---
title: Purchasing--State - Texas Legislation
subject: Purchasing--State
total_bills: 23
unique_authors: 21
critical_bills: 9
high_cost_bills: 2
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/purchasing-state"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Purchasing--State

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 23
- **Unique Authors:** 21
- **Critical Compliance:** 9 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 2 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 15

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 15 bills
- **Senate:** 8 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 9 bills
- **Moderate:** 9 bills
- **Low:** 4 bills
- **Unanalyzed:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Giovanni Capriglione** (R, House) - 2 bills
- **Angie Button** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Brian Birdwell** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Brooks Landgraf** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Caroline Harris Davila** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Charles Creighton** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Barbara Gervin-Hawkins** (D, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Purchasing](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/purchasing) (23 shared bills)
- [State Agencies, Boards & Commissions](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-agencies-boards-commissions) (11 shared bills)
- [CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/contractors-subcontractors) (7 shared bills)
- [Education](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education) (4 shared bills)
- [INFORMATION RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/information-resources-department-of) (4 shared bills)
- [COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/comptroller-of-public-accounts) (4 shared bills)
- [COMPETITIVE BIDDING](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/competitive-bidding) (4 shared bills)
- [WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/workforce-commission-texas) (3 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Department of Information Resources](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-information-resources) - 4 bills
- [Department of Family and Protective Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-family-and-protective-services) - 3 bills
- [Texas Parks and Wildlife Department](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-parks-and-wildlife-department) - 2 bills
- [Texas Civil Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-civil-courts) - 2 bills
- [Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-higher-education-coordinating-board) - 1 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB5061](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5061-89th-regular) | Relating to prohibiting certain activities... | Critical | High |
| [SB1398](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1398-89th-regular) | Relating to certain procedures in a suit a... | Critical | High |
| [HB150](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb150-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment of the Texas... | Critical | Medium |
| [HB5057](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5057-89th-regular) | Relating to exclusive contracts for munici... | Critical | Medium |
| [HB5331](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5331-89th-regular) | Relating to the enforceability of certain ... | Critical | Low |
| [SB1558](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1558-89th-regular) | Relating to the liability of nonprofit ent... | Critical | Low |
| [SB1786](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1786-89th-regular) | Relating to public higher education. | Critical | Medium |
| [SB1964](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1964-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation and use of arti... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB2032](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2032-89th-regular) | Relating to certain requirements regarding... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB150](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb150-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment of the ... | Giovanni Capriglione (R) | Critical |
| [HB1500](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1500-89th-regular) | Relating to the continuation and func... | Keith Bell (R) | Moderate |
| [HB1851](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1851-89th-regular) | Relating to the disposition of certai... | Eddie Morales (D) | Moderate |
| [HB2791](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2791-89th-regular) | Relating to powers and duties of the ... | Angie Button (R) | - |
| [HB2818](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2818-89th-regular) | Relating to the artificial intelligen... | Giovanni Capriglione (R) | Moderate |
| [HB3005](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3005-89th-regular) | Relating to the payment of funds unde... | Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D) | Moderate |
| [HB3088](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3088-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of the Park... | Angelia Orr (R) | Moderate |
| [HB346](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb346-89th-regular) | Relating to the fee amounts prescribe... | Caroline Harris Davila (R) | Moderate |
| [HB3623](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3623-89th-regular) | Relating to the manner of solicitatio... | John McQueeney (R) | Low |
| [HB4187](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4187-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority and respons... | William Metcalf (R) | Moderate |
| [HB4748](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4748-89th-regular) | Relating to state agency purchasing m... | Pat Curry (R) | Moderate |
| [HB5057](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5057-89th-regular) | Relating to exclusive contracts for m... | Brooks Landgraf (R) | Critical |
| [HB5061](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5061-89th-regular) | Relating to prohibiting certain activ... | Jeff Leach (R) | Critical |
| [HB5308](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5308-89th-regular) | Relating to certain authorities of th... | Philip Cortez (D) | Low |
| [HB5331](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5331-89th-regular) | Relating to the enforceability of cer... | Jay Dean (R) | Critical |
| [SB1066](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1066-89th-regular) | Relating to the requirement for perfo... | Charles Perry (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1364](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1364-89th-regular) | Relating to the repeal of wheelbase a... | Robert Nichols (R) | Low |
| [SB1398](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1398-89th-regular) | Relating to certain procedures in a s... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Critical |
| [SB1558](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1558-89th-regular) | Relating to the liability of nonprofi... | Charles Perry (R) | Critical |
| [SB1786](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1786-89th-regular) | Relating to public higher education. | Charles Creighton (R) | Critical |
| [SB1964](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1964-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation and use of... | Tan Parker (R) | Critical |
| [SB2032](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2032-89th-regular) | Relating to certain requirements rega... | Angela Paxton (R) | Critical |
| [SB2204](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2204-89th-regular) | Relating to the applicability of unif... | Brian Birdwell (R) | Low |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/purchasing-state)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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