A Texas bill would pay one $1,500 relief check to each qualifying household if lawmakers enact it. The payment would go to a household, not to each person in it, and the introduced text sets no income test.
Multiplying $1,500 by Guadalupe County’s 65,424 households yields $98,136,000, a Guadalupe.News calculation using the Census ACS 2020–24 count; it illustrates scale, not how many households would qualify in 2027. The bill’s test is whether a household’s usual residence is in Texas on Jan. 1, 2027.
From the source record
The proposal calls for one payment of $1,500 per qualifying Texas household.Texas Legislature Online, introduced SB 297 ↗
What the bill would do
SB 297 was filed on Nov. 9, 2026, and the legislative history lists filing as its latest action. Sen. Roland Gutierrez filed the measure; the county’s other state lawmakers are Sen. Judith Zaffirini and Rep. Alan Schoolcraft. The bill history names Gutierrez as author and records no vote by any of them on this proposal.
The Texas Tribune first reported the proposal. The introduced bill would draw $17 billion from the state’s Economic Stabilization Fund, with up to 1% available for administration. That appropriation would require a two-thirds vote of members present in each legislative chamber.
Dates to watch
Under the introduced bill, the comptroller would make reasonable efforts to pay verified households by Dec. 31, 2027, and accept applications through Dec. 31, 2028. The measure would take effect immediately only with the required two-thirds vote of each chamber’s elected members; otherwise its proposed effective date is Sept. 1, 2027.
Lawmakers must approve SB 297 before households can receive payments. Residents can check the bill’s legislative history for a referral, hearing, amendment or vote as the proposal proceeds.