HB 4406 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the reporting of direct campaign expenditures by certain persons and political committees.

HB 4406, the P.A.C. Transparency and Accountability Act, requires political committees and candidates to report detailed financial information about campaign activities. It mandates that committees report all political contributions over $50 (including electronic payments), loans over $50 (with loan terms and guarantor details), and campaign expenditures over $100 (including recipient names, dates, and purposes). The bill also requires committees to list candidates supported by direct expenditures exceeding $100 during each reporting period. This law directly affects political committees, candidates, and contributors who exceed these financial thresholds, aiming to increase transparency in campaign finance reporting.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2025 Last action May 5, 2025
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Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · May 2, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up to remove formatting artifacts and update metadata, while preserving the original legislative content regarding campaign expenditure reporting requirements. No substantive policy changes were made to the actual reporting rules or thresholds.
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Removed formatting artifacts and metadata inconsistencies from the bill text, including stray page numbers, inconsistent spacing, and duplicate header information.

Standardized the bill header information to show consistent versioning (89R) and proper formatting for the bill title and sponsor information.

Cleaned up line breaks and paragraph spacing throughout the document to improve readability while maintaining the original legislative intent and content.

Floor votes · House May 1, 2025

How they voted

10335
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 142
May 1, 2025
D Democratic56
55 Yea 1 Nay
98% Yea
R Republican86
48 Yea 34 Nay 4
55% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 5, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Dade Phelan
Dade Phelan
RRepublican
TX
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