HB 2002: Darby Bill Gives Food Banks Outside The Network A Share

Caption

relating to the eligibility of an organization to receive surplus agricultural products under certain grants awarded by the Department of Agriculture.

Caption from analyzed text · version H.

Summary

Serve five or more Texas counties, and the grantee must share, network or not.

The bill changes who can get a state Department of Agriculture grant for moving surplus farm products to food banks, and it requires the grantee to share those products and grant resources with any food bank operating in five or more Texas counties. It touches the nonprofit that coordinates the statewide food bank network and the regional food banks that rely on it, including ones outside that network. On the ground, a food bank serving five or more counties can no longer be cut off from grant-funded surplus food because it left or never joined the grantee's network.

Labels

Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on Apr 25, 2025. Died in the Senate: never got out of the Economic Development committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2002 · 2025-01-22

SOLD BY

Rep. Drew DarbyRHouse 72

ITEM

relating to the eligibility of an organization to receive surplus agricultural products under certain grants awarded by the Department of Agriculture.

WHAT IT DOES

Serve five or more Texas counties, and the grantee must share, network or not.

The bill changes who can get a state Department of Agriculture grant for moving surplus farm products to food banks, and it requires the grantee to share those products and grant resources with any food bank operating in five or more Texas counties. It touches the nonprofit that coordinates the statewide food bank network and the regional food banks that rely on it, including ones outside that network. On the ground, a food bank serving five or more counties can no longer be cut off from grant-funded surplus food because it left or never joined the grantee's network.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 22, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Jan 22, 2025Filed
Mar 14, 2025Read first time
Mar 14, 2025Referred to Agriculture & Livestock
Mar 25, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 25, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 25, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Mar 25, 2025Left pending in committee
Mar 27, 2025Considered in formal meeting
Mar 27, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 2, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 2, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 3, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 22, 2025Considered in Calendars
Apr 24, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
Apr 24, 2025Read 2nd time
Apr 24, 2025Amended 1-Darby
Apr 24, 2025Record vote RV#515
Apr 24, 2025Passed to engrossment as amended
Apr 24, 2025Record vote RV#516
Apr 24, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Apr 25, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 25, 2025Passed
Apr 25, 2025Record vote RV#566
Apr 25, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Apr 25, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 28, 2025Received from the House
Apr 29, 2025Read first time
Apr 29, 2025Referred to Economic Development

FILED UNDER

TAXPAYER-FUNDED NGOS

THE TEXT

“Subject to available funds, a nonprofit organization is eligible to receive a grant under this chapter”…

Bill text, House committee report version (H)

The bill keeps a state agriculture grant flowing to a nonprofit coordinator and adds a duty for that nonprofit to share grant resources with other food banks.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 127 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · Apr 25, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Drew Darby

Donors

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$50KGideon Powell$30,000Dustin Burrows Campaign$28K

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 Oct 23, 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.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$50,000.00

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$50,000.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $50,000.00

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 25, 2025 to Oct 8, 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: 101007659, 101072052.

Gideon Powell$30,000.00

Dustin Burrows Campaign$27,600.00

Dustin Burrows Campaign

$27,600.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $27,600.00
Total: $27,600.00

polling $27,600.00

Also funds 39 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 13, 2025 to Sep 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Aug 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: 101068080.

Money

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

×

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$50,000.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $50,000.00

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 25, 2025 to Oct 8, 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: 101007659, 101072052.

×

Dustin Burrows Campaign

$27,600.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $27,600.00
Total: $27,600.00

polling $27,600.00

Also funds 39 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 13, 2025 to Sep 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Aug 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: 101068080.

Votes3

House Apr 25, 2025

Yea: 127
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: 1
Absent: 2
Excused: 20

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 566

HB 2002 was passed by (Record 566): 127 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 127 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 2 (derived from named list)
Excused: 20 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House Apr 24, 2025

Yea: 145
Nay: 1
Present, not voting: 1
Absent: 2
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 516

HB 2002, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 516): 145 Yeas, 1 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 145 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 2 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House Apr 24, 2025

Yea: 145
Nay: 1
Present, not voting: 1
Absent: 2
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 515

Amendment No. 1 was adopted by (Record 515): 145 Yeas, 1 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 145 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 2 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses2

For: 2
Against: 0
On: 0

Names

For

Self; Concho Valley Regional Food Bank2 registrations

Sources

2 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 22, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version H by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Jan 22, 2025

04/29/2025 S Referred to Economic Development

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Agriculture & Livestock · Committee vote 7 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Senate committee · Economic Development · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Agriculture

Human Services--Food Programs

Text

The text as introduced · 281 words

89R8531 SCF-D

By: Darby
H.B. No. 2002

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of an organization to receive surplus

agricultural products under certain grants awarded by the

Department of Agriculture.

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

SECTION 1. Section 21.002, Agriculture Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 21.002. ELIGIBILITY. Subject to available funds, a

nonprofit organization is eligible to receive a grant under this

chapter if the organization:

(1) has at least five years of experience coordinating

a statewide network of food banks and charitable organizations that

serve each county of this state;

(2) operates a program that coordinates the collection

and transportation of surplus agricultural products to [ a statewide

network of ] food banks in this state that provide food to needy or

low-income individuals; and

(3) submits to the department, in the manner and time

prescribed by the department, a proposal for the collection and

distribution to food banks or other charitable organizations for

use in providing food to needy or low-income individuals of surplus

agricultural products, including:

(A) a description of the proposal;

(B) a schedule of projected costs for the

proposal;

(C) measurable goals for the proposal; and

(D) a plan for evaluating the success of the

proposal.

SECTION 2. Chapter 21, Agriculture Code, is amended by

adding Section 21.004 to read as follows:

Sec. 21.004. DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES TO FOOD BANKS. A

nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this chapter

must make surplus agricultural products and other grant resources

available to any food bank operating in five or more counties in

this state.

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

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

Dustin Burrows Campaign

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

Dustin Burrows Campaign

House Apr 25, 2025

House Apr 24, 2025

House Apr 24, 2025

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