Monitoring the SessionHB 3645
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 the applicability of the public information law to information of a toll project entity.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Toll entity information is public. Customer account data stays confidential.
The bill states that information held by a toll project entity is public information under the Texas Public Information Act. It touches toll road operators and any toll project built under a comprehensive development agreement, while keeping toll customer account data confidential. Records about those toll projects become clearly open to public request starting September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 4796 (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 4796 (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.QUICK READ: 129 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 129 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).NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 3, 2025 and referred to the House Transportation subcommittee on Transportation Funding. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB3645 · 2025-03-03
relating to the applicability of the public information law to information of a toll project entity.
Toll entity information is public. Customer account data stays confidential.
The bill states that information held by a toll project entity is public information under the Texas Public Information Act. It touches toll road operators and any toll project built under a comprehensive development agreement, while keeping toll customer account data confidential. Records about those toll projects become clearly open to public request starting September 1, 2025.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Not tied to this bill.
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 3, 2024 to Jun 30, 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.
$21,000.00
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 · Oct 29, 2024 to Jun 30, 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: 100986301, 101029857, 101058061.
$20,000.00
Also funds 4 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 8, 2024 to Oct 17, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 8, 2024 to Oct 14, 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: 100986301, 101029857.
$20,000.00
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 · Jul 3, 2024 to Jun 30, 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: 100986301, 101029857, 101058061.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$21,000.00
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 · Oct 29, 2024 to Jun 30, 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: 100986301, 101029857, 101058061.
$20,000.00
Also funds 4 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 8, 2024 to Oct 17, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 8, 2024 to Oct 14, 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: 100986301, 101029857.
$20,000.00
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 · Jul 3, 2024 to Jun 30, 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: 100986301, 101029857, 101058061.
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. Romero, Jr., same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 22, 2023: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to the applicability of the public information law to information of a toll project entity.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Mar 3, 2025
03/25/2025 H Referred to s/c on Transportation Funding by Speaker: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Transportation · Final status: Died in committee
Highways
Open Records
TOLL ROADS & TOLL BRIDGES
The text as introduced · 129 words
89R5254 JAM-D By: Romero H.B. No. 3645 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the applicability of the public information law to information of a toll project entity. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 372.003 to read as follows: Sec. 372.003. PUBLIC INFORMATION. Except as otherwise provided by law, including the confidentiality of electronic toll collection customer account information described by Section 372.058(a), information of a toll project entity is public information under Chapter 552, Government Code, including information related to a toll project that is the subject of a comprehensive development agreement entered into by the toll project entity. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.