Monitoring the SessionHB 3836
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 a requirement that certain rules proposed by state agencies in the executive branch of state government be approved by certain elected state officials.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
The governor or an elected agency head certifies each one.
The bill requires that any rule proposed by an executive-branch state agency carry a signed certification that the governor, or an elected officer who runs that agency, reviewed and approved it. For emergency rules, the agency must send the rule to the governor or its elected officer within 10 days of adopting it, and if that official does not approve, the rule cannot be renewed and a substantially similar rule cannot be adopted through the regular process. This touches every executive-branch agency that writes rules and moves the final say over those rules to elected officials, starting with rules proposed on or after September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1948 by Rep. Harrison (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 1948 by Rep. Harrison (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 Mar 5, 2025 and referred to the House Delivery of Government Efficiency committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB3836 · 2025-03-05
relating to a requirement that certain rules proposed by state agencies in the executive branch of state government be approved by certain elected state officials.
The governor or an elected agency head certifies each one.
The bill requires that any rule proposed by an executive-branch state agency carry a signed certification that the governor, or an elected officer who runs that agency, reviewed and approved it. For emergency rules, the agency must send the rule to the governor or its elected officer within 10 days of adopting it, and if that official does not approve, the rule cannot be renewed and a substantially similar rule cannot be adopted through the regular process. This touches every executive-branch agency that writes rules and moves the final say over those rules to elected officials, starting with rules proposed on or after September 1, 2025.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Oct 31, 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.
$192,192.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Sep 17, 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: 101010834, 101033425, 101040992, 101069649.
$37,000.00
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 · Dec 9, 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: 101012342, 101040992, 101072660.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$192,192.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Sep 17, 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: 101010834, 101033425, 101040992, 101069649.
$37,000.00
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 · Dec 9, 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: 101012342, 101040992, 101072660.
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. Harrison, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 8, 2023: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to a requirement that certain rules proposed by state agencies in the executive branch of state government be approved by certain elected state officials.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Mar 5, 2025
03/26/2025 H Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency: Mar 26 2025 11:31AM
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 · Delivery of Government Efficiency · Final status: Died in committee
HB 587 by Harrison (duplicate)
Governor
State Agencies, Boards & Commissions
STATE AGENCIES' RULES
The text as introduced · 390 words
89R1318 CJC-D By: Curry H.B. No. 3836 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a requirement that certain rules proposed by state agencies in the executive branch of state government be approved by certain elected state officials. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2001.024, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) This subsection applies only to a rule proposed by a state agency in the executive branch of state government. In addition to any other requirement under this section, the notice of a proposed rule to which this subsection applies must include a certification that the rule has been reviewed and approved by the governor or, if the state agency providing notice of the proposed rule is governed by one or more elected state officers, an elected state officer of that agency. The certification must be signed by the governor or an elected state officer of the agency, as applicable. SECTION 2. Section 2001.034, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) This subsection applies only to an emergency rule proposed under this section by a state agency in the executive branch of state government. Not later than the 10th day after the date a state agency adopts an emergency rule to which this subsection applies, the agency must submit the rule for approval by the governor or, if the agency submitting the rule for approval is governed by one or more elected state officers, an elected state officer of that agency. Notwithstanding Subsection (c) of this section, if the governor or an elected state officer of the agency, as applicable, does not approve the emergency rule, the emergency rule may not be renewed by the agency and a rule that is substantially the same as the disapproved emergency rule may not be adopted by the agency under Sections 2001.023 and 2001.029. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a state agency rule proposed on or after the effective date of this Act. A rule proposed before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the rule was proposed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.