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State bill data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.

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• 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
• HB 9 Became law 89R
  Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income.
  Jun 12, 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
• HJR 7 Adopted 89R
  Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue.
  Jun 2, 2025: Filed with the Secretary of State
• HB 5138 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
  May 29, 2025: Senate appoints conferees-reported
• HB 3700 Became law 89R
  Relating to the prevention, detection, and investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in programs administered by the Texas Workforce Commission or by the commission's contractors or grantees.
  May 29, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 4 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.
  May 29, 2025: Senate appoints conferees-reported
• HB 431 Became law 89R
  Relating to the regulation by a property owners' association of the installation of solar roof tiles.
  May 29, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 48 Became law 89R
  Relating to the creation of an organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Department of Public Safety.
  May 29, 2025: Effective immediately
• 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
• HJR 133 Adopted 89R
  Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed under federal law to have been service-connected.
  May 28, 2025: Filed with the Secretary of State
• 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
• HB 2703 Became law 89R
  Relating to designating July as American Patriotism Month.
  May 28, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 1523 Passed House 89R
  Relating to a temporary prohibition on the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects.
  May 28, 2025: Removed from local & uncontested calendar
• HB 3526 Became law 89R
  Relating to fiscal transparency for bonds issued by local governmental entities.
  May 28, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 618 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the unlawful altering of election procedures; providing a civil penalty.
  May 28, 2025: Returned to committee
• HB 21 Became law 89R
  Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.
  May 28, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 796 Passed House 89R
  Relating to the authority of the legislature to determine that certain federal directives are unconstitutional and to prohibit certain government officers and employees from enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of the directive.
  May 28, 2025: Record vote
• SB 1585 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to a prohibition on governmental contracts with companies of foreign adversaries for certain information and communications technology; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
  May 27, 2025: Placed on General State Calendar
• SB 1163 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board is required to postpone a protest hearing.
  May 27, 2025: Placed on General State Calendar
• SB 2063 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to ad valorem tax protests and appeals on the ground of the unequal appraisal of property.
  May 27, 2025: Placed on General State Calendar
• HB 186 Passed House 89R
  Relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by children.
  May 27, 2025: Co-sponsor authorized
• SB 1484 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the marketing and sale of catfish and similar fish by food service establishments, food service suppliers, wholesalers, distributors, and wholesale distributors; providing administrative and civil penalties.
  May 27, 2025: Placed on General State Calendar
• HB 3772 In committee 89R
  Relating to the sale of certain e-cigarettes in this state and a directory of e-cigarette manufacturers and their products; authorizing fees; authorizing administrative and civil penalties; creating a criminal offense.
  May 27, 2025: Co-sponsor authorized
• HCR 40 Adopted 89R
  Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for border security costs incurred under Operation Lone Star.
  May 27, 2025: Co-sponsor authorized
• SB 310 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain elections.
  May 27, 2025: Postponed
• SB 2306 Became law 89R
  Relating to the provision of adoption cost information by a licensed child-placing agency.
  May 27, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 2035 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to prohibiting contributions, expenditures, and related activities involving political committees that support or oppose a ballot measure; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.
  May 27, 2025: Postponed
• SB 2420 Became law 89R
  Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.
  May 27, 2025: Effective on 1/1/26
• SB 1730 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force.
  May 26, 2025: Placed on General State Calendar
• SB 1377 In committee 89R
  Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties.
  May 26, 2025: Co-author authorized
• SB 1897 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to advanced communications infrastructure security; authorizing a fee; providing administrative penalties.
  May 26, 2025: Placed on General State Calendar
• SB 1798 In committee 89R
  Relating to the resident status, tuition rates, certain financial support, and certain documentation requirements for students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, including students not lawfully present in the United States.
  May 26, 2025: Not again placed on intent calendar
• HB 517 Became law 89R
  Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.
  May 26, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1285 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the protection of bats.
  May 25, 2025: Committee report distributed
• SB 317 In committee 89R
  Relating to the removal, relocation, alteration, or construction of certain monuments or memorials located on public property; authorizing a civil penalty.
  May 25, 2025: Not again placed on intent calendar
• SB 1319 In committee 89R
  Relating to a limit on the number of athletic scholarships that may be awarded to foreign students by a public institution of higher education.
  May 25, 2025: Co-author authorized
• SB 2363 In committee 89R
  Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of unlawfully publishing a vote.
  May 25, 2025: Co-author authorized
• HB 767 Became law 89R
  Relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 249 in Montgomery County as the Paul P. Mendes Memorial Parkway.
  May 24, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1349 Became law 89R
  Relating to creating the criminal offenses of transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law and to a study and law enforcement training regarding transnational repression.
  May 24, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1555 Became law 89R
  Relating to a grant program to fund certain railroad grade separation projects.
  May 24, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 2730 Became law 89R
  Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to require a person allowed an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead to file a new application or confirm the person's current qualification for the exemption.
  May 24, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 2532 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain municipalities that receive municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue and other money from a local park board of trustees.
  May 23, 2025: Committee report sent to Calendars
• SB 1978 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the interconnection of a facility in the ERCOT power region to certain other facilities.
  May 23, 2025: Referred to State Affairs
• SB 1073 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.
  May 23, 2025: Committee report sent to Calendars
• SB 1999 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to protection for a public employee's or student's use of terms consistent with biological sex.
  May 23, 2025: Committee report sent to Calendars
• HJR 34 Adopted 89R
  Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of real property located in a county that borders the United Mexican States that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements.
  May 23, 2025: Filed with the Secretary of State
• SB 2639 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark and the inclusion of a property in a historic district or similar preservation district by certain municipalities.
  May 22, 2025: Left pending in committee
• SB 2529 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the vote required by the governing body of a taxing unit to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate or authorize the issuance of tax bonds.
  May 22, 2025: Committee report sent to Calendars