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

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• HB 27 Passed Senate 892
  Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or permit amendments by the district.
  Sep 3, 2025: House appoints conferees-reported
• HB 15 Passed Senate 892
  Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.
  Sep 2, 2025: Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
• SB 15 Passed Senate 892
  Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.
  Aug 25, 2025: Point of order sustained
• HB 24 In committee 892
  Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits.
  Aug 21, 2025: Left pending in committee
• HB 229 In committee 892
  Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.
  Aug 20, 2025: Referred to State Affairs
• HB 162 Introduced 892
  Relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by a political subdivision to acquire property outside the political subdivision's boundaries.
  Aug 15, 2025: Filed
• HB 14 In committee 891
  Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.
  Jul 30, 2025: Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
• HB 36 Introduced 891
  Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.
  Jul 14, 2025: Filed
• HB 5659 Became law 89R
  Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.
  Jun 22, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 1362 Became law 89R
  Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense.
  Jun 22, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 127 Became law 89R
  Relating to measures to protect institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; increasing a criminal penalty.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 130 Became law 89R
  Relating to genetic information security for residents of this state; providing a civil penalty; providing a private cause of action.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1455 Became law 89R
  Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 1/1/26
• SB 467 Became law 89R
  Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SB 1637 Became law 89R
  Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 2543 Became law 89R
  Relating to the amount of certain revenue that may be used for and the location of state veterans cemeteries.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 4804 Became law 89R
  Relating to the revocation of a driver's license or personal identification certificate and to disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 24 Became law 89R
  Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 3642 Became law 89R
  Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways, to certain memorial markers on certain highways, and to the installation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 2366 Became law 89R
  Relating to a grant program to fund certain short line railroad projects.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• HCR 149 Adopted 89R
  Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to U.S. Navy SEAL Nathan Gage Ingram of Roanoke.
  Jun 20, 2025: Signed by the Governor
• HB 4264 Became law 89R
  Relating to creation of a grant program for certain peace officers who hold a master proficiency certificate.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• 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
• HB 4529 Became law 89R
  Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities that maintain a certificate to operate issued by the United States Department of Defense.
  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
• SB 840 Became law 89R
  Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SCR 21 Adopted 89R
  In memory of Edwin Elmer Perryman of Tyler.
  Jun 20, 2025: Signed by the Governor
• 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
• HCR 136 Adopted 89R
  In memory of Deputy Melissa Pollard of the Wood County Sheriff's Office.
  Jun 20, 2025: Signed by the Governor
• HB 128 Became law 89R
  Relating to certain sister-city agreements between governmental entities and foreign countries and communities.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2488 Became law 89R
  Relating to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas workers' compensation system by remote communication.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 890 Became law 89R
  Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.
  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
• 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 5664 Became law 89R
  Relating to the operation of Wood County Central Hospital District of Wood County, Texas.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 2383 Became law 89R
  Relating to the employment of certain peace officers of the Department of Public Safety.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2525 Became law 89R
  Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization that is engaged in providing housing and related facilities and services to persons who are at least 62 years of age.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 1/1/26
• HB 132 Became law 89R
  Relating to the confidentiality of information used to prevent, detect, respond to, or investigate a hostile act of a foreign adversary of the United States.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• 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 1814 Became law 89R
  Relating to creation and maintenance of an electronic database to provide information to certain members of the United States armed forces regarding the resources and benefits provided to veterans.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2464 Became law 89R
  Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate a home-based business.
  Jun 12, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 150 Became law 89R
  Relating to the establishment of the Texas Cyber Command and the transfer to it of certain powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources.
  Jun 2, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HR 1496 Adopted 89R
  Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3642.
  Jun 1, 2025: Reported enrolled
• SB 2332 Became law 89R
  Relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety.
  May 30, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1646 Became law 89R
  Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.
  May 30, 2025: Effective immediately
• SCR 22 Adopted 89R
  Designating the cannon as the official state gun of Texas.
  May 29, 2025: Signed by the Governor
• HB 5663 Passed House 89R
  Relating to the authority of the Wood County Central Hospital District of Wood County, Texas, to provide brain and memory care services to residents of the hospital district through the creation and operation of brain and memory health care services districts.
  May 28, 2025: Placed on intent calendar
• 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
• SB 1422 Became law 89R
  Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Memorial Bridge.
  May 27, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 781 Passed Senate 89R
  Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.
  May 27, 2025: Postponed