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State bill data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:16 PM.

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• SB 293 Became law 89R
  Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SB 740 Became law 89R
  Relating to certain proceedings by the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding water or sewer service.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 4281 Became law 89R
  Relating to a civil cause of action for fraudulent crowdfunding.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1737 Became law 89R
  Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 2185 Became law 89R
  Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2187 Became law 89R
  Relating to hospital staffing report and complaint processes and to retaliation and mandatory overtime protections for nurses.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1261 Became law 89R
  Relating to the financing of water supply projects included in the state water plan; authorizing the issuance of obligations.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• 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 60 Became law 89R
  Relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of certain library materials.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2294 Became law 89R
  Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1398 Became law 89R
  Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foster care.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1302 Became law 89R
  Relating to eligibility to use a general permit to discharge waste into or adjacent to waters in this state.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 995 Became law 89R
  Relating to the approval of a surety bond for a contract authorizing an oversize or overweight vehicle to cross a road or highway.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 102 Became law 89R
  Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2894 Became law 89R
  Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.
  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
• HB 694 Became law 89R
  Relating to the notification of certain persons concerning certain events related to children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1121 Became law 89R
  Relating to excepting certain communication facilities from certain notice requirements for projects on state or local public land.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 3153 Became law 89R
  Relating to hiring and employment requirements for persons in direct contact with children at certain facilities.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 2544 Became law 89R
  Relating to eligibility for mediation of certain out-of-network health benefit claims.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 2037 Became law 89R
  Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1379 Became law 89R
  Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for forgery.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1150 Became law 89R
  Relating to the plugging of and reporting on inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas; authorizing an administrative penalty.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• HB 742 Became law 89R
  Relating to human trafficking prevention, including training for first responders, 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
• SB 917 Became law 89R
  Relating to certain boiler inspection reports and the composition and governance of the board of boiler rules.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2594 Became law 89R
  Relating to the venue for the prosecution of certain criminal conduct involving theft.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 1533 Became law 89R
  Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 908 Became law 89R
  Relating to the reporting by law enforcement agencies of missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 793 Became law 89R
  Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of an applicant for or a person protected by a protective order.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 523 Became law 89R
  Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address.
  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
• SB 441 Became law 89R
  Relating to criminal and civil liability related to sexually explicit media and artificial intimate visual material; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 4643 Became law 89R
  Relating to access to criminal history record information that relates to providers and provider applicants under Medicaid and other public benefits programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 114 Became law 89R
  Relating to the transfer of functions relating to certain veteran mental health programs and plans to the Texas Veterans Commission.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 5515 Became law 89R
  Relating to restrictions on freight and shipping costs included in the price of instructional materials for public schools.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 47 Became law 89R
  Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 546 Became law 89R
  Relating to seat belts on buses that transport children.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 493 Became law 89R
  Relating to protection of certain disclosures and communications by pharmacists and pharmacies regarding prescription drug benefits.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2001 Became law 89R
  Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1191 Became law 89R
  Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 140 Became law 89R
  Relating to advisory bodies for the Department of Family and Protective Services, including the creation of the child protective investigations advisory committee and the abolition of the Family and Protective Services Council.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• HB 2 Became law 89R
  Relating to public education and public school finance.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• HB 3687 Became law 89R
  Relating to certification requirements for a fire marshal and any related employee, officer, inspector, and investigator appointed by certain counties and emergency services districts.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2789 Became law 89R
  Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SB 387 Became law 89R
  Relating to bond requirements for certain judges.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 107 Became law 89R
  Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 120 Became law 89R
  Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SB 1728 Became law 89R
  Relating to the participation of certain juvenile justice entities in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.
  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
• SB 1818 Became law 89R
  Relating to the issuance of a license or provisional license to certain military service members, military veterans, and military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25