---
title: Salaries & Expenses - Texas Legislation
subject: Salaries & Expenses
total_bills: 20
unique_authors: 17
critical_bills: 4
high_cost_bills: 3
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/salaries-expenses"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Salaries & Expenses

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 20
- **Unique Authors:** 17
- **Critical Compliance:** 4 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 3 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 12

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 14 bills
- **Senate:** 6 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 4 bills
- **Moderate:** 4 bills
- **Low:** 11 bills
- **Unanalyzed:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Jeff Leach** (R, House) - 2 bills
- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Joan Huffman** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Brad Buckley** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Cole Hefner** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **David Cook** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Don McLaughlin** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Brent Hagenbuch** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Law Enforcement](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/law-enforcement) (7 shared bills)
- [PEACE OFFICERS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/peace-officers) (5 shared bills)
- [County Government](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/county-government) (5 shared bills)
- [State Employees](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-employees) (4 shared bills)
- [Fire Fighters & Police](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/fire-fighters-police) (4 shared bills)
- [STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/staff-development-training) (4 shared bills)
- [Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts) (4 shared bills)
- [County Government--Employees/Officers](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/county-government-employeesofficers) (4 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Office of Court Administration](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-court-administration) - 3 bills
- [Texas Juvenile Justice Department](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-juvenile-justice-department) - 2 bills
- [Texas Department of Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-insurance) - 1 bills
- [State Board of Education](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/state-board-of-education) - 1 bills
- [State Board for Educator Certification](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/state-board-for-educator-certification) - 1 bills
- [Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-comptroller-of-public-accounts) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB2](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2-89th-regular) | Relating to public education and public sc... | Critical | High |
| [SB293](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb293-89th-regular) | Relating to the discipline of judges by th... | Critical | High |
| [HB16](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb16-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the operation and administrati... | Critical | Medium |
| [HB762](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb762-89th-regular) | Relating to severance pay for political su... | Critical | Low |
| [HB4205](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4205-89th-regular) | Relating to compensation and employment be... | Moderate | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB16](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb16-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the operation and adminis... | Jeff Leach (R) | Critical |
| [HB18](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb18-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to a restriction on the acce... | Matthew Shaheen (R) | Moderate |
| [HB192](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb192-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the funding of law enforc... | Tom Oliverson (R) | Moderate |
| [HB2](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2-89th-regular) | Relating to public education and publ... | Brad Buckley (R) | Critical |
| [HB2467](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2467-89th-regular) | Relating to the compensation and bene... | Gary Vandeaver (R) | Low |
| [HB252](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb252-89th-regular) | Relating to the payment of employment... | Armando Walle (D) | Low |
| [HB2529](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2529-89th-regular) | Relating to the annual state salary s... | Jay Dean (R) | Low |
| [HB3104](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3104-89th-regular) | Relating to the appointment and compe... | Don McLaughlin (R) | Low |
| [HB4158](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4158-89th-regular) | Relating to the compensation of the d... | AJ Louderback (R) | Low |
| [HB4205](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4205-89th-regular) | Relating to compensation and employme... | Sam Harless (R) | Moderate |
| [HB4263](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4263-89th-regular) | Relating to the procedures and practi... | David Cook (R) | Low |
| [HB4264](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4264-89th-regular) | Relating to creation of a grant progr... | Cole Hefner (R) | Moderate |
| [HB5424](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5424-89th-regular) | Relating to volunteer firefighter com... | Greg Bonnen (R) | - |
| [HB762](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb762-89th-regular) | Relating to severance pay for politic... | Jeff Leach (R) | Critical |
| [SB1171](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1171-89th-regular) | Relating to compensation, leave, and ... | Charles Perry (R) | Low |
| [SB1321](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1321-89th-regular) | Relating to compensation and leave fo... | Brent Hagenbuch (R) | Low |
| [SB1620](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1620-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment of the ... | Joan Huffman (R) | Low |
| [SB2405](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2405-89th-regular) | Relating to the continuation and func... | Tan Parker (R) | Low |
| [SB293](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb293-89th-regular) | Relating to the discipline of judges ... | Joan Huffman (R) | Critical |
| [SB502](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb502-89th-regular) | Relating to peace officers commission... | Charles Perry (R) | Low |

## Source Links

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

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