Monitoring the SessionHB 2335
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 effect of the amendment of certain documents incorporated by reference into the laws or policy of this state on related state agency rules.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Readopt, revise or repeal if the change expands power or raises costs.
The bill requires a state agency to readopt, readopt with changes, or repeal an existing rule when an outside document that state law incorporates by reference is amended in a way that would expand the agency's power or raise costs. It touches every state agency that writes rules under the Administrative Procedure Act and every business or person who follows rules tied to outside standards, such as codes written by private bodies. On the ground, an outside group's update can no longer quietly grow an agency's reach or add costs without the agency going back through the public rulemaking process.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2712 by Rep. Schaefer (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 2712 by Rep. Schaefer (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 Feb 3, 2025 and referred to the House Delivery of Government Efficiency committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB2335 · 2025-02-03
relating to the effect of the amendment of certain documents incorporated by reference into the laws or policy of this state on related state agency rules.
Readopt, revise or repeal if the change expands power or raises costs.
The bill requires a state agency to readopt, readopt with changes, or repeal an existing rule when an outside document that state law incorporates by reference is amended in a way that would expand the agency's power or raise costs. It touches every state agency that writes rules under the Administrative Procedure Act and every business or person who follows rules tied to outside standards, such as codes written by private bodies. On the ground, an outside group's update can no longer quietly grow an agency's reach or add costs without the agency going back through the public rulemaking process.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to May 28, 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.
$5,000.00
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Derived recipient stock · on Jul 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jul 3, 2025. 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: 101033926.
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$5,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jul 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jul 3, 2025. 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: 101033926.
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. Schaefer, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 13, 2023: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to the effect of the amendment of certain documents incorporated by reference into the laws or policy of this state on related state agency rules.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Feb 3, 2025
03/14/2025 H Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency: 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 · Delivery of Government Efficiency · Final status: Died in committee
State Agencies, Boards & Commissions
State Agencies, Boards & Commissions--Admin. Procedure
STATE AGENCIES' RULES
The text as introduced · 212 words
By: Cain H.B. No. 2335 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the effect of the amendment of certain documents incorporated by reference into the laws or policy of this state on related state agency rules. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2001, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2001.008 to read as follows: Sec. 2001.008. EFFECT OF AMENDMENT OF DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE ON CERTAIN RULES. A state agency in the manner provided by this chapter shall readopt, readopt with amendments, or repeal a previously adopted rule if: (1) the rule implements, interprets, or prescribes a law or policy of this state that incorporates by reference a document that is not another law or policy of this state; and (2) as a result of an amendment to the document that is incorporated by reference into the law or policy the rule implements, interprets, or prescribes, the rule would: (A) allow the agency to expand its regulatory authority over a matter that involves a question of state policy; or (B) impose a greater economic burden on persons required to comply with the rule or on the economy of this state. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
