HB 5634

More nearby projects could share an existing financing zone

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsReviewed

Rep. Barbara Gervin-HawkinsDHouse 120

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 the authority of certain municipalities and local government corporations to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Eligible cities can add projects within 1,000 feet without expanding the zone.

The bill lets certain cities that already have a project financing zone add more convention center or venue projects to that zone by city ordinance, as long as each new project sits within 1,000 feet of one already on the list. It touches only cities described in an existing subsection of the hotel tax law, plus the state comptroller, who must be notified within 30 days. Starting work on any one listed project now meets the deadline for all of them, so the zone's tax revenue can flow to every project on the list without extending the zone's size or life.

Labels

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

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB5634 · 2025-03-14

SOLD BY

Rep. Barbara Gervin-HawkinsDHouse 120

ITEM

relating to the authority of certain municipalities and local government corporations to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.

WHAT IT DOES

Eligible cities can add projects within 1,000 feet without expanding the zone.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Mar 14, 2025Filed
Apr 7, 2025Read first time
Apr 7, 2025Referred to Ways & Means

FILED UNDER

CORPORATE WELFARE

THE TEXT

…“permit the use of project financing zone revenues on all designated qualified projects”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill widens which convention center and venue projects can draw on redirected hotel tax revenue in a project financing zone.

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Barbara Gervin-Hawkins

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$36K Texas Sands PAC$34K Legacy 44$17K

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 6, 2024 to Feb 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 Trial Lawyers Association PAC$36,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$36,000.00

Cash: $36,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $36,000.00

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 · Sep 20, 2024 to Feb 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.

Report IDs: 100981675, 101026167, 101035798, 101038806.

Texas Sands PAC$34,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$34,000.00

Cash: $34,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $34,000.00

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 Feb 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: 100981675, 101038806.

Legacy 44$17,000.00

Legacy 44

$17,000.00

Cash: $1,000.00
Paid by others: $16,000.00
Total: $17,000.00

digital $16,000.00

Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 21, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 18, 2024 to Feb 20, 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: 100981675, 101038806.

Money

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

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$36,000.00

Cash: $36,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $36,000.00

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 · Sep 20, 2024 to Feb 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.

Report IDs: 100981675, 101026167, 101035798, 101038806.

Texas Sands PAC

$34,000.00

Cash: $34,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $34,000.00

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 Feb 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: 100981675, 101038806.

Legacy 44

$17,000.00

Cash: $1,000.00
Paid by others: $16,000.00
Total: $17,000.00

digital $16,000.00

Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 21, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 18, 2024 to Feb 20, 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: 100981675, 101038806.

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 Ways & Means: 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 · Ways & Means · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

SB 3028 by Menéndez (identical)

Subjects

Amusements, Games, Sports

City Government--Finance

Taxation--City

CONVENTIONS & CONVENTION CENTERS

RECREATIONAL & CULTURAL FACILITIES

COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Text

The text as introduced · 362 words

By: Gervin-Hawkins
H.B. No. 5634

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain municipalities and local

government corporations to use certain tax revenue for certain

qualified projects.

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

SECTION 1. Section 351.1015, Tax Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (k) to read as follows:

This subsection applies only to For a municipality described

by Subsection (b)(2) , . t T he term "qualified project" means only a

convention center facility or a venue described by Section

334.001(4)(A), Local Government Code, and any related

infrastructure. Commencement of any one qualified project

designated by the municipality in accordance with this Section

within the specified period described in Subsection (g) shall

satisfy the requirements of that subsection and permit the use of

project financing zone revenues on all designated qualified

projects.

SECTION 2. Section 351.1015, Tax Code, is amended by adding

Subsection (1) to read as follows:

(1) A municipality described by Subsection (b)(2), after

designation of a project financing zone under Subsection (a)(4) and

notification to the comptroller under Subsection (f), may, by

ordinance, designate additional qualified projects within a zone,

provided that any such additional qualified project shall:

(1) comply with the requirements of Subsection (k);

(2) with respect to an outer wall of the added qualified

project, be within 1,000 feet of the outer wall of an

already-designated qualified project; and

(3) not act to extend the duration or boundaries of the

established project financing zone or the period of time by which

the requirements of Subsection (g) are satisfied.

A municipality that adds a qualified project to a project

financing zone under this Subsection shall notify the comptroller

of such addition not later than the 30th day after the date the

municipality adopts the ordinance adding such qualified project.

Upon provision of such notice to the Comptroller, the added

qualified project shall constitute a qualified project for all

purposes of this Section except for establishing the boundaries and

duration of the project financing zone under Subsection (a)(4) and

for determining compliance with the requirements of Subsection (g).

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