SB 841: assignees count as construction trust fund beneficiaries

Caption

relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Whoever takes over an unpaid claim gets the trust-fund rights.

The bill lets someone who takes over a construction worker's or supplier's claim, called an assignee, count as a beneficiary of construction trust funds tied to a building project. It touches artisans, laborers, contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers, plus anyone they assign their unpaid trust-fund rights to. An assignment can only be enforced if it is in writing, made after the assignee has actually paid the beneficiary, kept out of the construction contract itself, and given to someone already tied to the project as a beneficiary, trustee or owner.

Labels

Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 586 (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.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB841 · 2025-01-17

SOLD BY

Sen. Bryan HughesRSenate 1

ITEM

relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property.

WHAT IT DOES

Whoever takes over an unpaid claim gets the trust-fund rights.

The bill lets someone who takes over a construction worker's or supplier's claim, called an assignee, count as a beneficiary of construction trust funds tied to a building project. It touches artisans, laborers, contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers, plus anyone they assign their unpaid trust-fund rights to. An assignment can only be enforced if it is in writing, made after the assignee has actually paid the beneficiary, kept out of the construction contract itself, and given to someone already tied to the project as a beneficiary, trustee or owner.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 2, 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

Jan 17, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Jan 17, 2025Filed
Feb 13, 2025Read first time
Feb 13, 2025Referred to Business & Commerce
Apr 3, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 3, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 3, 2025Testimony taken in committee
Apr 3, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 8, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 8, 2025Vote taken in committee
Apr 9, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
Apr 9, 2025Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
Apr 9, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 24, 2025Placed on local & uncontested calendar
Apr 24, 2025Laid before the Senate
Apr 24, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
Apr 24, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
Apr 24, 2025Three day rule suspended
Apr 24, 2025Record vote
Apr 24, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 24, 2025Passed
Apr 24, 2025Record vote
Apr 24, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 25, 2025Received from the Senate
Apr 28, 2025Read first time
Apr 28, 2025Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Apr 30, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 30, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 30, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
May 8, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 8, 2025Committee report distributed
May 9, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 14, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 16, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
May 19, 2025Read 2nd time
May 19, 2025Passed to 3rd reading
May 19, 2025Record vote RV#2944
May 20, 2025Read 3rd time
May 20, 2025Passed
May 20, 2025Record vote RV#3014
May 20, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 20, 2025House passage as amended reported
May 22, 2025House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
May 22, 2025Read
May 22, 2025Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
May 22, 2025Record vote
May 22, 2025Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
May 22, 2025Reported enrolled
May 23, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 23, 2025Signed in the House
May 23, 2025Sent to the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Signed by the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 146 yea · 0 nay

Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 20, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · Apr 24, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Bryan Hughes

Donors

GOPAC Election Fund$250K CRAFTPAC (Court Reform Action for Texas Families)$100KCourt Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$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.

GOPAC Election Fund$250,000.00

GOPAC Election Fund

$250,000.00

Cash: $250,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $250,000.00

Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 17, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 17, 2025 to Oct 15, 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: 101028838, 101071548.

CRAFTPAC (Court Reform Action for Texas Families)$100,000.00

CRAFTPAC (Court Reform Action for Texas Families)

$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 · on Sep 4, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Sep 4, 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: 101067724.

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$100,000.00

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

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

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 13, 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: 101071548.

Money

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

×

GOPAC Election Fund

$250,000.00

Cash: $250,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $250,000.00

Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 17, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 17, 2025 to Oct 15, 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: 101028838, 101071548.

×

CRAFTPAC (Court Reform Action for Texas Families)

$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 · on Sep 4, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Sep 4, 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: 101067724.

×

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

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

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 13, 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: 101071548.

Votes6

Senate May 22, 2025

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator Hughes moved to concur in the House amendment to SB 841. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 20, 2025

Yea: 146
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 1
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 3014

SB 841 was passed by (Record 3014): 146 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 146 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 19, 2025

Yea: 143
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: 3
Absent: 0
Excused: 4

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 2944

CSSB 841 was passed to third reading by (Record 2944): 143 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 143 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: 3 (published)
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 4 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 24, 2025

Final passage

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

Sources

SB 841 (Hughes) Relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 24, 2025

Suspension of the three-day rule

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

Sources

SB 841 (Hughes) Relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 24, 2025

Passage to engrossment

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to engrossment. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

SB 841 (Hughes) Relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses2

For: 2
Against: 0
On: 0

Names

For

Andrews Myers1 registration
Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas1 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 H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 2, 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.

FILED BEFORE

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

88R SB 586

by Sen. Hughes, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, Feb 17, 2023: Referred to Business & Commerce

Relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Jan 17, 2025

06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Companion

HB 2226 by Harless (identical)

Subjects

Business & Commerce--General

Property Interests--Real Property

Property Interests--Trusts

Text

The text as introduced · 249 words

89R2055 CS-F

By: Hughes
S.B. No. 841

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in

connection with an improvement on specific real property.

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

SECTION 1. Section 162.003(a), Property Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) A person who is an [ An ] artisan, laborer, mechanic,

contractor, subcontractor, or materialman who labors or who

furnishes labor or material for the construction or repair of an

improvement on specific real property in this state , or the

assignee of that person, is a beneficiary of any trust funds paid or

received in connection with the improvement.

SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 162, Property Code, is

amended by adding Section 162.0031 to read as follows:

Sec. 162.0031. BENEFICIARY'S ASSIGNMENT OF INTEREST IN

UNPAID TRUST FUNDS. An assignment by a beneficiary of the

beneficiary's interest in unpaid trust funds under this chapter may

not be enforced unless:

(1) the assignment is:

(A) made in writing not earlier than the date the

assignee has paid the beneficiary in good and sufficient funds for

the assignment; and

(B) not made as part of the beneficiary's

construction contract; and

(2) the assignee is a beneficiary, trustee, or

property owner under the contract for the construction or repair of

an improvement on real property in connection with which the

payment of trust funds is made.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

GOPAC Election Fund

CRAFTPAC (Court Reform Action for Texas Families)

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

GOPAC Election Fund

CRAFTPAC (Court Reform Action for Texas Families)

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

Senate May 22, 2025

House May 20, 2025

House May 19, 2025

Senate Apr 24, 2025

Senate Apr 24, 2025

Senate Apr 24, 2025

For

88R SB 586

Companion