HB 3559

Tinderholt Bill Bars College Aid Based On Race Or Sex

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 prohibiting consideration of certain factors regarding student financial assistance by public institutions of higher education.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Scholarships built on race, sex, gender or sexual orientation end in fall 2026.

The bill bars Texas public colleges and universities from awarding student financial aid based on race, sex, gender, or sexual orientation. It also bars them from paying for or advertising aid awarded on those grounds. Scholarships and grants built around those traits would have to end starting with the fall 2026 semester, while aid for earlier terms stays under the old rules.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 28, 2025 and referred to the House Higher Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3559 · 2025-02-28

SOLD BY

Rep. Tony TinderholtRHouse 94

ITEM

relating to prohibiting consideration of certain factors regarding student financial assistance by public institutions of higher education.

WHAT IT DOES

Scholarships built on race, sex, gender or sexual orientation end in fall 2026.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Feb 28, 2025Filed
Mar 25, 2025Read first time
Mar 25, 2025Referred to Higher Education

FILED UNDER

DEI BY ANOTHER NAME

THE TEXT

“award student financial assistance based on race, sex, gender, or sexual orientation”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill shuts off identity-based financial aid at public colleges and does not include an exemption that would let it continue under another name.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Tony Tinderholt

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$50K Texans For Conservative Leadership$35K Texans United for Conservative Majority PAC$14K

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 · Oct 28, 2024 to Jan 12, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$50,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$50,000.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $50,000.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 29, 2024. 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: 100985343.

Texans For Conservative Leadership$35,000.00

Texans For Conservative Leadership

$35,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $35,000.00

Also funds 5 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 31, 2024. 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: 100985343.

Texans United for Conservative Majority PAC$13,812.00

Texans United for Conservative Majority PAC

$13,812.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $13,812.00
Total: $13,812.00

polling $13,812.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Oct 28, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 2024. 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: 100985343.

Money

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

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$50,000.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $50,000.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 29, 2024. 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: 100985343.

Texans For Conservative Leadership

$35,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $35,000.00

Also funds 5 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 31, 2024. 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: 100985343.

Texans United for Conservative Majority PAC

$13,812.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $13,812.00
Total: $13,812.00

polling $13,812.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Oct 28, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 2024. 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: 100985343.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

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 28, 2025

03/25/2025 H Referred to Higher Education: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM

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 · Higher Education · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs

Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid

Human Relations

Text

The text as introduced · 210 words

89R15567 RDR-D

By: Tinderholt
H.B. No. 3559

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prohibiting consideration of certain factors regarding

student financial assistance by public institutions of higher

education.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 56, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 56.010 to read as follows:

Sec. 56.010. CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN FACTORS REGARDING

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROHIBITED. Notwithstanding any

other provision of this code, an institution of higher education

may not:

(1) award student financial assistance based on race,

sex, gender, or sexual orientation; or

(2) pay for or advertise student financial assistance

awarded based on race, sex, gender, or sexual orientation.

SECTION 2. Section 56.010, Education Code, as added by this

Act, applies beginning with student financial assistance paid for,

advertised, or awarded by a public institution of higher education

for the 2026 fall semester. Student financial assistance paid for,

advertised, or awarded for a term or semester before the 2026 fall

semester is governed by the law in effect on the date on which the

student financial assistance was paid for, advertised, or awarded,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.