Monitoring the SessionHB 1721
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 establishing a base wage for personal attendants under the community living assistance and support services (CLASS) waiver program.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
$15 an hour, or the federal minimum wage if higher.
The bill sets a minimum pay floor of $15 an hour, or the federal minimum wage if higher, for personal attendants who serve people in the state's CLASS disability waiver program, starting with the biennium that begins September 1, 2025. Every two years after that, the state health commission must raise the floor by the increase in a federal consumer price index, and the wage can never drop below the federal minimum. Attendants in this program get a guaranteed raise and automatic cost-of-living bumps, though the state may delay if it decides it needs federal permission first.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 4568 (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 4568 (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 Jan 2, 2025 and referred to the House Human Services committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB1721 · 2025-01-02
relating to establishing a base wage for personal attendants under the community living assistance and support services (CLASS) waiver program.
$15 an hour, or the federal minimum wage if higher.
The bill sets a minimum pay floor of $15 an hour, or the federal minimum wage if higher, for personal attendants who serve people in the state's CLASS disability waiver program, starting with the biennium that begins September 1, 2025. Every two years after that, the state health commission must raise the floor by the increase in a federal consumer price index, and the wage can never drop below the federal minimum. Attendants in this program get a guaranteed raise and automatic cost-of-living bumps, though the state may delay if it decides it needs federal permission first.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Aug 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.
$36,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Sep 20, 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: 100981675, 101026167, 101035798, 101038806.
$34,000.00
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 · Oct 1, 2024 to Feb 12, 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: 100981675, 101038806.
$17,000.00
Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 21, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 18, 2024 to Feb 20, 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: 100981675, 101038806.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$36,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Sep 20, 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: 100981675, 101026167, 101035798, 101038806.
$34,000.00
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 · Oct 1, 2024 to Feb 12, 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: 100981675, 101038806.
$17,000.00
Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 21, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 18, 2024 to Feb 20, 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: 100981675, 101038806.
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. Gervin-Hawkins, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 22, 2023: Referred to Human Services
Relating to establishing a base wage for personal attendants under the community living assistance and support services (CLASS) waiver program.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Jan 2, 2025
03/14/2025 H Referred to Human Services: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
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 · Human Services · Final status: Died in committee
Disabilities, Persons with
Human Services--General
Salaries & Expenses
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
The text as introduced · 370 words
89R3809 AND-D By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 1721 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to establishing a base wage for personal attendants under the community living assistance and support services (CLASS) waiver program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 546, Government Code, as effective April 1, 2025, is amended by adding Subchapter J-1 to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER J-1. COMMUNITY LIVING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES (CLASS) WAIVER PROGRAM Sec. 546.0473. BASE WAGE FOR PERSONAL ATTENDANTS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 62.051 or 62.151, Labor Code, or any other law, a personal attendant providing personal assistance services to a recipient under the community living assistance and support services (CLASS) waiver program must be paid a base wage: (1) for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2025, equal to an amount that is not less than the greater of: (A) $15 an hour; or (B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); and (2) for each subsequent state fiscal biennium, equal to the greater of: (A) the adjusted base wage determined in accordance with Subsection (b); or (B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). (b) On August 1 of each odd-numbered year, the commission shall determine the adjusted base wage applicable under Subsection (a)(2)(A) for the next state fiscal biennium by increasing the base wage being paid under Subsection (a) during that month by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor for the 24-month period ending the July 31 preceding that date. The commission shall compute the adjusted base wage to the nearest cent. SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the waiver or authorization is granted. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.