Monitoring the SessionSB 2572
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 a prohibition on the receipt of bond proceeds by persons who make a contribution to certain political committees.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Contracts included. Take the money anyway and you’re barred from any public contract for five years!
The bill says anyone who gives money to a political committee that backs a bond cannot be paid out of that bond's money, including through contracts for goods or services. It touches contractors, vendors and any other person who donates to pro-bond campaigns, plus the governments that issue bonds and award contracts. Starting with contributions made on or after September 1, 2025, a donor who takes bond money is barred from getting any public contract for five years.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3021 by Rep. Harrison (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 3021 by Rep. Harrison (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 13, 2025 and referred to the Senate State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB2572 · 2025-03-13
relating to a prohibition on the receipt of bond proceeds by persons who make a contribution to certain political committees.
Contracts included. Take the money anyway and you’re barred from any public contract for five years!
The bill says anyone who gives money to a political committee that backs a bond cannot be paid out of that bond's money, including through contracts for goods or services. It touches contractors, vendors and any other person who donates to pro-bond campaigns, plus the governments that issue bonds and award contracts. Starting with contributions made on or after September 1, 2025, a donor who takes bond money is barred from getting any public contract for five years.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE TEXT
…“a person who makes a contribution to a political committee that supports the issuance of a bond may not receive money, including payment under a contract for goods or services, from any proceeds in connection with the bond”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill cuts off bond-funded payments to people who donated to the campaign pushing that bond.
THE TEXT
“A governmental entity may not award to a person who violates Subsection (a) a public contract until the fifth anniversary of the date of the violation.”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill attaches a five-year public-contract ban to the act of donating to a pro-bond political committee and then taking bond money.
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Not tied to this bill.
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 6, 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.
$1,140,000.00
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 · Dec 12, 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: 101009502, 101012383, 101061137, 101072395, 101072779.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$1,140,000.00
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 · Dec 12, 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: 101009502, 101012383, 101061137, 101072395, 101072779.
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. Harrison, different lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 14, 2023: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to a prohibition on the receipt of bond proceeds by persons who make a contribution to certain political committees.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Mar 13, 2025
04/03/2025 S Referred to State 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 · State Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
HB 953 by Harrison (similar)
City Government--Finance
County Government--Finance
Ethics
BONDS
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
The text as introduced · 189 words
89R14543 CJD-D By: Middleton S.B. No. 2572 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a prohibition on the receipt of bond proceeds by persons who make a contribution to certain political committees. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 253.008 to read as follows: Sec. 253.008. PROHIBITION ON RECEIPT OF BOND PROCEEDS BY PERSONS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO CERTAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES. (a) Notwithstanding any law, a person who makes a contribution to a political committee that supports the issuance of a bond may not receive money, including payment under a contract for goods or services, from any proceeds in connection with the bond. (b) A governmental entity may not award to a person who violates Subsection (a) a public contract until the fifth anniversary of the date of the violation. SECTION 2. Section 253.008, Election Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contribution to a political committee that is made on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.