Monitoring the SessionHB 766
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The caption talks only about limiting contributions by appointees. The body also bars past donors from being appointed at all, an eligibility rule the caption does not name.
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relating to restrictions on certain contributions by persons appointed to public office by the governor.
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The bill bars anyone from serving in a governor-appointed office if they gave more than $2,500 in a year to the governor or the governor's specific-purpose committees before appointment, and caps their giving at $2,500 a year while they serve. It touches people appointed by the governor, plus gifts from their spouses, dependent children and organizations giving in their name with their consent. Appointees must sign an attestation before taking office, and anyone who gives over the cap while serving owes the state triple the excess.
Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 89R HB 1993 by Rep. Martinez Fischer (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-HB766 · 2026-11-09
relating to restrictions on certain contributions by persons appointed to public office by the governor.
The bill bars anyone from serving in a governor-appointed office if they gave more than $2,500 in a year to the governor or the governor's specific-purpose committees before appointment, and caps their giving at $2,500 a year while they serve. It touches people appointed by the governor, plus gifts from their spouses, dependent children and organizations giving in their name with their consent. Appointees must sign an attestation before taking office, and anyone who gives over the cap while serving owes the state triple the excess.
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The caption talks only about limiting contributions by appointees. The body also bars past donors from being appointed at all, an eligibility rule the caption does not name.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
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Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 10, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Rep. Martinez Fischer, different lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 14, 2025: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to restrictions on certain contributions by persons appointed to public office by the governor; creating a criminal offense.
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 10:11 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
The text as introduced · 379 words
By: Oliverson H.B. No. 766 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to restrictions on certain contributions by persons appointed to public office by the governor. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 601, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 601.012 to read as follows: Sec. 601.012. CERTAIN DONORS INELIGIBLE FOR GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS; CONTRIBUTIONS BY GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTEES RESTRICTED. (a) In this section, "political contribution" and "specific-purpose committee" have the meanings assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code. (b) An individual is ineligible to serve as an officer appointed by the governor if during the year preceding the date of appointment the individual made political contributions that in the aggregate exceeded $2,500 to: (1) the governor; or (2) a specific-purpose committee supporting the governor as a candidate or assisting the governor as an officeholder. (c) An individual serving as an officer appointed by the governor may not during any single year in which the individual serves in that office make political contributions that in the aggregate exceed $2,500 to the governor or a specific-purpose committee supporting the governor as a candidate or assisting the governor as an officeholder. An individual who violates this section is liable in damages to this state in the amount of triple the amount of contributions in a single year that exceed the limit prescribed by this subsection. (d) For purposes of Subsection (b) or (c), a political contribution made by the spouse or dependent child of an individual or a political contribution from an organization made in the individual's name and with the individual's consent is considered to be a contribution made by the individual. (e) Before taking office, an individual appointed by the governor must sign an attestation that during the year preceding the appointment the individual, the individual's spouse or dependent child, and an organization in the individual's name and with the individual's consent did not make political contributions exceeding $2,500 to the governor or a specific-purpose committee supporting the governor as a candidate or assisting the governor as an officeholder. SECTION 2. Section 601.012, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to an appointment made on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.