Monitoring the Session

HB 4045

bill on scoring tax credit bids with a missing statement

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Cecil Bell Jr.RHouse 3

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 statement, or one taking no side. New scoring rules.

The bill changes how the state housing department scores applications for low income housing tax credits when a required written statement either never arrives or arrives without taking a side for or against the project. In those cases the points tied to that statement move to the scoring category based on resolutions from local political subdivisions, and they are split equally among those subdivisions where that sub-rule applies. Developers and local governments are affected: local resolutions carry more weight, with positive points for supportive resolutions, negative points for opposing ones, and zero for neutral ones, starting with applications under the 2026 allocation plan.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Intergovernmental Affairs committee 9-1 on Apr 28, 2025. Taken up on the floor on May 14, 2025 and postponed. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4045 · 2025-03-07

SOLD BY

Rep. Cecil Bell Jr.RHouse 3

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

WHAT IT DOES

No statement, or one taking no side. New scoring rules.

The bill changes how the state housing department scores applications for low income housing tax credits when a required written statement either never arrives or arrives without taking a side for or against the project. In those cases the points tied to that statement move to the scoring category based on resolutions from local political subdivisions, and they are split equally among those subdivisions where that sub-rule applies. Developers and local governments are affected: local resolutions carry more weight, with positive points for supportive resolutions, negative points for opposing ones, and zero for neutral ones, starting with applications under the 2026 allocation plan.

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 · April 14, 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

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in formal meeting
  9. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  10. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  11. Committee report distributed
  12. Committee report sent to Calendars
  13. Considered in Calendars
  14. Placed on General State Calendar
  15. Read 2nd time
  16. Postponed 12/25/25 10:00 AM
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Cecil Bell Jr.

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$303KDUSTIN BURROWS CAMPAIGN$84KTexas Conservative Majority PAC$84K

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 · Aug 30, 2024 to Apr 2, 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$303,416.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$303,416.00

Cash
$77,500.00
Paid by others
$225,916.00
Total
$303,416.00
mail $151,916.00advertising $57,250.00polling $16,750.00

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.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 14, 2024 to Mar 3, 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: 101012348, 101016762, 101032999, 101036177, 101041213, 101061435.

DUSTIN BURROWS CAMPAIGN$84,000.00

DUSTIN BURROWS CAMPAIGN

$84,000.00

Cash
$75,000.00
Paid by others
$9,000.00
Total
$84,000.00
polling $9,000.00

Also funds 39 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 13, 2025 to Sep 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 29, 2025 to Jan 27, 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: 101032999, 101036177, 101041213.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$83,505.68

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$83,505.68

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$83,505.68
Total
$83,505.68
canvassing $50,000.00Other filed descriptions $24,666.67polling $7,750.00texting $1,089.01

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 · Feb 9, 2026 to Mar 3, 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: 101041213, 101061435.

Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$303,416.00

Cash
$77,500.00
Paid by others
$225,916.00
Total
$303,416.00
mail $151,916.00advertising $57,250.00polling $16,750.00

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.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 14, 2024 to Mar 3, 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: 101012348, 101016762, 101032999, 101036177, 101041213, 101061435.

×

DUSTIN BURROWS CAMPAIGN

$84,000.00

Cash
$75,000.00
Paid by others
$9,000.00
Total
$84,000.00
polling $9,000.00

Also funds 39 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 13, 2025 to Sep 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 29, 2025 to Jan 27, 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: 101032999, 101036177, 101041213.

×

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$83,505.68

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$83,505.68
Total
$83,505.68
canvassing $50,000.00Other filed descriptions $24,666.67polling $7,750.00texting $1,089.01

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 · Feb 9, 2026 to Mar 3, 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: 101041213, 101061435.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses17
For
17
Against
0
On
0
Names

For

  • AURA ATX1 registration
  • City of Fort Worth1 registration
  • Disability Rights Texas1 registration
  • Habitat for Humanity Texas1 registration
  • Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas1 registration
  • Self2 registrations
  • TAAHP1 registration
  • Texans For Housing1 registration
  • Texans for Reasonable Solutions1 registration
  • Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP)1 registration
  • Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers(TAAHP)1 registration
  • Texas Apartment Association1 registration
  • Texas Association of Builders1 registration
  • Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (TALHFA)1 registration
  • Texas housers1 registration
  • The Fort Cavazos Community Habitat for Humanity1 registration
Sources

17 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 · April 14, 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 7, 2025

05/14/2025 H Postponed

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.

Coauthors
Carrie IsaacRHouse 73

House committee · Intergovernmental Affairs · Committee vote 9 aye, 1 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Housing--General

Taxation--Property-Exemptions

Text

The text as introduced · 298 words

89R4120 JG-F

By: Bell of Montgomery
H.B. No. 4045

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 2306.6710(g), Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(g) If no written statement is received for an application

under Subsection (b)(1)(J) or the written statement does not

express support for or against the application , the department

shall use the maximum number of points that could have been awarded

under that paragraph to increase the maximum number of points that

may be awarded for that application under Subsection (b)(1)(B). If

awarding points under Subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii), the department

shall reallocate the points from the scoring category provided by

Subsection (b)(1)(J) equally between the political subdivisions

described by Subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii). In awarding points

transferred under this subsection from the scoring category

provided by Subsection (b)(1)(J) to the scoring category provided

by Subsection (b)(1)(B), the department shall award:

(1) positive points for positive resolutions adopted;

(2) negative points for negative resolutions adopted;

and

(3) zero points for neutral resolutions adopted.

SECTION 2. 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 qualified

allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board

of the department. An application that is submitted during an

application cycle that is based on an earlier qualified allocation

plan is governed by the law in effect on the date the application

cycle began, and the former law is continued in effect for that

purpose.

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