2025 Texas sessionsRegular and both called sessions have ended. This index covers House and Senate bills, not resolutions. Statuses come from official reports.

2025 · Regular session · House bill

HB3088

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Official caption: Relating to the authority of the Parks and Wildlife Department to procure goods and services related to items for resale by the department.

Became law without signatureSource-checked explanation published

Official report lists House author(s): Orr, Kerwin, Flores, DeAyala, Gervin-Hawkins. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.

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Bill highlights

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HB3088 lets the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department buy goods and services related to items it will resell using any method approved by the Parks and Wildlife Commission, provided the method gives the department the best value.
The authority concerns goods and services related to resale items, not every department contract.
The law took effect September 1, 2025.

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What does it do?

HB3088 lets the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department buy goods and services related to items it will resell using any method approved by the Parks and Wildlife Commission, provided the method gives the department the best value. The stated purposes are meeting the department’s business needs and increasing revenue potential. This is permission to use an approved method, not a requirement to make a particular purchase. Final law.

The authority concerns goods and services related to resale items, not every department contract. Commission approval and best value are express conditions. The act does not set retail prices, guarantee more revenue or give the executive director unrestricted authority over all purchasing. It adds to the existing contracting statute rather than replacing every other provision. Contracting statute.

The law took effect September 1, 2025. It became law without the governor’s signature on June 20, 2025. Official history.

What changed along the way?

The filed bill would have let the executive director establish resale-goods purchasing standards and expressly exempted them from competitive-bidding and state-contract requirements. The House committee substitute replaced that language with the final commission-approved method and best-value test, and included services related to resale items.

The House-passed, Senate and final versions retain the substitute’s substance. The amendment index lists no floor amendments. The filed exemption should not be quoted as if it were the enacted wording. All versions.

For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.

Official bill versions

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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?

The department may gain flexibility to obtain resale inventory and related services suited to its customers. Suppliers may gain opportunities through approved purchasing methods, while changes in how purchases are made may affect competitors. The commission remains responsible for approving methods and the law requires best value; the act alone does not establish whether a particular deal saves money.

The May 15 fiscal note says the fiscal impact cannot be determined, because any additional resale revenue is unknown. It assumes departmental implementation costs can be absorbed using existing resources and anticipates no local-government fiscal impact. The act makes no appropriation. “Increase revenue potential” is a policy objective, not a quantified revenue forecast.

Official sources

Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.