Monitoring the SessionHB 532
Died in committee
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
relating to the applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of certain law regarding travel expenses.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Staff travel like state employees, even when no state money pays.
The bill makes open-enrollment charter schools follow the state law on travel expenses as if each school were a state agency and its staff were state employees. It touches charter school officers, employees and governing board members who travel. Their travel falls under the state travel rules in Section 660.093, Government Code, even when no state money pays for the trip, starting September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1858 (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 1858 (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: 129 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 129 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).NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB532 · 2024-11-12
relating to the applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of certain law regarding travel expenses.
Staff travel like state employees, even when no state money pays.
The bill makes open-enrollment charter schools follow the state law on travel expenses as if each school were a state agency and its staff were state employees. It touches charter school officers, employees and governing board members who travel. Their travel falls under the state travel rules in Section 660.093, Government Code, even when no state money pays for the trip, starting September 1, 2025.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE TEXT
…“regardless of whether state funds are used to pay or reimburse for the travel of the officer, employee, or member”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill puts state travel-expense rules on publicly funded charter schools, tightening control over how that money is spent.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 2, 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.
$85,000.00
Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 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: 101056369, 101068193.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$85,000.00
Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 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: 101056369, 101068193.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Rosenthal, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 7, 2023: Referred to Public Education
Relating to the applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of certain law regarding travel expenses.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/03/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 3 2025 2:24PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Public Education · Final status: Died in committee
Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools
Salaries & Expenses
TRAVEL
The text as introduced · 129 words
89R3085 PRL-D By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 532 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of certain law regarding travel expenses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 12.1058, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: (n) An open-enrollment charter school and an officer, employee, or member of the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school are subject to Section 660.093, Government Code, as though the school were a state agency and the officer, employee, or member were a state employee, regardless of whether state funds are used to pay or reimburse for the travel of the officer, employee, or member. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.