Monitoring the SessionHB 1408
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 the participation of community-based organizations in workforce training programs funded by the skills development fund.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Ask a college to partner. No partner in 90 days? Apply anyway.
The bill lets community-based organizations apply for skills development fund training money without a college partner if they asked a community or technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service for a partnership at least 90 days earlier and could not get one. It touches nonprofits and community groups that run job training, the colleges that used to be their required gatekeepers, and the Texas Workforce Commission that hands out the money. On the ground, more groups can compete directly for state training grants, and those offering state-regulated services must still show their license or certification.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1338 by Rep. Raney (Died in committee) 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 1338 by Rep. Raney (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 19, 2024 and referred to the House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development subcommittee on Workforce. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB1408 · 2024-11-19
relating to the participation of community-based organizations in workforce training programs funded by the skills development fund.
Ask a college to partner. No partner in 90 days? Apply anyway.
The bill lets community-based organizations apply for skills development fund training money without a college partner if they asked a community or technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service for a partnership at least 90 days earlier and could not get one. It touches nonprofits and community groups that run job training, the colleges that used to be their required gatekeepers, and the Texas Workforce Commission that hands out the money. On the ground, more groups can compete directly for state training grants, and those offering state-regulated services must still show their license or certification.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE TEXT
“at least 90 days before the date the organization applies, the organization submitted to a community and technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service a written request for a partnership with the college or service and has been unable to obtain the partnership”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill opens a path for community-based organizations to get state skills development fund money without partnering with a public college.
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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. Raney, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 12, 2023: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Relating to the participation of community-based organizations in workforce training programs funded by the skills development fund.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 19, 2024
03/11/2025 H Referred to s/c on Workforce by Speaker: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Trade, Workforce & Economic Development · Final status: Died in committee
Labor--Workforce Development
STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE
The text as introduced · 269 words
By: Talarico H.B. No. 1408 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the participation of community-based organizations in workforce training programs funded by the skills development fund. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 303.003, Labor Code, is amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: (h) A community-based organization may apply for money to participate in a training program if: (1) the organization applies [ only ] in partnership with a community and technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service ; or (2) at least 90 days before the date the organization applies, the organization submitted to a community and technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service a written request for a partnership with the college or service and has been unable to obtain the partnership . (h-1) If a [ A ] community-based organization that applies for funding under Subsection (h) provides [ providing ] services regulated by the state , the organization shall provide to the commission evidence of any certification, license, or registration required by law. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an application for money from the skills development fund submitted to the Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.