---
title: State Finances--Appropriations - Texas Legislation
subject: State Finances--Appropriations
total_bills: 18
unique_authors: 13
critical_bills: 4
high_cost_bills: 3
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances-appropriations"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# State Finances--Appropriations

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 18
- **Unique Authors:** 13
- **Critical Compliance:** 4 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 3 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 13

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 11 bills
- **Senate:** 7 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 4 bills
- **Moderate:** 7 bills
- **Low:** 7 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Greg Bonnen** (R, House) - 3 bills
- **Joan Huffman** (R, Senate) - 3 bills
- **Kevin Sparks** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Gary Vandeaver** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Robert Nichols** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Ryan Guillen** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Terry Wilson** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Todd Hunter** (R, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [State Finances](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances) (18 shared bills)
- [State Finances--Management & Control](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances-management-control) (10 shared bills)
- [COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/comptroller-of-public-accounts) (6 shared bills)
- [Disaster Preparedness & Relief](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/disaster-preparedness-relief) (5 shared bills)
- [Governor](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/governor) (4 shared bills)
- [Education](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education) (4 shared bills)
- [State Agencies, Boards & Commissions](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-agencies-boards-commissions) (4 shared bills)
- [HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-human-services-commission) (3 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Education Agency](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-education-agency) - 2 bills
- [Railroad Commission of Texas](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/railroad-commission) - 2 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 2 bills
- [Texas Transportation Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-transportation-commission) - 2 bills
- [Department of State Health Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-state-health-services) - 2 bills
- [Texas Department of Transportation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-transportation) - 2 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 |
| [HB3689](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3689-89th-regular) | Relating to funding of excess losses and o... | Critical | High |
| [SB1](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1-89th-regular) | General Appropriations Bill. | Critical | High |
| [HB18](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb18-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment and administ... | Critical | Low |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [SB5](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb5-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to making supplemental appro... | Joan Huffman (R) | Moderate |
| [HB1089](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1089-89th-regular) | Relating to creation of the gulf coas... | Dennis Paul (R) | Low |
| [HB109](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb109-89th-regular) | Relating to the construction, expansi... | Toni Rose (D) | Moderate |
| [HB18](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb18-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment and adm... | Gary Vandeaver (R) | Critical |
| [HB2](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2-89th-regular) | Relating to public education and publ... | Brad Buckley (R) | Critical |
| [HB2765](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2765-89th-regular) | Relating to the Rural Economic Develo... | Ryan Guillen (R) | Moderate |
| [HB3689](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3689-89th-regular) | Relating to funding of excess losses ... | Todd Hunter (R) | Critical |
| [HB4187](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4187-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority and respons... | William Metcalf (R) | Moderate |
| [HB42](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb42-89th-regular) | Relating to the amount and allocation... | Terry Wilson (R) | Low |
| [HB4486](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4486-89th-regular) | Relating to directing payment, after ... | Greg Bonnen (R) | Low |
| [HB4488](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4488-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation and re-creat... | Greg Bonnen (R) | Low |
| [HB500](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb500-89th-regular) | Relating to making supplemental appro... | Greg Bonnen (R) | Low |
| [SB1](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1-89th-regular) | General Appropriations Bill. | Joan Huffman (R) | Critical |
| [SB1555](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1555-89th-regular) | Relating to a grant program to fund c... | Robert Nichols (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2366](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2366-89th-regular) | Relating to a grant program to fund c... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Moderate |
| [SB260](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb260-89th-regular) | Relating to the school safety allotme... | Joan Huffman (R) | Low |
| [SB34](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb34-89th-regular) | Relating to funding for certain volun... | Kevin Sparks (R) | Moderate |
| [SB868](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb868-89th-regular) | Relating to the allocation of money a... | Kevin Sparks (R) | Low |

## Source Links

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

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