SB 1857
Hagenbuch Bill Adds Unnamed Cities To Tax Revenue Project List
Died in committee
Verdict: Smells
Why it's charged
Bracket bill
The bill uses population and percent-of-county brackets, plus cross-references to other code sections, to pick out specific cities without naming them. The caption only says 'certain municipalities,' so a reader cannot tell from it which places benefit.
Bracket billInitial 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 authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Summary
Cities holding over 70 percent of a 1.5M-plus county join the list. The caption won’t say which.
The bill widens the list of cities that may use certain local tax revenue for 'qualified projects' under an existing section of the Tax Code. It adds a city holding more than 70 percent of a county of 1.5 million or more and a city described by another code section with 200,000 or more people. Cities of at least two million people were already on the list, and the bill only renumbers that entry. The added cities gain the same tax-revenue authority already held by the cities on the current list, starting September 1, 2025.
Corrected Oct 26, 2026 · We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Labels
Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 4, 2025 and referred to the Senate Economic Development committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Receipt
The receipt
89R-SB1857 · 2025-03-04
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ITEM
relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.
WHAT IT DOES
Cities holding over 70 percent of a 1.5M-plus county join the list. The caption won’t say which.
The bill widens the list of cities that may use certain local tax revenue for 'qualified projects' under an existing section of the Tax Code. It adds a city holding more than 70 percent of a county of 1.5 million or more and a city described by another code section with 200,000 or more people. Cities of at least two million people were already on the list, and the bill only renumbers that entry. The added cities gain the same tax-revenue authority already held by the cities on the current list, starting September 1, 2025.
Corrected Oct 26, 2026 · We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
CHARGES
[x] BRACKET BILLanalysis confidence 55%
The bill uses population and percent-of-county brackets, plus cross-references to other code sections, to pick out specific cities without naming them. The caption only says 'certain municipalities,' so a reader cannot tell from it which places benefit.
TOTAL
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
HISTORY
- Received by the Secretary of the Senate
- Filed
- Read first time
- Referred to Economic Development
FILED UNDER
No verified beat found.
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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY
CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY
Donors
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 · Oct 27, 2024 to Jun 15, 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$50,000.00
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
$50,000.00
- Cash
- $50,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $50,000.00
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.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Sep 8, 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: 101010787, 101032653.
Denton County Republican Lincoln Cabinet PAC$25,000.00
Denton County Republican Lincoln Cabinet PAC
$25,000.00
- Cash
- $25,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $25,000.00
Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Apr 8, 2026 to Apr 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · on Apr 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: 101058859.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
$50,000.00
- Cash
- $50,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $50,000.00
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.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Sep 8, 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: 101010787, 101032653.
Denton County Republican Lincoln Cabinet PAC
$25,000.00
- Cash
- $25,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $25,000.00
Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Apr 8, 2026 to Apr 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · on Apr 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: 101058859.
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 Senate · Filed Mar 4, 2025
03/17/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 11:01 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Economic Development · Final status: Died in committee
Companion
HB 3076 by Patterson (identical)
Subjects
City Government--Finance
Taxation--Hotel, Motel Occupancy
Text
The text as introduced · 235 words
89R11808 RDS-F By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 1857 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the authority of certain municipalities 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(b), Tax Code, as amended by Chapters 644 (H.B. 4559), 779 (H.B. 5012), 927 (S.B. 2220), and 1110 (S.B. 1057), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: (b) This section applies only to a qualified project located in: (1) a municipality with a population of at least 700,000 but less than 950,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census; [ or ] (2) a municipality that contains more than 70 percent of the population of a county with a population of 1.5 million or more ; (3) [ (2) ] a municipality described by Section 351.001(7)(B); (4) [ or [ (3) ] a municipality described by Section 351.152(61) ; (5) [ (2) ] a municipality with a population of at least two million ; or (6) a municipality described by Section 351.152(15) that has a population of 200,000 or more . SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.