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State bill data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 8:07 AM.

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• HB 20 Became law 89R
  Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 2018 Became law 89R
  Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• HB 39 Became law 89R
  Relating to information and data regarding the incidence of veteran deaths in this state.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 36 Became law 89R
  Relating to the homeland security activities of certain entities, including the establishment and operations of the Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 3053 Became law 89R
  Relating to municipal and county firearm buyback programs.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 1443 Became law 89R
  Relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion or possession of a child-like sex doll.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 754 Became law 89R
  Relating to human trafficking prevention, including training for medical assistants, disclosure of human trafficking information by certain health care facilities, and protection for facility employees who report human trafficking.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 668 Became law 89R
  Relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 103 Became law 89R
  Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of taxing unit bond, tax, and bond-related project information; providing a civil penalty.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2193 Became law 89R
  Relating to a study by the Texas Veterans Commission regarding the provision of veterans benefits in this state.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 2508 Became law 89R
  Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a qualifying condition or disease.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SB 21 Became law 89R
  Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 2373 Became law 89R
  Relating to financial exploitation or financial abuse using artificially generated media or phishing communications; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1198 Became law 89R
  Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 75 Became law 89R
  Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 247 Became law 89R
  Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the appraised value of real property located in certain counties that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements and to the consideration of the price paid by certain governmental entities for a parcel of or easement in real property purchased for the purpose of installing or constructing such infrastructure when appraising other real property.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• HB 3000 Became law 89R
  Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 43 Became law 89R
  Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 647 Became law 89R
  Relating to the filing or recording of documents or instruments conveying or purporting to convey an interest in real or personal property.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 2477 Became law 89R
  Relating to certain municipal regulation of conversion of certain office buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 33 Became law 89R
  Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 609 Became law 89R
  Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 1211 Became law 89R
  Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 3486 Became law 89R
  Relating to a deduction from the amount of taxable sales used to calculate the amount of sales and use taxes that the owners of restaurants that purchase Texas farm-raised oysters are required to remit to the comptroller of public accounts.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• 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
• HB 1106 Became law 89R
  Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 229 Became law 89R
  Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex.
  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
• SB 971 Became law 89R
  Relating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 1858 Became law 89R
  Relating to eligibility for the bulletproof vest and body armor grant program.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 843 Became law 89R
  Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.
  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
• HB 1481 Became law 89R
  Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 4144 Became law 89R
  Relating to supplemental benefits for retired firefighters and peace officers diagnosed with certain diseases or illnesses.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 3057 Became law 89R
  Relating to health benefit plan coverage for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.
  Jun 20, 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 59 Adopted 89R
  Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System.
  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
• SCR 19 Adopted 89R
  Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a Texas Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex.
  May 30, 2025: Signed by the Governor
• 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
• SB 1173 Became law 89R
  Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required.
  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
• 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 2703 Became law 89R
  Relating to designating July as American Patriotism Month.
  May 28, 2025: Effective immediately
• 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 1962 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to public school accountability, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement and public school performance ratings 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.
  May 27, 2025: Placed on General State Calendar