Texas House bill in Session 892.
Status: introduced. Latest action: September 17, 2025.
Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a member is absent from a legislative session; authorizing a civil penalty.
Under the Texas Constitution, each chamber of the legislature has authority to compel the attendance of absent members to secure a quorum, including the authority to compel attendance under penalties that comply with constitutional procedural due process requirements. In prior sessions, including the First Called Session of the 89th Legislature, some legislators have left the state to intentionally break quorum and prevent legislative business from proceeding. The house's civil warrants of arrest for absent members issued under Rule 5, Section 8 of the House Rules Manual cannot be served out-of-state. Recent news reports have suggested that political contributions, including expenditures for in-kind contributions such as lodging, have subsidized members' efforts to break quorum, and those contributions and expenditures may have helped mitigate
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-21 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Status | introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Latest Action | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 4, 2025 |