“Standards and procedures established under this subsection are not required to satisfy state procurement requirements related to competitive bidding or the use of state contracts.”
One agency's resale purchasing is exempted from the competitive bidding and state-contract rules that bind other state buying. The caption speaks of standards and procedures but does not mention the bidding waiver.
Resale stock comes from vendors of its choosing. The caption skips the bidding waiver.
The bill lets the head of the Parks and Wildlife Department set the agency's own rules for buying goods it plans to resell, such as items sold to park visitors. Those in-house rules do not have to follow the state's normal competitive bidding or state-contract requirements. On the ground, the department can buy resale stock from vendors of its choosing to raise revenue, starting September 1, 2025.
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Labels: NO AUTOGRAPH. Became law without the governor's signature on Jun 20, 2025.ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.QUICK READ: 122 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 122 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).
relating to standards and procedures for purchasing goods for
resale by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
WHAT IT DOES
Resale stock comes from vendors of its choosing. The caption skips the bidding waiver.
The bill lets the head of the Parks and Wildlife Department set the agency's own rules for buying goods it plans to resell, such as items sold to park visitors. Those in-house rules do not have to follow the state's normal competitive bidding or state-contract requirements. On the ground, the department can buy resale stock from vendors of its choosing to raise revenue, starting September 1, 2025.
“Standards and procedures established under this subsection are not required to satisfy state procurement requirements related to competitive bidding or the use of state contracts.”
One agency's resale purchasing is exempted from the competitive bidding and state-contract rules that bind other state buying. The caption speaks of standards and procedures but does not mention the bidding waiver.
TOTAL
No first-year general revenue figure available here.
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the amount of revenue that would increase under changes approved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission for procuring goods and services for resale by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is unknown. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.
Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
HISTORY
Filed
Read first time
Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Considered in public hearing
Committee substitute considered in committee
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Left pending in committee
Considered in public hearing
Committee substitute considered in committee
Reported favorably as substituted
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Committee report distributed
Committee report sent to Calendars
Considered in Calendars
Placed on General State Calendar
Read 2nd time
Passed to engrossment
Record vote RV#1086
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Read 3rd time
Passed
Record vote RV#1127
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Reported engrossed
Received from the House
Read first time
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Considered in public hearing
Vote taken in committee
Reported favorably w/o amendments
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
Committee report printed and distributed
Co-sponsor authorized
Placed on intent calendar
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
Vote recorded in Journal
Three day rule suspended
Record vote
Read 3rd time
Passed
Record vote
Senate passage reported
Reported enrolled
Signed in the House
Signed in the Senate
Sent to the Governor
Filed without the Governor's signature
Effective on 9/1/25
FILED UNDER
No verified beat found.
SIGNED FOR BY
House · 131 yea · 4 nay
Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay
Sources
House: Final passage · May 1, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Senate: Final passage · May 21, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Hancock moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3088 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Hancock moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3088 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the amount of revenue that would increase under changes approved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission for procuring goods and services for resale by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is unknown. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
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.
House committee · Culture, Recreation & Tourism · Committee vote 6 aye, 0 nay, 3 absent · Out of committee
Senate committee · Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs · Committee vote 8 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Subjects
Parks & Wildlife--General
Purchasing--State
COMPETITIVE BIDDING
PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
Text
The text as introduced · 122 words
89R3786 MP-F
By: Orr
H.B. No. 3088
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standards and procedures for purchasing goods for
resale by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.0171, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The executive director may establish standards and
procedures for purchasing goods for resale by the department to
meet the business needs of the department and increase revenue
potential. Standards and procedures established under this
subsection are not required to satisfy state procurement
requirements related to competitive bidding or the use of state
contracts.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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