Monitoring the SessionHB 691
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 minimum wage.
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And the tip credit ends. Employers can’t keep tips.
The bill raises the Texas minimum wage to $19 an hour, or the federal minimum wage if that is ever higher. It also ends the tip credit, so employers must pay tipped workers a set base wage tied to a cross-referenced section, and they may not keep any of a worker's tips. It repeals Section 62.151 of the Labor Code starting September 1, 2025, which changes who the state minimum wage covers.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2175 by Rep. Cole (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 2175 by Rep. Cole (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.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development subcommittee on Workforce. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB691 · 2024-11-12
+ 4 coauthors
relating to the minimum wage.
And the tip credit ends. Employers can’t keep tips.
The bill raises the Texas minimum wage to $19 an hour, or the federal minimum wage if that is ever higher. It also ends the tip credit, so employers must pay tipped workers a set base wage tied to a cross-referenced section, and they may not keep any of a worker's tips. It repeals Section 62.151 of the Labor Code starting September 1, 2025, which changes who the state minimum wage covers.
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Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Cole, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 9, 2023: Referred to International Relations & Economic Development
Relating to the minimum wage for certain tipped employees.
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Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/04/2025 H Referred to s/c on Workforce by Speaker: Mar 4 2025 3:37PM
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 · Trade, Workforce & Economic Development · Final status: Died in committee
Labor--Wages
MINIMUM WAGE
The text as introduced · 253 words
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 691 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the minimum wage. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 62.051. MINIMUM WAGE. Except as provided by Sections 62.052 and [ Section ] 62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee not less than the greater of: (1) $19 an hour; or (2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). SECTION 2. Section 62.052, Labor Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 62.052. TIPPED EMPLOYEES. (a) [ In determining the wage of a tipped employee, the amount paid the employee by the employer is the amount described as paid to a tipped employee under Section 3(m), Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)). [ (b) ] In this section, "tipped employee" means an employee engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and regularly receives more than $20 a month in tips. (b) An employer shall pay to each tipped employee not less than half of the amount outlined in Sec. 63.025. The amount paid to an employee may not be reduced by a tip credit against the minimum wage. (c) This section may not be construed to allow an employer to keep any portion of a tipped employee's tips. SECTION 3. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
