HB 3084
Toth Bill Bans Asking Drivers For Money From The Roadside
Died in committee
Verdict: No flags
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 solicitation by pedestrians.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Summary
Charity collectors lose their local permit route too. Panhandlers and day laborers included.
The bill widens the state ban on standing in a road to ask drivers for rides, money, jobs or business so that it also covers the roadside right-of-way, not just the roadway itself. It deletes the exception that let cities and counties authorize people to stand in the road to collect charitable donations, and it repeals the related local-permission provisions. Starting September 1, 2025, charity collectors, panhandlers and day laborers who ask occupants of vehicles from the road or its right-of-way would be covered by the ban, with no local permit route left.
Labels
Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 20, 2025 and referred to the House Transportation committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Receipt
The receipt
89R-HB3084 · 2025-02-20
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ITEM
relating to solicitation by pedestrians.
WHAT IT DOES
Charity collectors lose their local permit route too. Panhandlers and day laborers included.
The bill widens the state ban on standing in a road to ask drivers for rides, money, jobs or business so that it also covers the roadside right-of-way, not just the roadway itself. It deletes the exception that let cities and counties authorize people to stand in the road to collect charitable donations, and it repeals the related local-permission provisions. Starting September 1, 2025, charity collectors, panhandlers and day laborers who ask occupants of vehicles from the road or its right-of-way would be covered by the ban, with no local permit route left.
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 31, 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
- Filed
- Read first time
- Referred to Transportation
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Withdrawn from schedule
FILED UNDER
THE TEXT
…“of a roadway to solicit a ride, contribution, employment, or”…
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill restricts asking vehicle occupants for rides, contributions, jobs or business from the roadway or its right-of-way, and it removes the local option to allow charitable solicitation there.
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Donors
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 Mar 25, 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 Lawsuit Reform PAC$32,500.00
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
$32,500.00
- Cash
- $32,500.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $32,500.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · Jul 10, 2024 to Jun 27, 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: 101005773, 101012329.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
$32,500.00
- Cash
- $32,500.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $32,500.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · Jul 10, 2024 to Jun 27, 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: 101005773, 101012329.
Votes
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
Fiscal
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source
Sources
Fiscal note · version I · March 31, 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 Feb 20, 2025
04/03/2025 H Withdrawn from schedule
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Transportation · Final status: Died in committee
Subjects
Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road
Text
The text as introduced · 214 words
89R10069 GP-D By: Toth H.B. No. 3084 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to solicitation by pedestrians. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 552.007(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A person may not stand in a roadway or the right-of-way of a roadway to solicit a ride, contribution, employment, or business from an occupant of a vehicle[ , except that a person may stand in a roadway to solicit a charitable contribution if authorized to do so by the local authority having jurisdiction over the roadway ]. SECTION 2. The following provisions of the Transportation Code are repealed: (1) Section 552.007(c); and (2) Section 552.0071. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.