HB 3858

Governor would approve local disaster shelter locations

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsReviewed

Rep. Marc LaHoodRHouse 121

Editor's call: No flags. On Nov 1, 2026 the editor checked this charge against the bill's caption and removed it.

Corrected Nov 1, 2026

Corrected Nov 1, 2026 · We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.

Reviewed · Nov 1, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the required approval of the proposed location of county or municipal temporary housing or emergency shelter for disaster victims.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Creates an approval process for temporary housing and emergency shelters run by local governments.

The bill tells the governor, with help from the state public safety department, to set up a process for approving where counties and cities put temporary housing or emergency shelters for disaster victims. A county or city may apply by sending the governor details of the site and asking the department for a public safety review, including the local crime rate. The governor then approves the site if it is safe enough or denies it with a written reason, but the text never says a county or city must get approval before it builds or opens a shelter.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs committee 8-2 on Apr 15, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3858 · 2025-03-05

SOLD BY

Rep. Marc LaHoodRHouse 121

Rep. Mark DorazioRHouse 122

Rep. Pat CurryRHouse 56

+ 2 more authors

ITEM

relating to the required approval of the proposed location of county or municipal temporary housing or emergency shelter for disaster victims.

WHAT IT DOES

Creates an approval process for temporary housing and emergency shelters run by local governments.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 17, 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 5, 2025Filed
Mar 27, 2025Read first time
Mar 27, 2025Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Apr 9, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 9, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 9, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 9, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 9, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 15, 2025Considered in formal meeting
Apr 15, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 15, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
Apr 25, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 25, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 28, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Marc LaHood

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$785K Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$442K Texas Conservative Majority PAC$406K

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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$785,000.09

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$785,000.09

Cash: $460,000.00
Paid by others: $325,000.09
Total: $785,000.09

mail $170,572.09media $154,428.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 19, 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: 100982916, 101009926, 101022768, 101036215, 101040233, 101058924, 101069186, 101072224.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$442,000.00

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$442,000.00

Cash: $442,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $442,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 29, 2025 to Aug 25, 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: 101009926, 101040233, 101069186.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$406,000.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$406,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $306,000.00
Total: $406,000.00

canvassing $231,000.00advertising $75,000.00

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 · Sep 8, 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: 101069186, 101072224.

Money

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

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$785,000.09

Cash: $460,000.00
Paid by others: $325,000.09
Total: $785,000.09

mail $170,572.09media $154,428.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 19, 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: 100982916, 101009926, 101022768, 101036215, 101040233, 101058924, 101069186, 101072224.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$442,000.00

Cash: $442,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $442,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 29, 2025 to Aug 25, 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: 101009926, 101040233, 101069186.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$406,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $306,000.00
Total: $406,000.00

canvassing $231,000.00advertising $75,000.00

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 · Sep 8, 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: 101069186, 101072224.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses15

For: 2
Against: 13
On: 0

Names

For

Self1 registration
Self; Bell County1 registration

Against

City of Dallas1 registration
City of Galveston1 registration
City of Houston1 registration
City of Sugar Land, Texas1 registration
Conference of Urban Counties1 registration
County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas1 registration
Dallas County1 registration
Harris County Commissioners Court1 registration
Hemphill county1 registration
Self1 registration
Self; Armstrong County1 registration
Self; Llano County and Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association1 registration
The City of Corpus Christi1 registration

Sources

15 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 H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 17, 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 5, 2025

04/28/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Nov 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs · Committee vote 8 aye, 2 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Disaster Preparedness & Relief

Governor

Housing--General

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 427 words

89R11774 LRM-D

By: LaHood
H.B. No. 3858

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the required approval of the proposed location of

county or municipal temporary housing or emergency shelter for

disaster victims.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 418.0201 to read as follows:

Sec. 418.0201. REQUIRED APPROVAL OF TEMPORARY HOUSING OR

EMERGENCY SHELTER. (a) The governor, with assistance from the

department, shall establish an approval process for a county or

municipality to construct or operate temporary housing or an

emergency shelter for disaster victims.

(b) A county or municipality may apply for approval to

construct or operate temporary housing or an emergency shelter for

disaster victims at a proposed location by submitting:

(1) to the governor, in the form and manner required by

the governor, an application with details of the proposed location

for the temporary housing or emergency shelter; and

(2) to the department, in the form and manner required

by the department in consultation with the governor, a request for

the department to perform a public safety assessment of the

proposed location.

(c) On receipt of a county's or municipality's public safety

assessment request, the department shall conduct the public safety

assessment, including an assessment of the crime rate, for the

proposed location of the temporary housing or emergency shelter and

shall submit a copy of the completed assessment to the governor.

(d) The governor shall review each application a county or

municipality submits under this section, the related public safety

assessment submitted under Subsection (c), and any other

information the governor considers relevant to determine whether

the location proposed by the county or municipality for temporary

housing or an emergency shelter for disaster victims is a safe

location for the disaster victims.

(e) The governor shall approve the construction or

operation of the temporary housing or emergency shelter at the

proposed location if the governor determines that the location is

sufficiently safe for the disaster victims.

(f) If the governor determines that the proposed location is

unsafe for the disaster victims, the governor shall:

(1) deny the application; and

(2) explain the reason the proposed location is unsafe

for the disaster victims.

(g) The governor shall adopt rules necessary to implement

this section.

SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the governor shall adopt the rules necessary to

implement Section 418.0201, Government Code, as added by this Act.

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