Monitoring the Session

SB 121

Relating to an annual report for counties and municipalities that regulate boarding home facilities.

Filed

Verdict: No flags

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Sen. José MenéndezDSenate 26

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

Caption

relating to an annual report for counties and municipalities that regulate boarding home facilities.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

This bill requires every Texas county or city that regulates boarding home facilities to send the state health commission a written report by September 30 each year.

This bill requires every Texas county or city that regulates boarding home facilities to send the state health commission a written report by September 30 each year. The report must list local boarding home rules, policies on residents' reasonable accommodation requests, counts of approved and rejected requests, fair housing complaints, facility closures and what happened to displaced residents, and local help given to operators. The first report is not due until September 30, 2028, and local governments must also send updates whenever their boarding home rules change.

Receipt

The receipt

90R-SB121 · 2026-11-09

SOLD BY

Sen. José MenéndezDSenate 26

ITEM

relating to an annual report for counties and municipalities that regulate boarding home facilities.

WHAT IT DOES

This bill requires every Texas county or city that regulates boarding home facilities to send the state health commission a written report by September 30 each year.

This bill requires every Texas county or city that regulates boarding home facilities to send the state health commission a written report by September 30 each year. The report must list local boarding home rules, policies on residents' reasonable accommodation requests, counts of approved and rejected requests, fair housing complaints, facility closures and what happened to displaced residents, and local help given to operators. The first report is not due until September 30, 2028, and local governments must also send updates whenever their boarding home rules change.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

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THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

José Menéndez

Donors

Kickapoo Traditional Tribes of Texas$25KTexas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$20KTexas REALTORS Political Action Committee$10K

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 2, 2024 to Oct 5, 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.

Kickapoo Traditional Tribes of Texas$25,000.00

Kickapoo Traditional Tribes of Texas

$25,000.00

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

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jan 22, 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: 101065471.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$20,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

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 12, 2024 to Oct 5, 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: 101012370, 101032316, 101072614.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$10,000.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$10,000.00

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

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 · on Dec 2, 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: 101032316.

Money

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

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Kickapoo Traditional Tribes of Texas

$25,000.00

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

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jan 22, 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: 101065471.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

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 12, 2024 to Oct 5, 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: 101012370, 101032316, 101072614.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$10,000.00

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

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 · on Dec 2, 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: 101032316.

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.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Nov 9, 2026

11/09/2026 S Filed

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:39 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Subjects

Aging

City Government--General

County Government--General

Disabilities, Persons with

Health--General

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION

Text

The text as introduced · 372 words

90R2913 LRM-D

By: Menéndez
S.B. No. 121

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an annual report for counties and municipalities that

regulate boarding home facilities.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 260, Health and Safety Code, is amended

by adding Section 260.0105 to read as follows:

Sec. 260.0105. COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL REPORTING

REQUIREMENTS. (a) Not later than September 30 of each year, each

county or municipality that regulates boarding home facilities,

including a county or municipality that requires a person to obtain

a permit to operate a boarding home facility as authorized by

Section 260.004, shall submit to the commission in the form and

manner the commission requires a written report that includes:

(1) any applicable county or municipal boarding home

facility standards or ordinances in effect on the date the report is

submitted;

(2) any county or municipal policies or procedures

established for considering a resident's or prospective resident's

reasonable accommodation request;

(3) during the preceding year, the total number of:

(A) reasonable accommodation requests the county

or municipality received, approved, and rejected, including the

reason any request was rejected;

(B) any complaints or actions filed against a

boarding home facility located in the county or municipality for a

violation of federal or state fair housing laws; and

(C) boarding home facility closures, including

the reason a facility closed and the accommodations provided to the

facility's former residents;

(4) information on any county or municipal activities

supporting boarding home facility operators in complying with

applicable regulations; and

(5) a summary of complaints filed with the county or

municipality against boarding home facilities located in the county

or municipality.

(b) Each county or municipality shall report to the

commission in the form and manner the commission requires any

updates to the standards or ordinances described by Subsection

(a)(1) after the report is submitted under that subsection.

(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary

to implement this section.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 260.0105, Health and

Safety Code, as added by this Act, a county or municipality is not

required to submit a report required by that section until

September 30, 2028.

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