Monitoring the SessionSB 1890
Died in committee
The caption says the bill is about bid bonding, but the operative text waives the performance bond, which is a different guarantee. The caption also calls these small projects, yet the limit is one percent of each city's budget, so how big a 'small' project can be rises with the size of the city.
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relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Caption: bid bonding. Bill: performance bonds. And “small” means under 1% of the city budget!
The bill lets a Texas city skip two safeguards on construction contracts worth less than one percent of the city's latest adopted budget: it no longer has to make sure the contractor carries workers' compensation insurance, and it no longer has to require a performance bond. It touches cities, the contractors they hire, and the workers on those job sites. On new contracts signed on or after September 1, 2025, cities can award these jobs without those coverage and bond checks, and the dollar limit for what counts as small grows as a city's budget grows.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3406 by Rep. Spiller (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 3406 by Rep. Spiller (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 Mar 4, 2025 and referred to the Senate Local Government committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB1890 · 2025-03-04
relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects.
Caption: bid bonding. Bill: performance bonds. And “small” means under 1% of the city budget!
The bill lets a Texas city skip two safeguards on construction contracts worth less than one percent of the city's latest adopted budget: it no longer has to make sure the contractor carries workers' compensation insurance, and it no longer has to require a performance bond. It touches cities, the contractors they hire, and the workers on those job sites. On new contracts signed on or after September 1, 2025, cities can award these jobs without those coverage and bond checks, and the dollar limit for what counts as small grows as a city's budget grows.
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The caption says the bill is about bid bonding, but the operative text waives the performance bond, which is a different guarantee. The caption also calls these small projects, yet the limit is one percent of each city's budget, so how big a 'small' project can be rises with the size of the city.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 23, 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.
$60,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 13, 2024 to Oct 23, 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: 100983698, 101007598, 101030579, 101072377.
$35,000.00
Also funds 25 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Sep 23, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
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TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Mar 12, 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: 100983698, 101057700.
$25,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Nov 23, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Nov 23, 2024. 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: 100983698.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$60,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 13, 2024 to Oct 23, 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: 100983698, 101007598, 101030579, 101072377.
$35,000.00
Also funds 25 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Sep 23, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Mar 12, 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: 100983698, 101057700.
$25,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Nov 23, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Nov 23, 2024. 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: 100983698.
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. Spiller, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 16, 2023: Referred to Business & Industry
Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Mar 4, 2025
03/17/2025 S Referred to Local Government
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 · Local Government · Final status: Died in committee
HB 875 by Spiller (identical)
City Government--General
Labor--Workers' Compensation
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING MATERIALS
CONSTRUCTION & HEAVY EQUIPMENT
CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS
The text as introduced · 222 words
89R3264 SCL-D By: Perry S.B. No. 1890 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 271.909 to read as follows: Sec. 271.909. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND BID BONDING REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. (a) In this section, "project" includes all work to be completed on a construction project for a municipality at one location within 12 months of the date the work begins. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, for a construction project contracted for an amount that is less than one percent of the total amount of a municipality's most recently adopted budget, the municipality is not required to: (1) ensure that the contractor is covered by workers' compensation insurance coverage; or (2) require the contractor to obtain a performance bond. (c) For the purpose of determining the contracted amount of a construction project under Subsection (b), a municipality may not aggregate work from more than one project. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.