Bill Text: TX HB210 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 210

Bill Title: Relating to contracting with a school district or open-enrollment charter school by a vendor with whom a member of the board of trustees or governing body of the district or school or a related individual has certain business interests; creating a criminal offense.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)

Status: (Passed) 2025-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/25 [HB210 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB210-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 210




	AN ACT
	relating to contracting with a school district or open-enrollment
	charter school by a vendor with whom a member of the board of
	trustees or governing body of the district or school or a related
	individual has certain business interests; creating a criminal
	offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 11.067 to read as follows:
	Sec. 11.067. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ACTIVITY BY VENDOR.
	(a) In this section, "vendor" means a company, individual,
	contractor, subcontractor, or professional services provider with
	whom a school district or open-enrollment charter school enters
	into an agreement, contract, memorandum of understanding,
	interlocal agreement, fee schedule, retainer, or similar
	instrument for goods or services.
	(b) A vendor that bids on or receives a contract from a
	school district or an open-enrollment charter school commits an
	offense if any individual serving on the board of trustees or
	governing body of the district or school:
	(1) has a substantial interest in the vendor or a
	subcontractor hired by a vendor;
	(2) is related in the second degree by consanguinity
	or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to
	an individual who has a substantial interest in the vendor; or
	(3) has received or has been promised a gift or in-kind
	services with a value of more than $250.
	(c) An individual has a substantial interest in a vendor if
	the individual:
	(1) owns more than 10 percent of the voting interest in
	the vendor; or
	(2) has a direct or indirect participating interest by
	shares, stock, or otherwise, regardless of whether voting rights
	are included, in more than 10 percent of the profits, proceeds, or
	capital gains of the vendor.
	(d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor,
	except that a second offense under this section is a Class B
	misdemeanor, a third offense under this section is a Class A
	misdemeanor, and a fourth or subsequent offense under this section
	is a state jail felony.
	(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), any offense under this
	section is a state jail felony if the vendor directly or indirectly
	through a third party compensated the individual serving on the
	board of trustees or governing body of a school district or
	open-enrollment charter school with money, gifts, or in-kind
	services as consideration for the district or school entering into
	a contract with the vendor.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 210 was passed by the House on April
	16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 210 was passed by the Senate on May
	16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor