Monitoring the SessionHB 3037
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 temporarily decreasing the rate of state sales and use taxes under certain circumstances.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
The comptroller compares leftover sales tax money, 2024-2025 against 2026-2027.
The bill orders the comptroller to compare the sales tax share of the state's leftover money from the 2024-2025 budget period with the estimated sales tax share of leftover money for the 2026-2027 period. If the new estimate is more than half of the old amount, the comptroller must figure out a lower sales and use tax rate that shrinks the projected leftover down to exactly half, then publish that rate and notify sales tax permit holders. Shoppers and businesses would pay that lower state rate through August 31, 2027, and the provision expires December 1, 2027.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3541 (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 3541 (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 19, 2025 and referred to the House Ways & Means committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB3037 · 2025-02-19
relating to temporarily decreasing the rate of state sales and use taxes under certain circumstances.
The comptroller compares leftover sales tax money, 2024-2025 against 2026-2027.
The bill orders the comptroller to compare the sales tax share of the state's leftover money from the 2024-2025 budget period with the estimated sales tax share of leftover money for the 2026-2027 period. If the new estimate is more than half of the old amount, the comptroller must figure out a lower sales and use tax rate that shrinks the projected leftover down to exactly half, then publish that rate and notify sales tax permit holders. Shoppers and businesses would pay that lower state rate through August 31, 2027, and the provision expires December 1, 2027.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 29, 2024 to Oct 17, 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.
$65,748.00
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 · Dec 10, 2024 to Oct 17, 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: 100986461, 101011085, 101033172, 101044523, 101044526, 101072841.
$58,000.00
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 · Dec 10, 2024 to Feb 3, 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: 100986461, 101044526.
$36,000.00
Also funds 89 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jan 22, 2026 to Feb 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.
Report IDs: 101044523, 101061631.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$65,748.00
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 · Dec 10, 2024 to Oct 17, 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: 100986461, 101011085, 101033172, 101044523, 101044526, 101072841.
$58,000.00
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 · Dec 10, 2024 to Feb 3, 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: 100986461, 101044526.
$36,000.00
Also funds 89 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jan 22, 2026 to Feb 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.
Report IDs: 101044523, 101061631.
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. Dutton, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 16, 2023: Referred to Ways & Means
Relating to temporarily decreasing the rate of state sales and use taxes under certain circumstances.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Feb 19, 2025
03/20/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
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 · Ways & Means · Final status: Died in committee
State Finances--Management & Control
Taxation--Sales
COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
The text as introduced · 349 words
89R11814 SRA-D By: Dutton H.B. No. 3037 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to temporarily decreasing the rate of state sales and use taxes under certain circumstances. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended by adding Section 151.0511 to read as follows: Sec. 151.0511. TEMPORARY DECREASE IN TAX RATE; CONDITIONS. (a) Using any available methods and revenue estimates, the comptroller shall: (1) determine the amount of the ending certification balance for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025, that is attributable to revenue during that state fiscal biennium from the taxes imposed under this chapter; (2) determine the amount, if any, of the estimated ending certification balance for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027, that is attributable to revenue during that state fiscal biennium from the taxes imposed under this chapter if those taxes are imposed at the tax rate provided by Section 151.051(b); and (3) if the amount determined under Subdivision (2) is more than 50 percent of the amount determined under Subdivision (1): (A) determine the tax rate that, when substituted for the tax rate described by Subdivision (2), results in the amount determined under Subdivision (2) equaling 50 percent of the amount determined under Subdivision (1); and (B) publish the tax rate determined under Paragraph (A) in the Texas Register and on the comptroller's Internet website and provide notice of that tax rate to sales tax permit holders. (b) If the condition provided by Subsection (a)(3) is satisfied, the rate of the sales tax and use tax under this chapter applicable in the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027, is the rate determined under Subsection (a)(3)(A), notwithstanding Section 151.051(b). (c) This section expires December 1, 2027. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.