Monitoring the SessionSB 1562
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 creation, distribution, and posting of a veterans benefits and services poster in the workplace.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Hung in a conspicuous spot all employees can reach.
The bill orders the Texas Workforce Commission, working with the Texas Veterans Commission, to create a poster on veterans benefits and services and send it to every employer with at least 50 employees. Those employers must hang the poster in a conspicuous spot that all employees can reach. The poster covers unemployment benefits, the veterans crisis hotline, tax benefits, driver's licenses, and services like education, legal help and mental health treatment, and it must go out by December 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3483 by Rep. Turner (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 3483 by Rep. Turner (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 Feb 21, 2025 and referred to the Senate Veteran Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB1562 · 2025-02-21
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relating to the creation, distribution, and posting of a veterans benefits and services poster in the workplace.
Hung in a conspicuous spot all employees can reach.
The bill orders the Texas Workforce Commission, working with the Texas Veterans Commission, to create a poster on veterans benefits and services and send it to every employer with at least 50 employees. Those employers must hang the poster in a conspicuous spot that all employees can reach. The poster covers unemployment benefits, the veterans crisis hotline, tax benefits, driver's licenses, and services like education, legal help and mental health treatment, and it must go out by December 1, 2025.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 2, 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.
$25,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jan 22, 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: 101065471.
$20,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 12, 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: 101012370, 101032316, 101072614.
$10,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Dec 2, 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: 101032316.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$25,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jan 22, 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: 101065471.
$20,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 12, 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: 101012370, 101032316, 101072614.
$10,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Dec 2, 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: 101032316.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Turner, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 9, 2023: Referred to Vet Affairs
Relating to the creation, distribution, and posting of a veterans benefits and services poster in the workplace.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Feb 21, 2025
03/06/2025 S Referred to Vet Affairs
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Veteran Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
HB 1078 by Turner (identical)
Labor--General
Military & Veterans
SIGNS
WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS
The text as introduced · 345 words
89R3598 RDS-D By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1562 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the creation, distribution, and posting of a veterans benefits and services poster in the workplace. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by adding Chapter 320 to read as follows: CHAPTER 320. INFORMATION ABOUT BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR VETERANS Sec. 320.001. VETERANS BENEFITS AND SERVICES POSTER. (a) In this section, "employer" means a person who employs at least 50 employees. (b) The commission shall, in consultation with the Texas Veterans Commission, create and distribute to each employer in this state a veterans benefits and services poster containing information relating to: (1) how an employee may: (A) apply for unemployment compensation benefits under Subtitle A and unemployment compensation benefits that may be offered under a program administered by an agency of the federal government; (B) contact the Texas Veterans Commission, including how an employee may access the Internet website maintained by the Texas Veterans Commission and the veterans crisis hotline established by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs under 38 U.S.C. Section 1720F; (C) exercise any tax benefits or preferences offered to veterans under the Tax Code or Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and (D) obtain a driver's license or personal identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety; and (2) services that may be available to veterans in this state, including: (A) education, workforce placement, and training programs; (B) legal assistance; and (C) substance abuse and mental health treatment. (c) Each employer shall display the veterans benefits and services poster distributed by the commission under this section in a conspicuous place in the employer's place of business that is accessible to all employees. SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2025, the Texas Workforce Commission shall, in consultation with the Texas Veterans Commission, create and distribute the veterans benefits and services poster as required by Section 320.001, Labor Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
