HB 1003

bill adds paramedics, peace officers, firefighters to toll discounts

Filed

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Rep. Sheryl ColeDHouse 46

Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade

Caption

relating to customers eligible for a discount program provided by a toll project entity.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Free or discounted tolls for three jobs, starting September 1, 2027.

This bill changes the toll road discount program in the Transportation Code so it must cover vehicles registered to paramedics, peace officers, or firefighters, alongside vehicles with the specialty registrations the law already lists. It touches toll project entities that run these discount programs and electronic toll account holders in those three jobs. On the ground, those drivers become eligible for free or discounted tolls, and the program's name changes to a general customer discount program, starting September 1, 2027.

Labels

Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 89R HB 2725 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.QUICK READ: 142 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 142 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 90R bill as filed runs 406 words (derived, 1,020 graded bills, snapshot Nov 10, 2026).

Receipt

The receipt

90R-HB1003 · 2026-11-09

SOLD BY

Rep. Sheryl ColeDHouse 46

ITEM

relating to customers eligible for a discount program provided by a toll project entity.

WHAT IT DOES

Free or discounted tolls for three jobs, starting September 1, 2027.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Nov 9, 2026Filed

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Sheryl Cole

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$10K Texas Sands PAC$8K Texans for Reasonable Solutions PAC$5K

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 29, 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 Trial Lawyers Association PAC$10,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Apr 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: 100988744, 101010769, 101029923, 101061103.

Texas Sands PAC$8,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$8,000.00

Cash: $8,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $8,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 3, 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.

Report IDs: 100988744, 101061103.

Texans for Reasonable Solutions PAC$5,000.00

Texans for Reasonable Solutions PAC

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 81 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 23, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 6, 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: 101029923.

Money

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

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Apr 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: 100988744, 101010769, 101029923, 101061103.

Texas Sands PAC

$8,000.00

Cash: $8,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $8,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 3, 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.

Report IDs: 100988744, 101061103.

Texans for Reasonable Solutions PAC

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 81 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 23, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 6, 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: 101029923.

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 a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

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

89R HB 2725

by Rep. Cole, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, May 20, 2025: Referred to Transportation

Relating to discount programs provided by toll project entities for certain customers.

Caption, 89R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026

11/09/2026 H Filed

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Subjects

Fire Fighters & Police--General

Health--Emergency Services & Personnel

Highways

Text

The text as introduced · 142 words

90R1858 GP-D

By: Cole
H.B. No. 1003

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to customers eligible for a discount program provided by a

toll project entity.

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

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 372.053, Transportation

Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 372.053. CUSTOMER [ PEACE OFFICER AND VETERAN ] DISCOUNT

PROGRAM.

SECTION 2. Section 372.053(a-1), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a-1) A program established under Subsection (a) must

include free or discounted use of the entity's toll project by an

electronic toll collection customer whose account relates to a

vehicle :

(1) registered under Section 504.202, 504.2025, or

504.315(f) or (g) ; or

(2) registered to a:

(A) paramedic;

(B) peace officer; or

(C) firefighter .

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.