Monitoring the Session

HB 5428

university payroll deductions for any public purpose

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. John BryantDHouse 114

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 payroll deductions for employees of a public university system or institution of higher education.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

The chancellor or president decides what counts.

The bill lets a university system's governing board or chancellor, or a campus president, allow university employees to sign up for payroll deductions for any purpose that official decides serves a public purpose and benefits employees. It touches employees and leaders of Texas public universities and systems, and lets governing boards set policies for these deductions. On the ground, more officials can approve new kinds of voluntary paycheck deductions, and these come on top of deductions already allowed by other law.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 14, 2025 and referred to the House Higher Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB5428 · 2025-03-14

SOLD BY

Rep. John BryantDHouse 114

ITEM

relating to payroll deductions for employees of a public university system or institution of higher education.

WHAT IT DOES

The chancellor or president decides what counts.

The bill lets a university system's governing board or chancellor, or a campus president, allow university employees to sign up for payroll deductions for any purpose that official decides serves a public purpose and benefits employees. It touches employees and leaders of Texas public universities and systems, and lets governing boards set policies for these deductions. On the ground, more officials can approve new kinds of voluntary paycheck deductions, and these come on top of deductions already allowed by other law.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Higher Education
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

John Bryant

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$17KStephan McNally$10,000Blackridge$7K

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 28, 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 Trial Lawyers Association PAC$16,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$16,500.00

Cash
$16,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$16,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 19, 2024 to Oct 5, 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: 100986384, 101011678, 101030225, 101071800.

Stephan McNally$10,000.00
Blackridge$7,000.00

Blackridge

$7,000.00

Cash
$7,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$7,000.00

Also funds 86 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 4, 2025 to Jun 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: 101030225, 101062403.

Money

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

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Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$16,500.00

Cash
$16,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$16,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 19, 2024 to Oct 5, 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: 100986384, 101011678, 101030225, 101071800.

×

Blackridge

$7,000.00

Cash
$7,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$7,000.00

Also funds 86 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 4, 2025 to Jun 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: 101030225, 101062403.

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 Higher Education: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM

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 · Higher Education · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

SB 2867 by West (identical)

Subjects

Education--Higher--Faculty

Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs

Labor--General

Salaries & Expenses

Text

The text as introduced · 236 words

89R12592 AND-F

By: Bryant
H.B. No. 5428

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to payroll deductions for employees of a public university

system or institution of higher education.

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

SECTION 1. Section 51.9611, Education Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to

read as follows:

(b) The governing board or chancellor of a university

system, or of an institution of higher education that is not a

component institution of a university system, or the president of

an institution of higher education may authorize employees of the

system or institution, as applicable, to elect a payroll deduction

for any purpose that the governing board , chancellor, or president

determines serves a public purpose and benefits employees.

(b-1) The governing board of a university system, or of an

institution of higher education that is not a component institution

of a university system, may adopt policies and procedures governing

payroll deductions under this section.

(b-2) A payroll deduction under this section is in addition

to payroll deductions authorized by other law.

SECTION 2. 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.