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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas House Bill 1510 Overhauls Texas Ethics Commission Operations and Complaint Procedures
Last action · April 2, 2025: Left pending in committeeSponsor: Matt Shaheen
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1510 revises the operations, reporting deadlines, and complaint-handling procedures of the Texas Ethics Commission, establishing a three-tier violation system and updating electronic filing requirements starting September 1, 2025.
Campaigns, lobbyists, and public officials face new penalty waivers if late-filing notices are missing, updated reporting timeframes, and a formalized risk-based complaint prioritization process.
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.
Candidates and Political Committees
Campaign finance reporting deadlines, monthly schedules, electronic filing rules, and civil penalty waiver conditions are modified.
Registered Lobbyists
Late registration and reporting notice procedures under Chapter 305 are updated to permit electronic communication.
Texas Ethics Commission Members
Members must complete revised training programs, sign annual acknowledgments, and participate in two-member bipartisan preliminary review panels.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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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
7 actions- Apr 2, 2025HouseLeft pending in committee
- Apr 2, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Apr 2, 2025HouseConsidered in public hearing
- Apr 2, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to State Affairs
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
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- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Transition to Decennial Threshold Adjustments
The bill shifts the adjustment of reporting thresholds from an annual cycle to a decennial cycle tied to inflation metrics.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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