters 34 (S.B. 1576) and 983 (H.B. 776), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: (a-1) The commission shall remove the home address, the telephone number, and the names of the dependent children of an individual from a financial statement filed by the individual under this subchapter before: (1) permitting a member of the public to view the statement; (2) providing a copy of the statement to a member of the public; or (3) making the statement available to the public on the commission's Internet website[ , if the commission makes statements filed under this subchapter available on its website ]. SECTION 3. Section 572.032(b), Government Code, is repealed. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.