Monitoring the Session

HB 2132

senior-only housing projects get extra tax credit points

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Salman BhojaniDHouse 92

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 allocation of low income housing tax credits to projects reserved for elderly persons.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Same criterion, met equally well, more points for seniors. Two subsections repealed.

The bill lets the state housing agency give low income housing tax credit applications for senior-only projects more scoring points than general-population projects that meet the same criterion equally well, and it repeals two subsections of the credit allocation law. It touches housing developers who apply for these tax credits, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, and the tenants who end up in the funded projects. Starting with applications under the 2026 allocation plan, senior housing projects can get a scoring edge in the competition for credits.

Labels

Labels: ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Intergovernmental Affairs committee 9-2 on Apr 30, 2025. Taken up on the floor on May 15, 2025 and postponed. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2132 · 2025-01-28

SOLD BY

Rep. Salman BhojaniDHouse 92 Rep. Erin ZwienerDHouse 45 Rep. Cecil Bell Jr.RHouse 3

+ 2 more authors, 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits to projects reserved for elderly persons.

WHAT IT DOES

Same criterion, met equally well, more points for seniors. Two subsections repealed.

The bill lets the state housing agency give low income housing tax credit applications for senior-only projects more scoring points than general-population projects that meet the same criterion equally well, and it repeals two subsections of the credit allocation law. It touches housing developers who apply for these tax credits, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, and the tenants who end up in the funded projects. Starting with applications under the 2026 allocation plan, senior housing projects can get a scoring edge in the competition for credits.

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 · April 25, 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

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in formal meeting
  9. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  10. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  11. Committee report distributed
  12. Committee report sent to Calendars
  13. Considered in Calendars
  14. Placed on General State Calendar
  15. Read 2nd time
  16. Postponed 12/19/25 10:00 AM
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Salman Bhojani

Donors

6301 ECC LLC$36KSam Mahrouq$25,000Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$21K

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 1, 2024 to Oct 24, 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.

6301 ECC LLC$36,400.00

6301 ECC LLC

$36,400.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$36,400.00
Total
$36,400.00
Other filed descriptions $36,400.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 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.

Report IDs: 100978329, 101005348, 101026340, 101056439, 101069774, 101071921.

Sam Mahrouq$25,000.00
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$21,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$21,000.00

Cash
$21,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$21,000.00

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 · Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 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: 100978329, 101026340, 101056439, 101071921.

Money

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

×

6301 ECC LLC

$36,400.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$36,400.00
Total
$36,400.00
Other filed descriptions $36,400.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 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.

Report IDs: 100978329, 101005348, 101026340, 101056439, 101069774, 101071921.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$21,000.00

Cash
$21,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$21,000.00

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 · Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 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: 100978329, 101026340, 101056439, 101071921.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses1
For
1
Against
0
On
0
Names

For

  • Self1 registration
Sources

1 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 · April 25, 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 I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Jan 28, 2025

05/15/2025 H Postponed

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

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

Coauthors
Penny Morales ShawDHouse 148

House committee · Intergovernmental Affairs · Committee vote 9 aye, 2 nay · Out of committee

Subjects

Aging

Housing--Finance

Housing--General

HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 306 words

89R6211 JAM-D

By: Bhojani
H.B. No. 2132

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits to

projects reserved for elderly persons.

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

SECTION 1. Section 2306.6725(d), Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(d) For each scoring criterion, the department shall use a

range of points to evaluate the degree to which a proposed project

satisfies the criterion. The department :

(1) subject to Subdivision (2), may not award[ :

[ (1) ] a number of points for a scoring criterion that

is disproportionate to the degree to which a proposed project

complies with that criterion; and [ or ]

(2) may award to a proposed project reserved for

elderly persons [ for the general population ] a number of points for

a scoring criterion that is greater [ different ] than the number of

points awarded for that criterion to a proposed project reserved

for the general population even [ elderly persons ] if the proposed

projects comply with the criterion to the same degree.

SECTION 2. Sections 2306.6711(h) and (i), Government Code,

are repealed.

SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an application for low income housing tax credits that is

submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

during an application cycle that is based on the 2026 qualified

allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board

of the department. An application that is submitted during an

application cycle that is based on an earlier qualified allocation

plan is governed by the law in effect on the date the application

cycle began, and the former law is continued in effect for that

purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.