HB 4669: Port of Beaumont commissioners’ monthly pay: $500 to $750

Caption

relating to the compensation of commissioners of the Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.

Summary

The board president goes from $550 to $850.

The bill raises the monthly pay of commissioners of the Port of Beaumont Navigation District from $500 to $750, and the board president's pay from $550 to $850. It touches only the commissioners of this one port district in Jefferson County. Starting September 1, 2025, the district pays its board members more each month.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 5319 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 5319 (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.QUICK READ: 106 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 106 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 16, 2025. Died in the Senate: never got out of the Transportation committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4669 · 2025-03-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Christian ManuelDHouse 22

ITEM

relating to the compensation of commissioners of the Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.

WHAT IT DOES

The board president goes from $550 to $850.

The bill raises the monthly pay of commissioners of the Port of Beaumont Navigation District from $500 to $750, and the board president's pay from $550 to $850. It touches only the commissioners of this one port district in Jefferson County. Starting September 1, 2025, the district pays its board members more each month.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 5, 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 12, 2025Filed
Apr 3, 2025Read first time
Apr 3, 2025Referred to Transportation
May 8, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 8, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 8, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
May 8, 2025Left pending in committee
May 9, 2025Considered in formal meeting
May 9, 2025Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
May 9, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 12, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 13, 2025Committee report distributed
May 13, 2025Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
May 13, 2025Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
May 16, 2025Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
May 16, 2025Read 2nd time
May 16, 2025Passed to engrossment
May 16, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 16, 2025Read 3rd time
May 16, 2025Passed
May 16, 2025Record vote RV#2818
May 16, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 16, 2025Reported engrossed
May 19, 2025Received from the House
May 19, 2025Read first time
May 19, 2025Referred to Transportation

FILED UNDER

GOVERNMENT GROWTH UNDER A CONSERVATIVE BANNER

THE TEXT

…“a commissioner shall receive $750 [ $500 ] per month for the commissioner's services.”

Bill text, House committee report version (H)

The bill raises the pay of appointed port district commissioners by half, and the board president's pay by more than half.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 113 yea · 18 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 16, 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

Christian Manuel

Donors

ENPAC Texas$5K Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$5K Texas Sands PAC$4K

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 23, 2024 to Jun 30, 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.

ENPAC Texas$5,000.00

ENPAC Texas

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 27 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 26, 2024 to Oct 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 · on Nov 10, 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: 101033978.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$5,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

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 · Jul 7, 2025 to Oct 1, 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: 101033978.

Texas Sands PAC$4,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash: $4,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $4,000.00

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 · on 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: 101061945.

Money

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

×

ENPAC Texas

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 27 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 26, 2024 to Oct 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 · on Nov 10, 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: 101033978.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

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 · Jul 7, 2025 to Oct 1, 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: 101033978.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash: $4,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $4,000.00

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 · on 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: 101061945.

Votes1

House May 16, 2025

Yea: 113
Nay: 18
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 4
Excused: 13

Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 2818

HB 4669 (Ashby, Barry, C. Bell, Cunningham, Harrison, Hull, King, LaHood, Lambert, McQueeney, Money, Oliverson, Patterson, Paul, Slawson, Spiller, Toth, and Wharton - no) (113 - 18 - 2)

Shared roll motion

The following bills which were considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed by the following record vote (members registering votes and the results of the vote are shown following the bill number). (Record 2818): 131 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

Yea: 113 (published)
Nay: 18 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 4 (derived from named list)
Excused: 13 (derived from named list)

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

Witnesses1

For: 1
Against: 0
On: 0

Names

For

Self1 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 fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 5, 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.

FILED BEFORE

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

88R HB 5319

by Rep. Manuel, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, May 9, 2023: Referred to Transportation

Relating to the compensation of commissioners of the Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 12, 2025

05/19/2025 S Referred to Transportation

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Transportation · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 3 absent · Out of committee

Senate committee · Transportation · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

PORT OF BEAUMONT NAVIGATION DISTRICT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY

Salaries & Expenses

Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports

Text

The text as introduced · 106 words

89R15837 JBD-F

By: Manuel
H.B. No. 4669

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the compensation of commissioners of the Port of

Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 5010.0205(a) and (b), Special District

Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a commissioner

shall receive $750 [ $500 ] per month for the commissioner's

services.

(b) A commissioner serving as president of the board shall

receive $850 [ $550 ] per month.

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

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

ENPAC Texas

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Texas Sands PAC

ENPAC Texas

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Texas Sands PAC

House May 16, 2025

For

88R HB 5319