Monitoring the SessionHB 5347
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 construction of nontolled frontage roads adjacent to certain toll projects.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
At least one free lane each direction where the highway used to be free.
The bill bars a toll project entity from building a toll road along the route of a highway that used to be free unless it also builds at least one free frontage road lane in each direction. The entity that ran the old free highway must maintain those frontage lanes. It applies only to toll projects whose financing, construction, or operation contracts are signed on or after September 1, 2025, and it carries an exception for whatever Section 228.201 already provides.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3822 (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 HB 3822 (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.PENDING FOREVER. Heard by the House Transportation subcommittee on Transportation Funding on Apr 28, 2025 and left pending. Never voted out. The bill died.
89R-HB5347 · 2025-03-14
relating to the construction of nontolled frontage roads adjacent to certain toll projects.
At least one free lane each direction where the highway used to be free.
The bill bars a toll project entity from building a toll road along the route of a highway that used to be free unless it also builds at least one free frontage road lane in each direction. The entity that ran the old free highway must maintain those frontage lanes. It applies only to toll projects whose financing, construction, or operation contracts are signed on or after September 1, 2025, and it carries an exception for whatever Section 228.201 already provides.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source
Fiscal note · version I · April 25, 2025
No first-year general revenue figure available here.
LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.
Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
No verified beat found.
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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY
Not tied to this bill.
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Nov 7, 2024 to Oct 19, 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.
$149,922.40
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 8, 2024 to Aug 12, 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: 100982185, 100998989, 101030949, 101035543, 101059927, 101068041.
$54,402.88
Also funds 20 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Nov 4, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jun 25, 2025 to Jan 27, 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: 100998989, 101034987, 101035543.
$45,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 29, 2025 to Jan 26, 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: 101030949, 101035543.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$149,922.40
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 8, 2024 to Aug 12, 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: 100982185, 100998989, 101030949, 101035543, 101059927, 101068041.
$54,402.88
Also funds 20 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Nov 4, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jun 25, 2025 to Jan 27, 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: 100998989, 101034987, 101035543.
$45,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 29, 2025 to Jan 26, 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: 101030949, 101035543.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source
Fiscal note · version I · April 25, 2025
No first-year general revenue figure available here.
LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.
Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
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. Metcalf, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 20, 2023: Referred to Transportation
Relating to the construction of nontolled frontage roads adjacent to certain toll projects.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Mar 14, 2025
04/28/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
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 · Transportation · Final status: Died in committee
Highways
TOLL ROADS & TOLL BRIDGES
The text as introduced · 237 words
89R1751 JAM-D By: Metcalf H.B. No. 5347 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the construction of nontolled frontage roads adjacent to certain toll projects. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 372.060 to read as follows: Sec. 372.060. CONSTRUCTION OF NONTOLLED FRONTAGE ROAD REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN TOLL PROJECTS. (a) Except as provided by Section 228.201, a toll project entity may not construct a toll project along the route of a previously nontolled highway unless the entity constructs at least one adjacent nontolled lane of frontage road for each direction of travel of the toll project. (b) The lanes of frontage road described by Subsection (a) shall be maintained by the entity that had authority over the previously nontolled highway along which the toll project is constructed. SECTION 2. Section 372.060, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a toll project for which a contract for financing, construction, or operation is entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A toll project for which a contract was entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed at the time the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.