This week, Senate Bill 297, an emergency household economic relief bill, was filed in Texas.

During her campaign, Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa promised a one-time payment of $1,500 for Texas households, calling it a "corruption tax refund." It'll cost more than $15 billion to accomplish, but it was part of Hinojosa's affordability campaign, and the money would come from Texas' rainy-day funds.

The "emergency household relief payment is necessary to provide prompt assistance without delaying relief through individualized determinations of financial hardship," according to the documents of the proposed bill.