HB 3275

bill barring city minimum parking rules for commercial buildings

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

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 authority of a municipality to require a minimum amount of parking spaces for certain commercial buildings.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Cities can’t require a minimum number of spaces.

The bill bars Texas cities from adopting or enforcing any rule that requires a commercial building to have a minimum number of parking spaces. It touches city governments and the owners and developers of commercial buildings finished on or after September 1, 2025. Cities can still require parking for people with disabilities, but new commercial projects would no longer have to build a city-set number of parking spaces.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3275 · 2025-02-25

SOLD BY

Rep. Keresa RichardsonRHouse 61

ITEM

relating to the authority of a municipality to require a minimum amount of parking spaces for certain commercial buildings.

WHAT IT DOES

Cities can’t require a minimum number of spaces.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 2, 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

Feb 25, 2025Filed
Mar 20, 2025Read first time
Mar 20, 2025Referred to Land & Resource Management
Apr 3, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 3, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 3, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 3, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 17, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 17, 2025Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Keresa Richardson

Donors

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$575K Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$364KJeannie Pascale$100,000

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 · Nov 4, 2024 to Oct 23, 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.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$574,750.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$574,750.00

Cash: $200,000.00
Paid by others: $374,750.00
Total: $574,750.00

canvassing $350,000.00polling $24,750.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 14, 2026 to Oct 23, 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: 101069161, 101072822.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$363,511.10

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$363,511.10

Cash: $195,000.00
Paid by others: $168,511.10
Total: $363,511.10

advertising $76,656.57mail $71,344.18polling $20,510.35

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 22, 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: 101007087, 101036173, 101040588, 101060020, 101069161, 101072822.

Jeannie Pascale$100,000.00

Money

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

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$574,750.00

Cash: $200,000.00
Paid by others: $374,750.00
Total: $574,750.00

canvassing $350,000.00polling $24,750.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 14, 2026 to Oct 23, 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: 101069161, 101072822.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$363,511.10

Cash: $195,000.00
Paid by others: $168,511.10
Total: $363,511.10

advertising $76,656.57mail $71,344.18polling $20,510.35

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 22, 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: 101007087, 101036173, 101040588, 101060020, 101069161, 101072822.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 2, 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 25, 2025

04/17/2025 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

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 · Land & Resource Management · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

City Government--General

PARKING

Text

The text as introduced · 167 words

89R11421 DRS-D

By: Richardson
H.B. No. 3275

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a municipality to require a minimum

amount of parking spaces for certain commercial buildings.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government

Code, is amended by adding Section 214.909 to read as follows:

Sec. 214.909. RESTRICTION ON REGULATION OF MINIMUM PARKING

REQUIREMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as

provided by Subsections (b) and (c), a municipality may not adopt or

enforce an ordinance, rule, or other regulation that requires a

minimum amount of parking spaces for a commercial building.

(b) This section does not restrict a municipality from

regulating the provision of accessible parking designated for

persons with disabilities in accordance with state or federal law.

(c) This section applies only to a building the construction

of which is completed on or after September 1, 2025.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.