Monitoring the Session

HB 4421

Rose Peer-Recovery Bill Orders Seven Agencies To Write Reports

Did not pass

Verdict: Smells

SmellsReviewed
Rep. Toni RoseDHouse 110
Why it's charged
Study, task force, commission, report

THE TEXT

…“shall prepare and submit a written report to the legislature describing and detailing the state agency's available resources to support and sustain peer-recovery organizations in this state”

Bill text, House committee report version (H)

The only duties are to identify existing resources and report on them every two years. No funding, grant or program is created, so any real support waits on later action.

Study, task force, commission, report

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 available resources of certain state agencies to support and sustain peer-recovery organizations in this state.

Caption from analyzed text · version H.

Summary

No money, no grants. Seven agencies report the help they already have, every even-numbered year.

The bill writes a legal definition of a peer-recovery organization into state law: a nonprofit mostly run by people in recovery from addiction or living with a mental health condition. It orders seven state agencies, including health, family services, housing, prisons, juvenile justice and veterans, to identify funding, training or technical help they already have that could support these groups. Each agency must then send the Legislature a written report every even-numbered year by August 1, but the bill itself spends no money and makes no grant.

Labels

Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 14, 2025. Died in the Senate: received, never referred to a committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4421 · 2025-03-11

SOLD BY

Rep. Toni RoseDHouse 110

ITEM

relating to available resources of certain state agencies to support and sustain peer-recovery organizations in this state.

WHAT IT DOES

No money, no grants. Seven agencies report the help they already have, every even-numbered year.

The bill writes a legal definition of a peer-recovery organization into state law: a nonprofit mostly run by people in recovery from addiction or living with a mental health condition. It orders seven state agencies, including health, family services, housing, prisons, juvenile justice and veterans, to identify funding, training or technical help they already have that could support these groups. Each agency must then send the Legislature a written report every even-numbered year by August 1, but the bill itself spends no money and makes no grant.

CHARGES

[x] STUDY, TASK FORCE, COMMISSION, REPORTanalysis confidence 55%

THE TEXT

…“shall prepare and submit a written report to the legislature describing and detailing the state agency's available resources to support and sustain peer-recovery organizations in this state”

Bill text, House committee report version (H)

The only duties are to identify existing resources and report on them every two years. No funding, grant or program is created, so any real support waits on later action.

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 7, 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 Public Health
  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. Committee substitute considered in committee
  10. Reported favorably as substituted
  11. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  12. Committee report distributed
  13. Committee report sent to Calendars
  14. Considered in Calendars
  15. Placed on General State Calendar
  16. Read 2nd time
  17. Postponed 5/13/25 7:30 PM
  18. Laid out as postponed business
  19. Passed to engrossment
  20. Record vote RV#2373
  21. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  22. Read 3rd time
  23. Passed
  24. Record vote RV#2457
  25. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  26. Reported engrossed
  27. Received from the House
FILED UNDER

TAXPAYER-FUNDED NGOS

THE TEXT

…“shall identify available resources, including funding, training, or technical assistance, to support and sustain peer-recovery organizations in this state”

Bill text, House committee report version (H)

The bill directs seven state agencies to find state funding and help that could flow to a defined class of nonprofit organizations.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 92 yea · 52 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 14, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Toni Rose

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$23KTexas Sands PAC$14KTexans for Truth and Liberty PAC$10K

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 · Jul 12, 2024 to Jun 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$22,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

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 · Oct 15, 2024 to Jun 22, 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: 100989331, 101032423, 101061700.

Texas Sands PAC$14,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$14,000.00

Cash
$14,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$14,000.00

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 · Sep 24, 2024 to May 18, 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: 100989331, 101061700.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$10,000.00

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

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 · on Jun 24, 2025. 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: 101010994.

Money

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

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

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 · Oct 15, 2024 to Jun 22, 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: 100989331, 101032423, 101061700.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$14,000.00

Cash
$14,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$14,000.00

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 · Sep 24, 2024 to May 18, 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: 100989331, 101061700.

×

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

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 · on Jun 24, 2025. 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: 101010994.

Votes2

House May 14, 2025

Yea
92
Nay
52
Present, not voting
2
Absent
1
Excused
3
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 2457

HB 4421 was passed by (Record 2457): 92 Yeas, 52 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 92 (published)
  • Nay: 52 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 3 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 13, 2025

Yea
87
Nay
41
Present, not voting
2
Absent
14
Excused
6
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 2373

CSHB 4421 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2373): 87 Yeas, 41 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 87 (published)
  • Nay: 41 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 14 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 6 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses20
For
19
Against
0
On
1
Names

For

  • Association of Substance Abuse Programs1 registration
  • Caritas of Austin1 registration
  • Dallas County Commissioners Court1 registration
  • Disability Rights Texas1 registration
  • El Paso County1 registration
  • NAMI Texas1 registration
  • Self3 registrations
  • Self; Association of Persons Affected by Addictions1 registration
  • Self; Equity Action1 registration
  • Self; RecoveryPeople; Texas Coalition for Healthy Minds1 registration
  • Texas Council of Community Centers2 registrations
  • Texas Medical Association2 registrations
  • Texas Pediatric Society1 registration
  • Travis County Commissioners Court1 registration
  • United Ways of Texas1 registration

On

  • Texas Juvenile Justice Department1 registration
Sources

20 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 · May 7, 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 H by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 11, 2025

05/14/2025 S Received from the House

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

Data snapshot Nov 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Public Health · Committee vote 8 aye, 3 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse

Human Services--Medical Assistance

Mental Health & Substance Abuse

CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION

HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, TEXAS

STATE HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

VETERANS COMMISSION, TEXAS

Text

The text as introduced · 394 words

89R14970 EAS-F

By: Rose
H.B. No. 4421

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to available resources of certain state agencies to

support and sustain peer-recovery organizations in this state.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 547, Government Code, as effective April

1, 2025, is amended by adding Subchapter J to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER J. PEER-RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS

Sec. 547.0451. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1) "Mental health condition" means a condition, other

than a single diagnosis of an intellectual or developmental

disability or a substance use disorder, that substantially impairs

an individual's:

(A) thoughts, perception of reality, emotional

process, or judgment;

(B) behavior; or

(C) ability to participate in daily routines.

(2) "Peer-recovery organization" means a nonprofit

organization that:

(A) is wholly or partly operated and governed by

members of the community, with at least 51 percent of those members

identifying as persons recovering from a substance use disorder or

lived experience with a mental health condition;

(B) mobilizes resources from inside and outside

of a community to increase the prevalence and quality of recovery

services for persons with mental health conditions or substance use

disorders and their affected family members; and

(C) delivers peer support services provided by

persons recovering from a substance use disorder or lived

experience with a mental health condition.

(3) "Substance use disorder" means the recurrent use

of alcohol or drugs that causes significant clinical and functional

impairment, such as health problems, disability, and failure to

complete major responsibilities at work, school, or home.

Sec. 547.0452. ASSISTANCE FROM CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES. The

following state agencies shall identify available resources,

including funding, training, or technical assistance, to support

and sustain peer-recovery organizations in this state:

(1) the Health and Human Services Commission;

(2) the Department of State Health Services;

(3) the Department of Family and Protective Services;

(4) the Texas Department of Housing and Community

Affairs;

(5) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;

(6) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and

(7) the Texas Veterans Commission.

Sec. 547.0453. BIENNIAL REPORT. Not later than August 1 of

each even-numbered year, each state agency listed in Section

547.0452 shall prepare and submit a written report to the

legislature describing and detailing the state agency's available

resources to support and sustain peer-recovery organizations in

this state.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.