HB 5112

Public colleges must adopt policies against antisemitic violence and incitement

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsReviewed

Rep. Matt ShaheenRHouse 66

Editor's call: No flags. On Nov 1, 2026 the editor checked this charge against the bill's caption and removed it.

Corrected Nov 1, 2026

Corrected Nov 1, 2026 · We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.

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 a policy prohibiting antisemitism at public institutions of higher education.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

State spending waits on certification that the school complied the previous fiscal year.

The bill requires every Texas public college and university to adopt a policy banning students and student groups from antisemitism-motivated violence, or speech meant to immediately incite violence or other unlawful action against Jewish people. The policy must set punishments up to expulsion for students and disbanding for student groups. Starting with money for the fiscal year that begins September 1, 2026, a school cannot spend its state appropriation until its governing board certifies to the Legislature and the Coordinating Board that it complied the year before.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 13, 2025 and referred to the House Higher Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB5112 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Rep. Matt ShaheenRHouse 66

ITEM

relating to a policy prohibiting antisemitism at public institutions of higher education.

WHAT IT DOES

State spending waits on certification that the school complied the previous fiscal year.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Mar 13, 2025Filed
Apr 7, 2025Read first time
Apr 7, 2025Referred to Higher Education

FILED UNDER

SPEECH AND LAWFARE

THE TEXT

…“speech intended to imminently incite violence or other unlawful action against or toward a Jewish person or the Jewish community”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill makes campus speech that is meant to incite imminent violence against Jewish people a basis for student discipline, up to expulsion.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Matt Shaheen

Donors

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$402K Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$100K Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$86K

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 30, 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.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$401,656.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$401,656.00

Cash: $60,000.00
Paid by others: $341,656.00
Total: $401,656.00

canvassing $317,206.00polling $24,450.00

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 · Aug 25, 2026 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.

Report IDs: 101069212, 101071870.

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$100,000.00

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 22, 2026 to Oct 10, 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: 101069212, 101071870.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$85,700.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$85,700.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $35,700.00
Total: $85,700.00

advertising $20,000.00polling $15,700.00

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 · Aug 11, 2025 to Sep 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.

Report IDs: 101028938, 101069212, 101071870.

Money

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

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$401,656.00

Cash: $60,000.00
Paid by others: $341,656.00
Total: $401,656.00

canvassing $317,206.00polling $24,450.00

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 · Aug 25, 2026 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.

Report IDs: 101069212, 101071870.

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 22, 2026 to Oct 10, 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: 101069212, 101071870.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$85,700.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $35,700.00
Total: $85,700.00

advertising $20,000.00polling $15,700.00

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 · Aug 11, 2025 to Sep 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.

Report IDs: 101028938, 101069212, 101071870.

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.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 13, 2025

04/07/2025 H Referred to Higher Education: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Nov 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Higher Education · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

SB 1909 by Creighton (identical)

Subjects

Education--Higher--General

Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs

Human Relations

Religion

State Finances--Management & Control

DISCRIMINATION

Text

The text as introduced · 319 words

89R8471 CXP-D

By: Shaheen
H.B. No. 5112

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a policy prohibiting antisemitism at public

institutions of higher education.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 51.9317 to read as follows:

Sec. 51.9317. ANTISEMITISM PROHIBITED. (a) In this

section:

(1) "Antisemitism" has the meaning assigned by Section

448.001, Government Code, including the examples referenced in that

term.

(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning

assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) Each institution of higher education shall adopt a

policy that:

(1) prohibits students and student organizations from

engaging in antisemitism-motivated violence or speech intended to

imminently incite violence or other unlawful action against or

toward a Jewish person or the Jewish community; and

(2) establishes disciplinary sanctions for students

and student organizations, including expulsion from the

institution or disbanding of the student organization, that engage

in conduct prohibited by Subdivision (1).

(c) An institution of higher education may not spend money

appropriated to the institution for a state fiscal year until the

governing board of the institution submits to the legislature and

the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board a report certifying

the institution's compliance with this section during the preceding

state fiscal year.

SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this

section, this Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 academic

year.

(b) Section 51.9317(c), Education Code, as added by this

Act, applies beginning with money appropriated to a public

institution of higher education for a state fiscal year beginning

September 1, 2026.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.