Monitoring the Session

HB 374

bill making election day a state holiday

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. John H. Bucy IIIDHouse 136

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 designation of certain election days as state holidays.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

November general election day, even-numbered years. Day off.

The bill makes the November general election day in even-numbered years a state holiday. It also makes that day a legal holiday alongside the existing ones. State employees and anyone whose deadlines or operations follow the state's legal holiday list would treat even-year general election days as days off, starting with the November 2026 election.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 302 (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 302 (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.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Delivery of Government Efficiency committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB374 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. John H. Bucy IIIDHouse 136

+ 2 coauthors

ITEM

relating to the designation of certain election days as state holidays.

WHAT IT DOES

November general election day, even-numbered years. Day off.

The bill makes the November general election day in even-numbered years a state holiday. It also makes that day a legal holiday alongside the existing ones. State employees and anyone whose deadlines or operations follow the state's legal holiday list would treat even-year general election days as days off, starting with the November 2026 election.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

John H. Bucy III

Donors

Agave Democratic Infrastructure Fund$56KAdam Loewy$20,000Texas Sands PAC$17K

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 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.

Agave Democratic Infrastructure Fund$56,000.00

Agave Democratic Infrastructure Fund

$56,000.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$31,000.00
Total
$56,000.00
consulting $31,000.00

Also funds 5 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 12, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 12, 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: 100986907, 101059773, 101069326, 101072293.

Adam Loewy$20,000.00
Texas Sands PAC$17,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$17,000.00

Cash
$17,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$17,000.00

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.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 9, 2024 to Sep 29, 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: 100986907, 101032801, 101059773, 101072293.

Money

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

×

Agave Democratic Infrastructure Fund

$56,000.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$31,000.00
Total
$56,000.00
consulting $31,000.00

Also funds 5 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 12, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 12, 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: 100986907, 101059773, 101069326, 101072293.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$17,000.00

Cash
$17,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$17,000.00

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.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 9, 2024 to Sep 29, 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: 100986907, 101032801, 101059773, 101072293.

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.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 302

by Rep. Bucy, same lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Feb 23, 2023: Referred to State Affairs

Relating to the designation of certain election days as state holidays.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

02/28/2025 H Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency: Feb 28 2025 11:02AM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors
Salman BhojaniDHouse 92 Penny Morales ShawDHouse 148

House committee · Delivery of Government Efficiency · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Elections--General

Holidays

State Employees

Text

The text as introduced · 230 words

89R1506 RDS-D

By: Bucy
H.B. No. 374

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of certain election days as state

holidays.

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

SECTION 1. Section 662.003(b), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(b) A state holiday includes only the following days:

(1) the 19th day of January, "Confederate Heroes Day,"

in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other Confederate

heroes;

(2) the second day of March, "Texas Independence Day";

(3) the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";

(4) the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in Texas,"

in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865;

(5) the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines Johnson

Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson;

(6) the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;

(7) the 24th day of December; [ and ]

(8) the 26th day of December ; and

(9) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in

November of an even-numbered year .

SECTION 2. Section 662.021, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 662.021. DATES OF HOLIDAYS. A legal holiday includes

only the following days:

(1) a national holiday under Section 662.003(a); and

(2) a state holiday under Sections 662.003(b)(1)

through (6) and Section 662.003(b)(9) .

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