Monitoring the Session

SB 3013

Financial disclosure rules change for state officials

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsReviewed
Sen. Brandon CreightonRSenate 4

Editor's call: No flags. On Nov 1, 2026 the editor checked this charge against the bill's caption and removed it.

Corrected Nov 1, 2026

Corrected Nov 1, 2026 · We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.

Reviewed · Nov 1, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to financial disclosures.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Blind-trust values leave reports. Failure to file brings a written notice instead of referral.

The bill changes what state officials must report on their personal financial statements and what happens when they fail to file. Officials no longer have to report the value range of a blind trust, and the Ethics Commission no longer refers a failure to file to prosecutors; it only sends the official a written notice. The commission must also hide the home addresses of all state officers, candidates and state party chairs before showing the statements to the public, not just judges and Civil Commitment Office leaders.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the Senate State Affairs committee 8-1 on Apr 14, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB3013 · 2025-03-14

SOLD BY

Sen. Brandon CreightonRSenate 4

ITEM

relating to financial disclosures.

WHAT IT DOES

Blind-trust values leave reports. Failure to file brings a written notice instead of referral.

The bill changes what state officials must report on their personal financial statements and what happens when they fail to file. Officials no longer have to report the value range of a blind trust, and the Ethics Commission no longer refers a failure to file to prosecutors; it only sends the official a written notice. The commission must also hide the home addresses of all state officers, candidates and state party chairs before showing the statements to the public, not just judges and Civil Commitment Office leaders.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version S · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version S · April 15, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to State Affairs
  5. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  6. Considered in public hearing
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in public hearing
  9. Vote taken in committee
  10. Reported favorably as substituted
  11. Committee report printed and distributed
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Brandon Creighton

Donors

Donors report through Friends of Brandon Creighton.

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

$0 raised since Jul 1, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. blank in the state's data, consistent with zero. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure.

Report 101060909: Published total from the filed report. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. Filed report 101060909

$0 spent Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026. Published total from the filed report. Flow, Jan 1, 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 1 of 1 filed reports carry a published figure.

Report 101060909: Published total from the filed report. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. Filed report 101060909

$0 cash on hand. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

$0 loans outstanding. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived sum of itemized contributions in regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Unitemized contributions are not included. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Money

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

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses2
For
1
Against
0
On
1
Names

For

  • Self; Harris county ballot security1 registration

On

  • Texas Ethics Commission1 registration
Sources

2 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version S · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version S · April 15, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

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 14, 2025

04/16/2025 S Committee report printed and distributed: Apr 16 2025 11:42AM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report

Data snapshot Nov 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Senate committee · State Affairs · Committee vote 8 aye, 1 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Ethics

Protection of Personal Information

State Officers

ETHICS COMMISSION, TEXAS

Text

The text as introduced · 309 words

By: Creighton
S.B. No. 3013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to financial disclosures.

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

SECTION 1. Section 572.023(b)(14), Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(14) identification of each blind trust that complies

with Subsection (c), including:

(A) [ the category of the fair market value of the trust;

(B)] the date the trust was created;

(B)[ (C) ] the name and address of the trustee; and

(C)[ (D) ] a statement signed by the trustee, under penalty of

perjury, stating that:

(i) the trustee has not revealed any

information to the individual, except information that may be

disclosed under Subdivision (8); and

(ii) to the best of the trustee's knowledge,

the trust complies with this section;

SECTION 2. Section 572.031(b), Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(b) If the commission determines that an individual has

failed to file the statement in compliance with this subchapter,

the commission shall send a written notice to the individual

[ statement of the determination to the appropriate prosecuting

attorneys of the state ].

SECTION 3. The Section 572.032(a-1), Government Code, as

amended by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 34 (S.B. 1576), Sec. 15

is amended to read as follows:

(a-1) Before permitting a member of the public to view a

financial statement filed under this subchapter or providing a copy

of the statement to a member of the public, the commission shall

remove from the statement, if applicable, the home address of a

state officer, a partisan or independent candidate for an office as

an elected officer, and a state party chair [ :

(1) a judge or justice;

(2) a member of the governing board or executive head of the

Texas Civil Commitment Office ].

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.