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

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• SB 75 Became law 89R
  Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.
  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 8 Became law 89R
  Relating to agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 1/1/26
• SB 1498 Became law 89R
  Relating to civil asset forfeiture of digital currency or other similar property.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 34 Became law 89R
  Relating to prohibiting the investment of state money in certain countries and in certain private business entities in those countries.
  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
• SB 3070 Became law 89R
  Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses.
  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
• HB 2 Became law 89R
  Relating to public education and public school finance.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SB 2514 Became law 89R
  Relating to establishing the hostile foreign adversaries unit at the Department of Public Safety and training, prohibitions, and reporting requirements designed to combat foreign influence and foreign adversary operations; creating a criminal offense.
  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
• 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
• SB 1497 Became law 89R
  Relating to the search of certain wireless communications devices by a peace officer.
  May 30, 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
• 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
• 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 2929 Became law 89R
  Relating to the removal of a spectator of certain school extracurricular athletic activities or competitions.
  May 27, 2025: Effective immediately
• 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 442 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of unlawful production or distribution of certain sexually explicit media; increasing a criminal penalty.
  May 26, 2025: Placed on General State Calendar
• SB 1030 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the exemption from sales and use taxes for certain aircraft components and other property required for normal aircraft operations.
  May 26, 2025: Placed on General State Calendar
• SB 1098 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the disclosure by a pharmacy to a patient of certain price information for a drug or biological product.
  May 26, 2025: Placed on General State Calendar
• HB 2000 Became law 89R
  Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming.
  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 5 Became law 89R
  Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
  May 24, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SB 2794 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the criminal offense of interference with child custody.
  May 23, 2025: Committee report sent to Calendars
• SJR 85 Adopted 89R
  Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.
  May 22, 2025: Filed with the Secretary of State
• SB 27 Passed House 89R
  Relating to the rights of public school educators and financial and other assistance provided to educators and to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.
  May 21, 2025: Co-author authorized
• SB 1316 Became law 89R
  Relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations.
  May 21, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1960 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to digital replication rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals; providing private causes of action; authorizing a fee.
  May 21, 2025: Left pending in committee
• HJR 1 Adopted 89R
  Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.
  May 20, 2025: Filed with the Secretary of State
• SB 942 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.
  May 20, 2025: Committee report sent to Calendars
• SB 326 Became law 89R
  Relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's violation of a public school's or public institution of higher education's student code of conduct was motivated by antisemitism.
  May 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 2312 Became law 89R
  Relating to the establishment and powers and duties of the Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict.
  May 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 412 Became law 89R
  Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
  May 19, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 2751 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the inspection of residential and day placement facilities for special education students.
  May 16, 2025: Referred to Public Education
• SB 867 In committee 89R
  Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.
  May 15, 2025: Placed on intent calendar
• SCR 13 Adopted 89R
  Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources.
  May 15, 2025: Signed by the Governor
• SB 205 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.
  May 14, 2025: Referred to Public Education
• SB 1903 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation.
  May 14, 2025: Referred to Public Education
• SB 1499 Became law 89R
  Relating to the operations of the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center.
  May 13, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25