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State bill data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

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• HB 8 Became law 892
  Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
  Sep 17, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• HB 20 Became law 892
  Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
  Sep 17, 2025: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• HCR 13 Adopted 892
  Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm in Texas.
  Sep 17, 2025: Signed by the Governor
• HB 7 Became law 892
  Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions.
  Sep 17, 2025: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• SB 54 Became law 892
  Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.
  Sep 17, 2025: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• HB 1 Became law 892
  Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.
  Sep 5, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 1 Became law 892
  Relating to campground and youth camp safety.
  Sep 5, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 10 Passed Senate 891
  Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
  Aug 12, 2025: Reported engrossed
• SB 6 Passed Senate 891
  Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.
  Aug 12, 2025: Reported engrossed
• SB 7 Passed Senate 891
  Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
  Aug 6, 2025: Reported engrossed
• SB 11 Passed Senate 891
  Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
  Aug 4, 2025: Received from the Senate
• SB 5 Passed Senate 891
  Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.
  Aug 4, 2025: Received from the Senate
• SB 25 Became law 89R
  Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.
  Jun 22, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 3 Vetoed 89R
  Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.
  Jun 22, 2025: Vetoed by the Governor
• SB 869 Became law 89R
  Relating to the deadline for the Texas Ethics Commission to resolve certain complaints.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 379 Became law 89R
  Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1300 Became law 89R
  Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 456 Became law 89R
  Relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a criminal penalty.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 31 Became law 89R
  Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 1388 Became law 89R
  Relating to family support services provided under a Health and Human Services Commission program.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 500 Became law 89R
  Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1621 Became law 89R
  Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 269 Became law 89R
  Relating to required reports of certain vaccine-related or drug-related adverse events.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 3039 Became law 89R
  Relating to the transfer of students in public higher education and to transparency regarding certificate or degree program requirements.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 46 Became law 89R
  Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 1894 Became law 89R
  Relating to designating November as Veterans Month.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 260 Became law 89R
  Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 213 Became law 89R
  Relating to prohibiting insurers from requiring the tying of residential property and personal automobile insurance policies.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 482 Became law 89R
  Relating to the offenses of assault, harassment, and interference with public duties committed against certain employees or agents of a utility.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 955 Became law 89R
  Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 706 Became law 89R
  Relating to the recognition of a handgun license issued by another state.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 890 Became law 89R
  Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 6 Became law 89R
  Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 835 Became law 89R
  Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 509 Became law 89R
  Relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 2217 Became law 89R
  Relating to certain election practices and procedures.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 510 Became law 89R
  Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2 Became law 89R
  Relating to public education and public school finance.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• HB 3824 Became law 89R
  Relating to fire safety standards and emergency operations plans for the operation of battery energy storage facilities; providing administrative penalties.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SCR 9 Adopted 89R
  Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
  Jun 20, 2025: Signed by the Governor
• SB 506 Became law 89R
  Relating to requirements for certain ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 4623 Became law 89R
  Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 20 Became law 89R
  Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 9 Became law 89R
  Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.
  Jun 16, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SB 40 Became law 89R
  Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.
  Jun 16, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 23 Became law 89R
  Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.
  Jun 16, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SJR 5 Adopted 89R
  Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.
  Jun 2, 2025: Filed with the Secretary of State
• SJR 1 Adopted 89R
  Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances for illegal aliens charged with certain offenses punishable as a felony.
  May 28, 2025: Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• HB 3225 Passed House 89R
  Relating to the restriction of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty.
  May 28, 2025: Placed on intent calendar
• SB 961 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to fraud prevention and verifying eligibility for benefits under Medicaid.
  May 27, 2025: Postponed