Monitoring the SessionSB 3041
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 increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Gains past $150,000 and $300,000 climb to a first-degree felony.
The bill raises the penalties for the existing Texas offense of misusing official information, which covers public servants who use inside government information for gain. If the offense brings the person a net financial gain, the penalty climbs from a third-degree felony up to a first-degree felony as the gain passes $150,000 and $300,000. It replaces the old penalty-boost subsection, applies only to conduct on or after September 1, 2025, and touches public servants who trade on nonpublic government information.
Labels: BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 1899 by Rep. Meyer (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.
89R-SB3041 · 2025-04-07
relating to increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information.
Gains past $150,000 and $300,000 climb to a first-degree felony.
The bill raises the penalties for the existing Texas offense of misusing official information, which covers public servants who use inside government information for gain. If the offense brings the person a net financial gain, the penalty climbs from a third-degree felony up to a first-degree felony as the gain passes $150,000 and $300,000. It replaces the old penalty-boost subsection, applies only to conduct on or after September 1, 2025, and touches public servants who trade on nonpublic government information.
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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. Meyer, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 9, 2023: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Apr 7, 2025
04/08/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
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 · Criminal Justice · Final status: Died in committee
HB 2001 by Meyer (identical)
Crimes--Miscellaneous
Ethics
Financial--General
State Officers
The text as introduced · 263 words
89R3373 MPF-D By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 3041 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 39.06, Penal Code, is amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: (e) Except as provided by Subsection (g) [ (f) ], an offense under this section is a felony of the third degree. (g) If the commission of an offense under this section results in a net pecuniary gain to the person committing the offense, the offense is: (1) a felony of the third degree if the net pecuniary gain is less than $150,000; (2) a felony of the second degree if the net pecuniary gain is $150,000 or more but less than $300,000; or (3) a felony of the first degree if the net pecuniary gain is $300,000 or more. SECTION 2. Section 39.06(f), Penal Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.