HB 4607

bill letting tax-credit apartments prefer teachers

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

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 certain occupancy preferences given by developments supported with a low income housing tax credit allocation.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

School district employees get first preference for units.

The bill lets apartment projects built with Texas low income housing tax credits give teachers and other school district employees, and their households, first preference for units. It touches developers and managers of these tax-credit projects, the state housing department that runs the program, and school employees in the district where a project sits. On the ground, a qualifying project may choose to favor school workers when it fills units, as long as every other state and federal occupancy rule is still met, starting with applications under the 2026 allocation plan.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 2328 by Sen. Eckhardt (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 SB 2328 by Sen. Eckhardt (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 12, 2025 and referred to the House Intergovernmental Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4607 · 2025-03-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Terri Leo WilsonRHouse 23

ITEM

relating to certain occupancy preferences given by developments supported with a low income housing tax credit allocation.

WHAT IT DOES

School district employees get first preference for units.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Mar 12, 2025Filed
Apr 3, 2025Read first time
Apr 3, 2025Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Terri Leo Wilson

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$525K Texas Conservative Majority PAC$50K Dustin Burrows Campaign$45K

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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$525,040.28

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$525,040.28

Cash: $65,000.00
Paid by others: $460,040.28
Total: $525,040.28

advertising $253,649.00mail $170,891.28polling $35,500.00

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 · Jun 27, 2025 to Aug 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: 100994567, 101011936, 101042004, 101042009, 101070547.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$50,000.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$50,000.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $50,000.00
Total: $50,000.00

canvassing $50,000.00

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 · on Feb 20, 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: 101042009.

Dustin Burrows Campaign$45,000.00

Dustin Burrows Campaign

$45,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $10,000.00
Total: $45,000.00

polling $10,000.00

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 31, 2025 to Feb 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.

Report IDs: 101011936, 101028233, 101042004.

Money

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

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$525,040.28

Cash: $65,000.00
Paid by others: $460,040.28
Total: $525,040.28

advertising $253,649.00mail $170,891.28polling $35,500.00

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 · Jun 27, 2025 to Aug 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: 100994567, 101011936, 101042004, 101042009, 101070547.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$50,000.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $50,000.00
Total: $50,000.00

canvassing $50,000.00

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 · on Feb 20, 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: 101042009.

Dustin Burrows Campaign

$45,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $10,000.00
Total: $45,000.00

polling $10,000.00

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 31, 2025 to Feb 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.

Report IDs: 101011936, 101028233, 101042004.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R SB 2328

by Sen. Eckhardt, different lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 23, 2023: Referred to Local Government

Relating to certain occupancy preferences given by developments supported with a low income housing tax credit allocation.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 12, 2025

04/03/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM

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 · Intergovernmental Affairs · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

SB 368 by Eckhardt (identical)

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel

Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers

Housing--General

HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 364 words

89R4359 JAM-D

By: Leo Wilson
H.B. No. 4607

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain occupancy preferences given by developments

supported with a low income housing tax credit allocation.

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

SECTION 1. Section 2306.6701, Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

Sec. 2306.6701. PURPOSE. (a) The department shall

administer the low income housing tax credit program to:

(1) encourage the development and preservation of

appropriate types of rental housing for households , including

members of a group specified by Subsection (b), that have

difficulty finding suitable, affordable rental housing in the

private marketplace;

(2) maximize the number of suitable, affordable

residential rental units added to the state's housing supply;

(3) prevent losses for any reason to the state's supply

of suitable, affordable residential rental units by enabling the

rehabilitation of rental housing or by providing other preventive

financial support under this subchapter; and

(4) provide for the participation of for-profit

organizations and provide for and encourage the participation of

nonprofit organizations in the acquisition, development, and

operation of affordable housing developments in urban and rural

communities.

(b) Consistent with Section 42(g)(9), Internal Revenue Code

of 1986, a development supported with a housing tax credit

allocation may give an occupancy preference to teachers and other

employees of the school district in which the development is

located, and members of the households of those persons, if all

other occupancy requirements under state and federal law are

satisfied.

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 under Section 2306.67022, Government Code. 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.