HB 5390

incentive-backed employers must contact the workforce board first

Died in committee

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 cooperation by economic development program participants with local workforce development boards.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

No penalty, no deadline, and no way to check.

The bill requires employers taking part in a county or city economic development program to check with the local workforce development board before filling open jobs and to consider qualified people from the board's career centers. It touches businesses receiving local economic development deals and job seekers using workforce centers, and it tells those employers to give extra consideration to applicants on unemployment benefits or state cash assistance. On the ground, incentive-backed employers must make a contact and weigh certain applicants, but the bill sets no penalty, no deadline for the contact, and no way to check compliance.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 14, 2025 and referred to the House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB5390 · 2025-03-14

SOLD BY

Rep. Claudia OrdazDHouse 79

ITEM

relating to cooperation by economic development program participants with local workforce development boards.

WHAT IT DOES

No penalty, no deadline, and no way to check.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Mar 14, 2025Filed
Apr 7, 2025Read first time
Apr 7, 2025Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

FILED UNDER

CORPORATE WELFARE

THE TEXT

“An employer who is participating in an economic development program administered by a county or municipality”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill attaches a local-hiring consideration duty to employers receiving county or city economic development benefits.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Claudia Ordaz

Donors

Texas Sands PAC$12KRandy Bowling$10,000Bobby Bowling$10,000

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 · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 21, 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 Sands PAC$12,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$12,000.00

Cash: $12,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $12,000.00

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 · Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 29, 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: 100982219, 101057840, 101072563.

Randy Bowling$10,000.00

Bobby Bowling$10,000.00

Money

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

Texas Sands PAC

$12,000.00

Cash: $12,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $12,000.00

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 · Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 29, 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: 100982219, 101057840, 101072563.

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 14, 2025

04/07/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM

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 · Trade, Workforce & Economic Development · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

SB 2603 by Blanco (identical)

Subjects

Economic & Industrial Development--General

Labor--Workforce Development

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS

Text

The text as introduced · 216 words

89R15046 SCR-D

By: Ordaz
H.B. No. 5390

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to cooperation by economic development program

participants with local workforce development boards.

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

SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 12, Local Government Code, is

amended by adding Chapter 399A to read as follows:

CHAPTER 399A. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PLANNING AND

DEVELOPMENT OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 399A.001. COOPERATION WITH LOCAL WORKFORCE

DEVELOPMENT BOARDS. (a) An employer who is participating in an

economic development program administered by a county or

municipality and is hiring one or more employees to fill vacancies

in the employer's open positions shall contact the local workforce

development board established under Chapter 2308, Government Code,

for the employer's workforce development area to determine whether

any participants in a career development center established by the

board under Section 2308.312, Government Code, are qualified to

fill the vacancies and consider those qualified participants when

filling the vacancies.

(b) An employer shall give additional consideration when

filling vacancies under this section to an applicant for employment

who receives state or federal public assistance, including:

(1) unemployment insurance benefit payments; and

(2) assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code.

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