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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas restricts campaign contributions by gubernatorial appointees and creates new criminal offenses
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to State AffairsSponsor: Martinez Fischer
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas House Bill 1993 bars individuals who donated more than $2,500 to the governor or supporting committees in the preceding year from receiving gubernatorial appointments. It also limits sitting gubernatorial appointees to $2,500 in annual contributions to the governor and makes violating related attestation rules a , effective September 1, 2025.
The measure establishes a $2,500 annual cap on political giving to the governor by gubernatorial appointees and introduces triple-damages financial liability alongside criminal penalties for non-compliance, altering eligibility rules for state board and commission members.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Gubernatorial appointees
Appointees face eligibility bars based on past contributions, annual donation caps of $2,500, triple-damages liability for violations, and mandatory attestations regarding campaign giving and lobbyist compensation.
Registered lobbyists
Lobbyists are prohibited from accepting compensation made in violation of an appointee's attestation, with violations classified as a Class A misdemeanor.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I be appointed by the governor if I donated $3,000 to the governor's campaign last year?
What happens if a sitting gubernatorial appointee donates $4,000 to the governor in a single year?
What criminal penalty applies if an appointee violates the attestation regarding lobbyist compensation?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to State Affairs
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 22, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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