Monitoring the Session

HB 636

Walle Bill Enlists Health Insurers To Identify Homeless People

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Armando WalleDHouse 140

Initial review · graded Oct 22, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the implementation of a statewide homeless data sharing network to share real-time data on homelessness.

Caption from analyzed text · version H.

Summary

Insurers also refer them to housing. Built with money the department already has.

The bill orders the state housing department, working with the Texas Homeless Network, to build a statewide network for sharing real-time data on homelessness, using money it already has. It touches homeless response systems, data warehouse vendors, health insurers and managed care groups, and people experiencing homelessness whose data flows through the network. On the ground, insurers help identify homeless people and refer them to housing and other services, and the department must keep confidential information from being disclosed, starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2533 (Did not pass) 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 2533 (Did not pass). 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.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 16, 2025. Died in the Senate: never got out of the Local Government committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB636 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Armando WalleDHouse 140 Rep. Cassandra Garcia HernandezDHouse 115

ITEM

relating to the implementation of a statewide homeless data sharing network to share real-time data on homelessness.

WHAT IT DOES

Insurers also refer them to housing. Built with money the department already has.

The bill orders the state housing department, working with the Texas Homeless Network, to build a statewide network for sharing real-time data on homelessness, using money it already has. It touches homeless response systems, data warehouse vendors, health insurers and managed care groups, and people experiencing homelessness whose data flows through the network. On the ground, insurers help identify homeless people and refer them to housing and other services, and the department must keep confidential information from being disclosed, starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

Net to General Revenue · FY 2026($246,260)

LBB estimate, flow · fiscal note version I · ( ) = negative · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 17, 2025

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB636, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($487,020) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

First year · FY 2026 · ($246,260)

Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in formal meeting
  9. Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
  10. Considered in formal meeting
  11. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  12. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  13. Committee report distributed
  14. Committee report sent to Calendars
  15. Considered in Calendars
  16. Placed on General State Calendar
  17. Read 2nd time
  18. Passed to engrossment
  19. Record vote RV#2715
  20. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  21. Read 3rd time
  22. Passed
  23. Record vote RV#2834
  24. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  25. Reported engrossed
  26. Received from the House
  27. Read first time
  28. Referred to Local Government
FILED UNDER

SURVEILLANCE STATE

THE TEXT

…“through which homeless response systems and data warehouse vendors”…

Bill text, House committee report version (H)

The bill builds a statewide network that shares real-time data about homeless individuals among government systems, private data vendors and health insurers, with a confidentiality duty as the only stated safeguard.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 77 yea · 44 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 16, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Armando Walle

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$43KTexas REALTORS Political Action Committee$18KBorder Health PAC$10K

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 · Jul 4, 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$42,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$42,500.00

Cash
$42,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$42,500.00

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 Sep 30, 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101027868, 101056902, 101071964.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$17,500.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$17,500.00

Cash
$17,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$17,500.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Sep 30, 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101056902, 101071964.

Border Health PAC$10,000.00

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 15, 2025. 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: 101027868.

Money

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

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$42,500.00

Cash
$42,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$42,500.00

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 Sep 30, 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101027868, 101056902, 101071964.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$17,500.00

Cash
$17,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$17,500.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Sep 30, 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101056902, 101071964.

×

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 15, 2025. 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: 101027868.

Votes2

House May 16, 2025

Yea
77
Nay
44
Present, not voting
2
Absent
11
Excused
16
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 2834

HB 636 was passed by (Record 2834): 77 Yeas, 44 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 77 (published)
  • Nay: 44 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 11 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 16 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 15, 2025

Yea
70
Nay
60
Present, not voting
3
Absent
10
Excused
7
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 2715

HB 636 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2715): 70 Yeas, 60 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 70 (published)
  • Nay: 60 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 3 (published)
  • Absent: 10 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 7 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses27
For
27
Against
0
On
0
Names

For

  • Bexar County Commissioners Court1 registration
  • Caritas of Austin1 registration
  • City of Austin1 registration
  • City of Corpus Christi1 registration
  • City of Dallas1 registration
  • City of Fort Worth1 registration
  • City of Houston1 registration
  • City of Irving1 registration
  • Conference of Urban Counties1 registration
  • Dallas County1 registration
  • Dallas Regional Chamber1 registration
  • Disability Rights Texas1 registration
  • El Paso County1 registration
  • Harris County Commissioners Court1 registration
  • Haven for Hope1 registration
  • Self1 registration
  • Tarrant County Administrator's Office1 registration
  • Texas Apartment Association1 registration
  • Texas Appleseed1 registration
  • Texas Association of Goodwills1 registration
  • Texas Civil Rights Project1 registration
  • Texas Council of Community Centers1 registration
  • Texas Homeless Network1 registration
  • Texas housers1 registration
  • Texas Public Policy Foundation1 registration
  • Travis County Commissioners Court1 registration
  • United Ways of Texas1 registration
Sources

27 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal
Net to General Revenue · FY 2026($246,260)

LBB estimate, flow · fiscal note version I · ( ) = negative · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 17, 2025

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB636, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($487,020) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

First year · FY 2026 · ($246,260)

Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version H by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 2533

by Rep. Walle, same lead author · Did not pass · same text

Introduced text

Last action, May 24, 2023: Placed on intent calendar

Relating to the implementation of a statewide homeless data sharing network to share real time data on homelessness.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

05/25/2025 S Referred to Local Government

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Intergovernmental Affairs · Committee vote 6 aye, 4 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Senate committee · Local Government · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

SB 2488 by Parker (identical)

Subjects

Electronic Information Systems

Housing--Homeless Persons

Protection of Personal Information

HOMELESS

HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 195 words

89R902 JG-D

By: Walle
H.B. No. 636

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the implementation of a statewide homeless data sharing

network to share real-time data on homelessness.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 2306, Government Code, is amended by

adding Subchapter QQ to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER QQ. HOMELESS DATA SHARING

Sec. 2306.1151. HOMELESS DATA SHARING NETWORK. (a) Using

available resources, the department in collaboration with the Texas

Homeless Network shall implement a homeless data sharing network

through which homeless response systems and data warehouse vendors

are able to share and assess real-time data on homelessness

throughout this state.

(b) In implementing the homeless data sharing network, the

department shall collaborate with health benefit plan issuers and

managed care organizations to:

(1) identify individuals experiencing homelessness;

and

(2) connect and refer those individuals to available

services and resources, including housing navigation assistance,

for the purpose of improving health outcomes.

(c) The department shall ensure that information shared

through the homeless data sharing network that is confidential

under state or federal law is not disclosed.

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