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State bill data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:38 PM.

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• SB 12 Became law 892
  Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
  Sep 19, 2025: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• SB 5 Became law 892
  Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
  Sep 18, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 18 Vetoed 892
  Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control.
  Sep 17, 2025: Vetoed by the Governor
• HB 20 Became law 892
  Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
  Sep 17, 2025: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• HCR 13 Adopted 892
  Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm in Texas.
  Sep 17, 2025: Signed by the Governor
• SB 11 Became law 892
  Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
  Sep 17, 2025: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• SB 16 Became law 892
  Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.
  Sep 17, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SB 14 Became law 892
  Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.
  Sep 17, 2025: Effective on 1/1/26
• SB 3 Became law 892
  Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas.
  Sep 5, 2025: Effective immediately
• HB 1 Became law 892
  Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.
  Sep 5, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 1 Became law 892
  Relating to campground and youth camp safety.
  Sep 5, 2025: Effective immediately
• SR 1 Adopted 892
  Honoring the lives lost during the 2025 Texas flooding.
  Sep 4, 2025: Reported enrolled
• SB 2 Passed House 892
  Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees.
  Aug 27, 2025: House appoints conferees-reported
• SB 17 In committee 892
  Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.
  Aug 26, 2025: Co-author authorized
• 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
• SB 6 Passed Senate 892
  Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.
  Aug 20, 2025: Referred to Public Health
• SB 7 In committee 892
  Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.
  Aug 18, 2025: Co-author authorized
• SR 4 Adopted 891
  Recognizing Joseph C. Longway on the occasion of his retirement.
  Aug 15, 2025: Reported enrolled
• SB 9 In committee 892
  Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions 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.
  Aug 15, 2025: Committee report printed and distributed
• SB 29 Introduced 892
  Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin.
  Aug 15, 2025: Filed
• SR 76 Adopted 891
  Recognizing Tedd L. Mitchell for his service as chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.
  Aug 15, 2025: Reported enrolled
• SR 93 Introduced 891
  Memorializing the lives lost during the 2025 Texas floods.
  Aug 13, 2025: Received by the Secretary of the Senate
• SB 1 Passed Senate 891
  Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees.
  Aug 12, 2025: Reported engrossed
• SB 13 Passed Senate 891
  Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.
  Aug 12, 2025: Reported engrossed
• SB 69 Introduced 891
  Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin.
  Aug 6, 2025: Filed
• SB 5 Passed Senate 891
  Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.
  Aug 4, 2025: Received from the Senate
• SB 3 Vetoed 89R
  Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.
  Jun 22, 2025: Vetoed by the Governor
• SB 268 Vetoed 89R
  Relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners.
  Jun 22, 2025: Vetoed by the Governor
• SB 1253 Vetoed 89R
  Relating to impact and production fees for certain water projects and to the regulation of certain wells; authorizing a fee.
  Jun 22, 2025: Vetoed by the Governor
• HB 2842 Became law 89R
  Relating to the control by lethal means of white-tailed deer in certain areas.
  Jun 22, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2078 Became law 89R
  Relating to the joint planning of desired future conditions in groundwater management areas.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1307 Became law 89R
  Relating to a biennial health coverage reference guide developed by the Texas Department of Insurance.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1171 Became law 89R
  Relating to compensation, leave, and physical fitness programs and standards for certain employees of the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 7 Became law 89R
  Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SB 263 Became law 89R
  Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 2155 Became law 89R
  Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation.
  Jun 20, 2025: See remarks for effective date
• SB 370 Became law 89R
  Relating to the availability of certain personal information of a child, spouse, or surviving spouse of a current or former employee of the office of the attorney general or of a public defender's office.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1522 Became law 89R
  Relating to the regulation of continuing care facilities.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 1/1/26
• SB 1948 Became law 89R
  Relating to the regulation of fire prevention standards for certain agricultural facilities.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 3228 Became law 89R
  Relating to the inclusion of certain provisions in lease agreements for wind or solar power facilities.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 2024 Became law 89R
  Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or selling certain e-cigarette products; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 261 Became law 89R
  Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 5560 Became law 89R
  Relating to penalties in certain suits involving a groundwater conservation district; increasing a penalty.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 18 Became law 89R
  Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• SB 863 Became law 89R
  Relating to water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer and to the use of certain reclaimed water in an aquifer storage and recovery project.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• SB 1558 Became law 89R
  Relating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2080 Became law 89R
  Relating to the review of the duties of a groundwater conservation district by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective immediately
• 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
• SB 33 Became law 89R
  Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
• HB 2513 Became law 89R
  Relating to a paid leave of absence for public employees serving as fire protection personnel who are engaged in certain military service.
  Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25