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Texas · 89th Legislature, 1st Called Session (2025) · Bill

HB 20: Relating to certain measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations during disasters, including establishing a voluntary certification program for disaster relief organizations.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 20 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on August 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to certain measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations during disasters, including establishing a voluntary certification program for disaster relief organizations. Primary sponsor: VanDeaver, Brooks Landgraf (Republican), Morgan Meyer (Republican), Jeff Barry (Republican), Drew Darby (Republican). It lists 19 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 12, 2025): Placed on Major State Calendar.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 22

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
VanDeaverPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brooks LandgrafPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Morgan MeyerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse108
Jeff BarryPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Drew DarbyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Trent AshbyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Cecil BellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Greg BonnenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Brad BuckleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Angie ButtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112
CookCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Charles CunninghamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse127
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Marc LaHoodCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse121
Terri Leo-WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23
A.J. LouderbackCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
John LujanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Don McLaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Matt MorganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Trey WhartonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Placed on Major State Calendar
  2. Considered in Calendars
  3. Committee report sent to Calendars
  4. Committee report distributed
  5. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  6. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  7. Considered in formal meeting
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  10. Considered in public hearing
  11. Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding
  12. Read first time

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source