HB 4840

bill moves housing authority appointments to the full council

Did not pass

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 the governance of public housing authorities established by municipalities.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

The mayor loses the pick. Majority vote decides.

The bill moves the power to appoint city housing authority commissioners from the mayor or other presiding officer to the full city council by majority vote. It touches every municipal housing authority board in Texas, along with the mayors and councils that fill those seats and the tenant seats on small authorities. Commissioners already serving keep their seats until their terms end, and after that the council as a whole picks replacements starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Intergovernmental Affairs committee 10-0 on Apr 28, 2025. Placed on the General State Calendar on May 15, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4840 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Rep. Keith BellRHouse 4

ITEM

relating to the governance of public housing authorities established by municipalities.

WHAT IT DOES

The mayor loses the pick. Majority vote decides.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 30, 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 13, 2025Filed
Apr 3, 2025Read first time
Apr 3, 2025Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs
Apr 22, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 22, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 22, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 22, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 22, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 28, 2025Considered in formal meeting
Apr 28, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 28, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
May 6, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 6, 2025Committee report distributed
May 7, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 13, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 15, 2025Placed on General State Calendar

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Keith Bell

Donors

Josh Stevens$50,000Carla Enna$50,000Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$35K

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 31, 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.

Josh Stevens$50,000.00

Carla Enna$50,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$35,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$35,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $35,000.00

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 30, 2025 to Sep 4, 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: 101007782, 101027129, 101068150.

Money

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

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$35,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $35,000.00

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 30, 2025 to Sep 4, 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: 101007782, 101027129, 101068150.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses2

For: 1
Against: 1
On: 0

Names

For

City of Fort Worth1 registration

Against

Housing Opportunity Management Enterprises1 registration

Sources

2 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 H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 30, 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 13, 2025

05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

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.

House committee · Intergovernmental Affairs · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

City Government--General

County Government--General

Housing--General

Text

The text as introduced · 372 words

89R15227 JAM-D

By: Bell of Kaufman
H.B. No. 4840

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the governance of public housing authorities

established by municipalities.

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

SECTION 1. Section 392.031(a), Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) Each municipal housing authority shall be governed by

five, seven, nine, or 11 commissioners. The [ presiding officer of

the ] governing body of a municipality by majority vote shall

appoint five, seven, nine, or 11 persons to serve as commissioners

of the authority. An appointed commissioner of the authority may

not be an officer or employee of the municipality. Appointments

made under this section must comply with the requirements of

Section 392.0331, if applicable.

SECTION 2. Section 392.0331(b-1), Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(b-1) The [ presiding officer of the ] governing body of a

municipality that has a municipal housing authority in which the

total number of units is 150 or fewer is not required to appoint a

tenant or a recipient of housing assistance to the position of

commissioner as otherwise required by Subsection (b) if the

governing body [ presiding officer ] has provided timely notice of a

vacancy in the position to all eligible tenants or recipients of

housing assistance and is unable to fill the position with an

eligible tenant or recipient of housing assistance before the 60th

day after the date the position becomes vacant.

SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act in amending

Section 392.031, Local Government Code, does not affect the ability

of a commissioner of a housing authority who was appointed by the

presiding officer of the governing body of a municipality under

that section and who is serving on the effective date of this Act to

continue to serve the remainder of the term to which the member is

appointed. As the terms of commissioners of the housing authority

expire or as a vacancy is created in a commissioner's position, the

governing body of the municipality shall appoint the members as

required by Section 392.031, Local Government Code, as amended by

this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.