Monitoring the SessionHB 135
Filed
Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support owed by obligors who are incarcerated.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Locked-up parents’ unpaid support grows slower. Only for those jailed on or after September 1, 2027.
The bill sets a lower interest rate of three percent simple interest per year on unpaid child support owed by a parent while that parent is in jail or prison. It touches parents who owe child support and are locked up, and the parents and children waiting on that support. Starting September 1, 2027, past-due support grows more slowly while the obligor is behind bars, but only for people who enter jail or prison on or after that date.
Labels: BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 89R HB 3813 (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.
90R-HB135 · 2026-11-09
relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support owed by obligors who are incarcerated.
Locked-up parents’ unpaid support grows slower. Only for those jailed on or after September 1, 2027.
The bill sets a lower interest rate of three percent simple interest per year on unpaid child support owed by a parent while that parent is in jail or prison. It touches parents who owe child support and are locked up, and the parents and children waiting on that support. Starting September 1, 2027, past-due support grows more slowly while the obligor is behind bars, but only for people who enter jail or prison on or after that date.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to May 26, 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.
$14,000.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 22, 2024 to Dec 11, 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: 100984280.
$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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to May 18, 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: 100984280, 101062624.
$7,500.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Mar 30, 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: 101011004, 101030065, 101062624.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$14,000.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 22, 2024 to Dec 11, 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: 100984280.
$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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to May 18, 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: 100984280, 101062624.
$7,500.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Mar 30, 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: 101011004, 101030065, 101062624.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Rep. Linda Garcia, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 26, 2025: Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker
Relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support owed by obligors who are incarcerated.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 H Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Corrections--Jails & Prisons
Family--Child Support
Family--Parent & Child
The text as introduced · 224 words
90R5533 KRM-F By: Garcia of Dallas H.B. No. 135 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support owed by obligors who are incarcerated. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 157.265, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (a), (b), and (c), for delinquent child support owed by a child support obligor who is confined in local, state, or federal jail or prison, the interest rate on child support arrearages described by each of those subsections accrues at the rate of three percent simple interest per year from the date of the obligor's incarceration until the date the obligor is released from incarceration. SECTION 2. Section 157.265(c-1), Family Code, as added by this Act, applies only to the accrual of interest on child support arrearages owed by a child support obligor who is incarcerated on or after the effective date of this Act. The accrual of interest on child support arrearages owed by a child support obligor incarcerated before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.