Bills on the Agenda

TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5138

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB17

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/19/25  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4944

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of House Committee
5/1/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide financial assistance to counties for transportation assistance to indigent litigants.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2284

Filed
1/30/25  
Out of House Committee
4/30/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the licensing and regulation of music therapists; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3421

Filed
2/26/25  
Out of House Committee
4/17/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to decedents' estates and other matters involving probate courts.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1569

Filed
2/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/26/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/10/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the availability of certain personal information of a member of the governing board of an institution of higher education, the chief executive officer of the institution, or the chief executive officer of a university system.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2420

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/5/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1968

Filed
3/5/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain real estate professionals by the Texas Real Estate Commission.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2351

Filed
3/12/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/29/25  
Out of House Committee
5/7/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the construction of certain concrete plants under a standard permit.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2544

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/28/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/30/25  
Out of House Committee
5/7/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to eligibility for mediation of certain out-of-network health benefit claims.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1490

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/9/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/28/25  
Out of House Committee
5/8/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to adult high school charter program funding.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1349

Filed
2/18/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
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.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1568

Filed
2/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/28/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/30/25  
Out of House Committee
5/8/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the issuance of animal friendly specialty license plates.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2776

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/1/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the disclosure of certain information by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3531

Filed
2/28/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the voluntary disclosure by an applicant for registration of a motor vehicle of the applicant's military status.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2149

Filed
1/28/25  
Out of House Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to nonconforming land uses after the adoption of or change to a zoning regulation or boundary.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4327

Filed
3/11/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to wrongful death actions for the benefit of siblings of the decedent.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3158

Filed
2/21/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to imposition of application fees for certain permits and permit amendments for the disposal of oil and gas waste.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3717

Filed
3/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing the administration's approval as a medication for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4520

Filed
3/12/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB888

Filed
1/23/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/10/25  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the attorney general's defense of a district or county attorney against certain lawsuits in federal court.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB552

Filed
12/9/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3138

Filed
2/21/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate certain matters related to firearms, air guns, archery equipment, and other weapons and related supplies.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3704

Filed
3/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to notaries public; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2921

Filed
2/18/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information collected by certain local governments and airport governing boards.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4853

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to skimmers on electronic terminals; authorizing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4506

Filed
3/12/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to electronic delivery of notice for certain municipal zoning changes.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3892

Filed
3/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to county regulation related to infrastructure planning for subdivisions and county authority to regulate building and set-back lines.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HJR161

Filed
3/3/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment adding individuals who are not United States citizens to the classes of persons not allowed to vote in this state.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HJR175

Filed
3/7/25  
Out of House Committee
5/2/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HJR88

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
5/5/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the commissioners court of a county to exempt from ad valorem taxation by each political subdivision that taxes the property the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of a rainwater harvesting or graywater system.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1937

Filed
1/17/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain tax and fee collection procedures and taxpayer suits.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3334

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to wildfire prevention, mitigation, and response at certain wells under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas; authorizing an administrative penalty.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5444

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5137

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a beneficiary designation that transfers a motor vehicle to one or more beneficiaries at the owner's death.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB361

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of certain appraisal districts to consider a property to be a comparable property when using the market data comparison method of appraisal to determine the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB321

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to implementing an express lane option under Medicaid and the child health plan program.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5447

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB464

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a grant program to support the elimination of illegally disposed of scrap tires.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB678

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on certain student identification cards issued by a public institution of higher education.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2294

Filed
1/30/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4172

Filed
3/10/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to regulating charitable bingo and authorizing the establishment of a nonprofit corporation to advertise and promote charitable bingo.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3225

Filed
2/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prohibition of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1769

Filed
1/8/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the classification of certain entities as primarily engaged in retail trade for purposes of the franchise tax.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5394

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prohibiting single source continuum contractors and child-placing agencies from imposing certain requirements on or adopting certain policies and procedures related to relative and designated caregivers.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1837

Filed
1/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the enforcement and prevention of offenses involving the manufacture or delivery of controlled substances listed in Penalty Group 1 or 1-B, law enforcement officer safety in handling those substances, and the manufacture and proper use of opioid antagonists.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1787

Filed
1/8/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a higher education plan for human papillomavirus education and prevention.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2271

Filed
1/30/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment information for certain day-care centers.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2440

Filed
2/5/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a state agency or the state's air quality state implementation plan to impose certain restrictions with respect to a motor vehicle, including a motor vehicle powered by an engine.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5134

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to eligibility to request a deposition before bringing a civil action.