Monitoring the Session

HB 948

bill making governments post employee contracts and pay online

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Brian HarrisonRHouse 10

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 the required posting by governmental entities of employee contracts and compensation on entity Internet websites.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Every state agency and local government, updated at least yearly.

The bill requires every state agency and local government in Texas to post on its website each employment contract it signs with an employee and the total pay and benefits each employee receives, updated at least once a year. It covers state agencies in all three branches and political subdivisions such as counties, cities, school districts, hospital districts, transit authorities and special districts, except for information the Public Information Act already lets them withhold. If the comptroller finds an entity failed to post, the comptroller publishes that finding and the entity loses eligibility for state grants for two years, though the penalty section cites 'Section 620.002' instead of the new Section 621.002, a drafting error that could cloud enforcement.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3017 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3017 (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 Delivery of Government Efficiency committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB948 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Brian HarrisonRHouse 10

ITEM

relating to the required posting by governmental entities of employee contracts and compensation on entity Internet websites.

WHAT IT DOES

Every state agency and local government, updated at least yearly.

The bill requires every state agency and local government in Texas to post on its website each employment contract it signs with an employee and the total pay and benefits each employee receives, updated at least once a year. It covers state agencies in all three branches and political subdivisions such as counties, cities, school districts, hospital districts, transit authorities and special districts, except for information the Public Information Act already lets them withhold. If the comptroller finds an entity failed to post, the comptroller publishes that finding and the entity loses eligibility for state grants for two years, though the penalty section cites 'Section 620.002' instead of the new Section 621.002, a drafting error that could cloud enforcement.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Brian Harrison

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$38KMichael Rydin$25,000Ed Harrison$16,000

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 · Nov 1, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$37,500.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$37,500.00

Cash
$37,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$37,500.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 22, 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.

Report IDs: 101013450, 101032507, 101072627.

Michael Rydin$25,000.00
Ed Harrison$16,000.00
Money

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

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Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$37,500.00

Cash
$37,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$37,500.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 22, 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.

Report IDs: 101013450, 101032507, 101072627.

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.

FILED BEFORE

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

88R HB 3017

by Rep. Harrison, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 14, 2023: Referred to State Affairs

Relating to the required posting by governmental entities of employee contracts and compensation on entity Internet websites.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

03/06/2025 H Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency: Mar 6 2025 11:42AM

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 · Delivery of Government Efficiency · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Labor--Wages

Political Subdivisions

Salaries & Expenses

State Agencies, Boards & Commissions

INTERNET

COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Text

The text as introduced · 301 words

By: Harrison
H.B. No. 948

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the required posting by governmental entities of

employee contracts and compensation on entity Internet websites.

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

SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 6, Government Code, is amended

by adding Chapter 621 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 621. COMPENSATION OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY EMPLOYEES

Sec. 621.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Total Compensation" means the salary, wages, and

any other thing of value that an employee receives for work

performed by the employee.

(2) "Governmental entity" means:

(A) a state agency in the executive, legislative,

or judicial branch of state government; or

(B) a political subdivision of this state,

including a county, municipality, school district, hospital

district, metropolitan transit authority, conservation and

reclamation district, or any other special purpose district.

Sec. 621.002. REQUIRED POSTING OF EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.

Except for information excepted from required disclosure under

Chapter 552, each governmental entity shall:

(1) post on the entity's publicly available Internet

website:

(A) any employment contract the entity enters

into with an entity employee; and

(B) the total compensation paid to each entity

employee; and

(2) at least annually update the information required

under Subdivision (1).

Sec. 621.003. FAILURE TO POST EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. If

the comptroller determines that a governmental entity has violated

Section 620.002, the comptroller shall:

(1) publish the comptroller's determination in the

Texas Register; and

(2) notify the governmental entity in writing that the

entity is ineligible for any state grant for a period of two years

from the date the determination is published under Subdivision (1).

SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2026, each

governmental entity shall comply with Section 621.002, Government

Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.