A new bill authored by State Rep. González in the Texas House seeks to enhance public access to school district tax revenue information by requiring detailed online disclosures, according to the Texas Legislature website.
The bill on City Government, County Government, Crimes, Minors, Occupational Regulation, State Finances, and Taxation category, introduced as HB 195 during the 89(1) legislative session on Thursday, July 24, was formally listed with the short title: ’Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, processing, packaging, labeling, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, storage, dispensing, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and local regulation of cannabis establishments; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
In essence, this bill requires county assessor-collectors to post specific revenue information online for school districts within their territory. For districts exceeding local revenue entitlement and reducing revenue levels under the Education Code, the percentage of taxes used to buy average daily attendance credits must be disclosed. For other districts, the percentage of maintenance and operations revenue derived from local taxes and state funds for the current and preceding tax years must be reported. Additionally, tax bills must guide taxpayers to a web page detailing these percentages. The act takes effect Jan. 1, 2026.
Jessica Gonzalez, a member of the House Committee on Insurance, proposed one other bill during the 89(1) legislative session. She is also a member of the House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence, a member of the House Committee on S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships, and a member of the House Committee on Local & Consent Calendars.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Legislative Session | Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89(1) | HB 38 | 07/14/2025 | Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination; authorizing civil penalties |
| 89(R) | HB 5400 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to unlawful employment practices based on sexual harassment, including complaints and civil actions arising from those practices |
| 89(R) | HB 5280 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to the consideration by a governmental entity of the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives of a business bidding on a contract with the governmental entity |
| 89(R) | HB 5073 | 03/13/2025 | Relating to a landlord’s duty to provide an accounting statement to a residential tenant |
| 89(R) | HB 5070 | 03/13/2025 | Relating to the use of an electronic bulletin board to post public notice |
| 89(R) | HB 4829 | 03/13/2025 | Relating to a criminal offense committed against a person because of bias or prejudice on the basis of gender |
| 89(R) | HB 4828 | 03/13/2025 | Relating to the prosecution and reporting of certain offenses committed because of bias or prejudice; creating a criminal offense |
| 89(R) | HB 4733 | 03/13/2025 | Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files and the issuance of orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain persons |
| 89(R) | HB 3576 | 03/03/2025 | Relating to the installation by the Texas Department of Transportation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions |
| 89(R) | HB 3489 | 02/27/2025 | Relating to designating May 24 as Victims of the Uvalde Shooting Day |
| 89(R) | HB 2693 | 02/12/2025 | Relating to designating January 6 as Defenders of the United States Capitol Recognition Day |
| 89(R) | HB 1208 | 11/12/2024 | Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and local regulation of cannabis establishments; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax |
| 89(R) | HB 1207 | 11/12/2024 | Relating to conditions applicable to health benefit plan coverage of in vitro fertilization procedures |
| 89(R) | HB 1206 | 11/12/2024 | Relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord |
| 89(R) | HB 1204 | 11/12/2024 | Relating to the consideration of ownership interests of certain persons in determining whether a business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of state contracting |
| 89(R) | HB 1203 | 11/12/2024 | Relating to the establishment of the office of food system security and resiliency in the Department of Agriculture and the management of the Texas food system security and resiliency planning council |
| 89(R) | HB 1164 | 11/12/2024 | Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination; authorizing civil penalties |
