HB 3753

bill bars school quality from housing tax credit scoring

Did not pass

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 allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

No pass-fail test, no scoring factor, for the 2026 and 2027 plans.

The bill bars the state housing department from using public school quality as a pass-fail test or as a scoring factor when it hands out low income housing tax credits. It touches housing developers applying for those credits and the neighborhoods where new affordable units could be built, for applications under the 2026 and 2027 allocation plans. The ban expires September 1, 2027, and the department must study the effects and report to the Legislature by November 1, 2027.

Labels

Labels: ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3753 · 2025-03-04

SOLD BY

Rep. Charles CunninghamRHouse 127

Rep. Ray LopezDHouse 125

Rep. Sheryl ColeDHouse 46

+ 2 more authors

ITEM

relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

WHAT IT DOES

No pass-fail test, no scoring factor, for the 2026 and 2027 plans.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 5, 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

Mar 4, 2025Filed
Mar 26, 2025Read first time
Mar 26, 2025Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs
May 6, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 6, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 6, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
May 6, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 12, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 12, 2025Committee report distributed
May 12, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 13, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 15, 2025Placed on General State Calendar

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Charles Cunningham

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$334K Texas Conservative Majority PAC$292K Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$100K

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 24, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$334,135.18

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$334,135.18

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $299,135.18
Total: $334,135.18

advertising $144,032.71mail $133,992.12polling $21,110.35

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 27, 2025 to Oct 21, 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: 101010682, 101031839, 101062565, 101068024, 101072258.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$291,600.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$291,600.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $191,600.00
Total: $291,600.00

canvassing $175,000.00polling $16,600.00

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: 101068024, 101072258.

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$100,000.00

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 23, 2026 to Oct 6, 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: 101068024, 101072258.

Money

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

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$334,135.18

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $299,135.18
Total: $334,135.18

advertising $144,032.71mail $133,992.12polling $21,110.35

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 27, 2025 to Oct 21, 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: 101010682, 101031839, 101062565, 101068024, 101072258.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$291,600.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $191,600.00
Total: $291,600.00

canvassing $175,000.00polling $16,600.00

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: 101068024, 101072258.

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 23, 2026 to Oct 6, 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: 101068024, 101072258.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses7

For: 5
Against: 1
On: 1

Names

For

City of Fort Worth1 registration
Methodist Healthcare Ministries1 registration
Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas1 registration
Self; Tx Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP)1 registration
Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (TALHFA)1 registration

Against

Self1 registration

On

Texas Housers1 registration

Sources

7 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 5, 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 Mar 4, 2025

05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

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

House committee · Intergovernmental Affairs · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Companion

SB 2137 by Menéndez (identical)

Subjects

Housing--General

Taxation--Property-Miscellaneous

HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 302 words

89R4117 JG-F

By: Cunningham
H.B. No. 3753

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

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

SECTION 1. Section 2306.67022, Government Code, is amended

by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:

(d) The department may not:

(1) require as part of the threshold criteria under a

qualified allocation plan that a public school campus with an

attendance zone that contains the proposed development site satisfy

certain criteria relating to educational quality, as specified by

the department in that plan; or

(2) adopt a qualified allocation plan that uses a

scoring system that awards points to an application based on

criteria relating to the educational quality of a public school

campus with an attendance zone that contains the proposed

development site.

(e) This subsection and Subsection (d) expire September 1,

2027.

SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Department of Housing and

Community Affairs shall conduct a study of the effects that the

implementation of Section 2306.67022(d), Government Code, as added

by this Act, has on the allocation of low income housing tax credits

in this state.

(b) Not later than November 1, 2027, the Texas Department of

Housing and Community Affairs shall submit to each standing

committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over affordable

housing a report regarding the study required by Subsection (a) of

this section.

SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an application for low income housing tax credits that is

submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

during an application cycle that is based on the 2026 or 2027

qualified allocation plan adopted by the governing board of the

department.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.