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State bill data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

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• SB 10 Became law 89R
  Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
  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 17 Became law 89R
  Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• 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 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 13 Became law 89R
  Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 4486 Became law 89R
  Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 38 Became law 89R
  Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SCR 30 Adopted 89R
  Designating Matagorda County as the official Birding Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
  Jun 20, 2025: Signed by the Governor
• HB 5661 Became law 89R
  Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 286; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• 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 11 Became law 89R
  Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 5246 Became law 89R
  Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 42 Became law 89R
  Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the permissible uses of that money.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 45 Became law 89R
  Relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of persons.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2697 Became law 89R
  Relating to certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2073 Became law 89R
  Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 75 Became law 89R
  Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2593 Became law 89R
  Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• 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
• SB 535 Became law 89R
  Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses.
  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 663 Became law 89R
  Relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections department's budget and strategic plan.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 3031 Became law 89R
  Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.
  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 4 Became law 89R
  Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.
  Jun 16, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SR 629 Adopted 89R
  In memory of Joshua Daniel King.
  Jun 2, 2025: Printed in full
• 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 27 Adopted 89R
  Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the membership of the tribunal to review the commission's recommendations, and the authority of the commission, the tribunal, and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct.
  Jun 2, 2025: Filed with the Secretary of State
• SR 222 Adopted 89R
  In memory of former state Senator and Representative Joe J. Bernal of San Antonio.
  Jun 1, 2025: Reported enrolled
• SR 672 Adopted 89R
  In memory of Karen Anntoinette Richard.
  Jun 1, 2025: Reported enrolled
• SR 686 Adopted 89R
  Recognizing Secretary of the Senate Patsy Spaw and her staff for their valuable contributions and service.
  Jun 1, 2025: Reported enrolled
• SR 634 Adopted 89R
  Suspending limitation on conference committee jurisdiction on S.B. No.1.
  May 31, 2025: Reported enrolled
• SR 715 Adopted 89R
  Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 5246.
  May 31, 2025: Reported enrolled
• SB 1620 Became law 89R
  Relating to the establishment of the Texas forensic analyst apprenticeship pilot program.
  May 30, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1901 Became law 89R
  Relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund.
  May 30, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 664 Became law 89R
  Relating to qualifications, training, removal, and supervision of certain masters, magistrates, referees, associate judges, and hearing officers.
  May 30, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1018 Became law 89R
  Relating to distribution of state traffic fine revenue received by the comptroller.
  May 29, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1020 Became law 89R
  Relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community supervision, and to the availability of certain information regarding a person required to submit to an electronic monitoring program or being supervised by a community supervision and corrections department.
  May 29, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2027 Became law 89R
  Relating to the authority of the Brazoria County Commissioners Court to execute tax abatement agreements for property within the Port Freeport district.
  May 29, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 1729 Became law 89R
  Relating to a limitation on the number of terms a person may serve as a commissioner of Port Freeport.
  May 29, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 3474 Became law 89R
  Relating to the evaluation and reporting of investment practices and performance of certain public retirement systems.
  May 29, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 1778 Became law 89R
  Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
  May 29, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• 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 37 Became law 89R
  Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program.
  May 28, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SJR 87 Adopted 89R
  Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony who have previously been convicted of or who were released on bail for certain offenses punishable as a felony at the time of the new offense.
  May 28, 2025: 1 hr. notice-for reconsideration
• SB 816 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to authorizing the disclosure of certain electronic customer data by a provider of an electronic communications service or a remote computing service in certain immediate life-threatening situations.
  May 27, 2025: Placed on General State Calendar
• SB 552 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.
  May 27, 2025: Returned to committee
• SB 505 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty.
  May 27, 2025: Postponed