Monitoring the Session

HB 4443

bill for a Dallas-Fort Worth energy-efficiency job training pilot

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Salman BhojaniDHouse 92

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 establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a pilot program to train workers for careers in energy-efficient technologies.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

The Texas Workforce Commission partners with community colleges and employers.

The bill orders the Texas Workforce Commission to set up a pilot program in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that partners with community colleges and energy-efficient technology employers to train students for jobs in that field. It touches the Workforce Commission, the Texas Education Agency, the Higher Education Coordinating Board, local community colleges, participating employers, and high school students and graduates who enroll. The commission sets the courses, eligibility rules and a completion certificate, tracks job outcomes for participants, reports results to the Legislature by December 1, 2030, and the program ends September 1, 2031.

Labels

Labels: ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 15, 2025. Died in the Senate: received, never referred to a committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4443 · 2025-03-11

SOLD BY

Rep. Salman BhojaniDHouse 92 Rep. Keith BellRHouse 4 Rep. Oscar LongoriaDHouse 35

+ 2 more authors, 2 coauthors

ITEM

relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a pilot program to train workers for careers in energy-efficient technologies.

WHAT IT DOES

The Texas Workforce Commission partners with community colleges and employers.

The bill orders the Texas Workforce Commission to set up a pilot program in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that partners with community colleges and energy-efficient technology employers to train students for jobs in that field. It touches the Workforce Commission, the Texas Education Agency, the Higher Education Coordinating Board, local community colleges, participating employers, and high school students and graduates who enroll. The commission sets the courses, eligibility rules and a completion certificate, tracks job outcomes for participants, reports results to the Legislature by December 1, 2030, and the program ends September 1, 2031.

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 26, 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 s/c on Workforce by Speaker
  4. Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
  5. Considered by s/c in public hearing
  6. Committee substitute considered in s/c
  7. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
  8. Left pending in subcommittee
  9. Recalled from subcommittee
  10. Considered in formal meeting
  11. Committee substitute considered in committee
  12. Reported favorably as substituted
  13. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  14. Committee report distributed
  15. Committee report sent to Calendars
  16. Considered in Calendars
  17. Placed on General State Calendar
  18. Read 2nd time
  19. Amended 1-K. Bell
  20. Passed to engrossment as amended
  21. Record vote RV#2551
  22. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  23. Read 3rd time
  24. Passed
  25. Record vote RV#2660
  26. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  27. Reported engrossed
  28. Received from the House
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 90 yea · 52 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 15, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Salman Bhojani

Donors

6301 ECC LLC$36KSam Mahrouq$25,000Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$21K

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 1, 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.

6301 ECC LLC$36,400.00

6301 ECC LLC

$36,400.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$36,400.00
Total
$36,400.00
Other filed descriptions $36,400.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 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: 100978329, 101005348, 101026340, 101056439, 101069774, 101071921.

Sam Mahrouq$25,000.00
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$21,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$21,000.00

Cash
$21,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$21,000.00

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 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 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: 100978329, 101026340, 101056439, 101071921.

Money

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

×

6301 ECC LLC

$36,400.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$36,400.00
Total
$36,400.00
Other filed descriptions $36,400.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 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: 100978329, 101005348, 101026340, 101056439, 101069774, 101071921.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$21,000.00

Cash
$21,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$21,000.00

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 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 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: 100978329, 101026340, 101056439, 101071921.

Votes2

House May 15, 2025

Yea
90
Nay
52
Present, not voting
2
Absent
3
Excused
3
Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 2660

HB 4443 was passed by (Record 2660): 90 Yeas, 52 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

  • Yea: 90 (published)
  • Nay: 52 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 3 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 3 (derived from named list)

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

House May 14, 2025

Yea
70
Nay
65
Present, not voting
2
Absent
7
Excused
6
Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 2551

CSHB 4443, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2551): 70 Yeas, 65 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

  • Yea: 70 (published)
  • Nay: 65 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 7 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 6 (derived from named list)

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

Witnesses1
For
0
Against
0
On
1
Names

On

  • The Texas Workforce Commission1 registration
Sources

1 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 26, 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 11, 2025

05/15/2025 S Received from the House

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

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

Coauthors
Suleman LalaniDHouse 76 Penny Morales ShawDHouse 148

House committee · Trade, Workforce & Economic Development · Committee vote 7 aye, 2 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Education--Junior College Districts

Labor--Workforce Development

EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS

HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD, TEXAS

WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS

Text

The text as introduced · 433 words

89R6196 DNC-D

By: Bhojani
H.B. No. 4443

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of

a pilot program to train workers for careers in energy-efficient

technologies.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code is amended

by adding Section 302.02015 to read as follows:

Sec. 302.02015. CAREERS IN ENERGY-EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES

PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In this section:

(1) "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency.

(2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher

Education Coordinating Board.

(3) "Public junior college" has the meaning assigned

by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(b) The commission, in consultation with the agency and the

coordinating board, shall establish and administer a pilot program

in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area under which the

commission partners with public junior colleges and

energy-efficient technology employers to provide necessary

education and training to students for entry into jobs in

industries using energy-efficient technologies.

(c) Subject to coordinating board approval, a public junior

college participating in the program may offer dual credit courses

to high school students or college-level courses to high school

graduates participating in the pilot program.

(d) The commission, in consultation with the agency and the

coordinating board, shall establish:

(1) curriculum requirements for courses and training

offered under the pilot program;

(2) eligibility criteria for a student or an

energy-efficient technology employer to participate in the pilot

program; and

(3) a certificate of completion the commission may

award to a pilot program participant for the successful completion

of a course of study and training in energy-efficient technologies

under the pilot program.

(e) Under the pilot program, the commission shall ensure

that the local workforce development board serving the workforce

development area in which the pilot program is administered

maintains the following information for each pilot program

participant following program completion, disaggregated by race,

ethnicity, sex, income, and location:

(1) the evaluation data described by Section

302.082(b); and

(2) data regarding the attainment of employment within

the field of energy-efficient technologies.

(f) The commission, agency, and coordinating board may

adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this section.

(g) Not later than December 1, 2030, the commission shall

evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program at enhancing the

entry rate of participants into careers in energy-efficient

technologies and report the results of the evaluation to the

legislature. The report must include the commission's

recommendation on whether the pilot program should be implemented

on a statewide basis.

(h) This section expires September 1, 2031.

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