Monitoring the Session

SB 2424

bill letting legislators ride along on enforcement actions

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Bob HallRSenate 2

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 access by a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor to certain governmental meetings or enforcement actions.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Any legislator or the lieutenant governor, overriding any other law.

The bill lets any Texas legislator or the lieutenant governor ride along with a state agency employee during an enforcement action, overriding any other law that would block it. It also requires any governmental body covered by the open meetings law to let a legislator or the lieutenant governor sit in on its closed meetings if the request is for a legislative purpose, with reasonable notice and observation only. State agencies, local governing bodies, and the officials who request access are affected, and closed-door sessions and enforcement work could now have state lawmakers watching.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 13, 2025 and referred to the Senate Business & Commerce committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB2424 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Sen. Bob HallRSenate 2

ITEM

relating to access by a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor to certain governmental meetings or enforcement actions.

WHAT IT DOES

Any legislator or the lieutenant governor, overriding any other law.

The bill lets any Texas legislator or the lieutenant governor ride along with a state agency employee during an enforcement action, overriding any other law that would block it. It also requires any governmental body covered by the open meetings law to let a legislator or the lieutenant governor sit in on its closed meetings if the request is for a legislative purpose, with reasonable notice and observation only. State agencies, local governing bodies, and the officials who request access are affected, and closed-door sessions and enforcement work could now have state lawmakers watching.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Business & Commerce
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Bob Hall

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$135KTexans United for a Conservative Majority PAC$116KBryan Hughes Campaign$100K

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 · 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$135,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$135,000.00

Cash
$129,000.00
Paid by others
$6,000.00
Total
$135,000.00
polling $6,000.00

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.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 12, 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: 100987789, 101010195, 101040645, 101069307, 101073278.

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC$116,000.00

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC

$116,000.00

Cash
$110,000.00
Paid by others
$6,000.00
Total
$116,000.00
polling $6,000.00

Also funds 30 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 3, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 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: 101010195, 101033131, 101073278.

Bryan Hughes Campaign$100,000.00

Bryan Hughes Campaign

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 29, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 29, 2026 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: 101073278.

Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$135,000.00

Cash
$129,000.00
Paid by others
$6,000.00
Total
$135,000.00
polling $6,000.00

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.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 12, 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: 100987789, 101010195, 101040645, 101069307, 101073278.

×

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC

$116,000.00

Cash
$110,000.00
Paid by others
$6,000.00
Total
$116,000.00
polling $6,000.00

Also funds 30 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 3, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 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: 101010195, 101033131, 101073278.

×

Bryan Hughes Campaign

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 29, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 29, 2026 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: 101073278.

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 13, 2025

03/25/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce

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 · Business & Commerce · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Legislature

Open Meetings

State Agencies, Boards & Commissions

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Text

The text as introduced · 279 words

By: Hall
S.B. No. 2424

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to access by a member of the legislature or the lieutenant

governor to certain governmental meetings or enforcement actions.

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

SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Government Code, is amended

by adding Chapter 307 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 307. LEGISLATIVE ACCESS TO ENFORCEMENT ACTION

Sec. 307.001. ACCESS REQUIRED. Notwithstanding any other

law, on request by a member of the legislature or the lieutenant

governor, a state agency shall allow the member or lieutenant

governor to accompany an employee of the agency performing an

enforcement action.

SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 551, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 551.105 to read as follows:

Sec. 551.105. ATTENDANCE FOR LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE. (a) A

governmental body shall on request of a member of the legislature or

the lieutenant governor allow the requestor to attend a closed

meeting of the governmental body if the requestor states that the

request is made for a legislative purpose.

(b) A member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor

who has requested to attend a closed meeting must be given

reasonable notice before the meeting.

(c) A member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor

who attends a closed meeting may observe the meeting only and may

not actively participate in the meeting.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.