Texas removes women and minorities from Historically Underutilized Business program for state contracts

The state Comptroller’s office announced Tuesday it is removing women- and minority-owned businesses from the state program intended to give additional exposure to businesses owned by economically disadvantaged groups.

The Historically Underutilized Business program will now focus on businesses owned by disabled veterans and be renamed the Veteran Heroes United in Business program, or VetHUB. Only veterans with a 20% percent or higher service-connected disability will be eligible, according to a news release from the Comptroller’s office.

Businesses that have a HUB certification connected to their owners’ race, ethnicity or sex will have their certification revoked under the new rules, according to the office.

The restructuring, which the Comptroller’s office said was made under emergency rules and is effective immediately, greatly reduces the scope of the decades-old program created by the Legislature.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/02/texas-historically-underutilized-business-program-hub-women-minorities/