SB 830

Parker Bill Doubles The City Bidding Threshold To $100,000

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

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 the amount of an expenditure made by a municipality for which competitive bidding is required.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

No formal bidding up to $100,000. From $3,000 up, contact at least two historically underutilized businesses.

The bill doubles the dollar amount at which a Texas city must use competitive bidding or another formal purchasing method, from more than $50,000 to more than $100,000. It touches every municipality and the businesses that sell to them. Cities can sign contracts up to $100,000 without formal bidding starting September 1, 2025, and for purchases between $3,000 and $100,000 they must contact at least two historically underutilized businesses.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 4942 by Rep. Bernal (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 4942 by Rep. Bernal (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 Jan 16, 2025 and referred to the Senate Local Government committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB830 · 2025-01-16

SOLD BY

Sen. Tan ParkerRSenate 12

ITEM

relating to the amount of an expenditure made by a municipality for which competitive bidding is required.

WHAT IT DOES

No formal bidding up to $100,000. From $3,000 up, contact at least two historically underutilized businesses.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Jan 16, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Jan 16, 2025Filed
Feb 13, 2025Read first time
Feb 13, 2025Referred to Local Government

FILED UNDER

DEI BY ANOTHER NAME

THE TEXT

…“shall contact at least two historically underutilized businesses on”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

By raising the upper limit to $100,000, the bill widens the range of city purchases that must include outreach to state-listed historically underutilized businesses.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Tan Parker

Donors

Texas Stock Exchange | TXSE Group PAC$40K Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$25K The Peck Family Trust$25K

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 · Oct 28, 2024 to Jun 29, 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.

Texas Stock Exchange | TXSE Group PAC$40,000.00

Texas Stock Exchange | TXSE Group PAC

$40,000.00

Cash: $40,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $40,000.00

Also funds 10 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 17, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Feb 17, 2026 to Jun 25, 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: 101060289.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$25,250.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$25,250.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $250.00
Total: $25,250.00

fundraiser $250.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2025. 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: 100986801, 101009904, 101031351.

The Peck Family Trust$25,000.00

The Peck Family Trust

$25,000.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $25,000.00

Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 14, 2024 to Sep 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 14, 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: 100986801.

Money

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

Texas Stock Exchange | TXSE Group PAC

$40,000.00

Cash: $40,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $40,000.00

Also funds 10 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 17, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Feb 17, 2026 to Jun 25, 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: 101060289.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$25,250.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $250.00
Total: $25,250.00

fundraiser $250.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2025. 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: 100986801, 101009904, 101031351.

The Peck Family Trust

$25,000.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $25,000.00

Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 14, 2024 to Sep 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 14, 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: 100986801.

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.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 4942

by Rep. Bernal, different lead author · Died in committee · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 23, 2023: Referred to Urban Affairs

Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by a municipality for which competitive bidding is required.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Jan 16, 2025

02/13/2025 S Referred to Local Government

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Senate committee · Local Government · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

HB 4084 by Little (identical)

Subjects

City Government--Finance

Purchasing--Local

COMPETITIVE BIDDING

HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES

Text

The text as introduced · 292 words

89R307 ATP-D

By: Parker
S.B. No. 830

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the amount of an expenditure made by a municipality for

which competitive bidding is required.

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

SECTION 1. Section 252.021(a), Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) Before a municipality may enter into a contract that

requires an expenditure of more than $100,000 [ $50,000 ] from one or

more municipal funds, the municipality must:

(1) comply with the procedure prescribed by this

subchapter and Subchapter C for competitive sealed bidding or

competitive sealed proposals;

(2) use the reverse auction procedure, as defined by

Section 2155.062(d), Government Code, for purchasing; or

(3) comply with a method described by Chapter 2269,

Government Code.

SECTION 2. Section 252.0215, Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 252.0215. COMPETITIVE BIDDING IN RELATION TO

HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS. A municipality, in making an

expenditure of more than $3,000 but less than $100,000 [ $50,000 ],

shall contact at least two historically underutilized businesses on

a rotating basis, based on information provided by the comptroller

pursuant to Chapter 2161, Government Code. If the list fails to

identify a historically underutilized business in the county in

which the municipality is situated, the municipality is exempt from

this section.

SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

a purchase made on or after the effective date of this Act. A

purchase made before the effective date of this Act is governed by

the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this

Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.

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