📜 Texas Legislation

HB2561: Relating to the meeting place of the board of a municipal utility district.

Current disposition: Pending: House Land & Resource Management

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 10, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Land & Resource Management 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Katrina Pierson

Co-sponsors: Shelley LutherGary GatesNicole CollierCharles CunninghamMark DorazioAndy HopperMike OlcottKeresa RichardsonWesley Virdell

HB2562: Relating to a limitation on the salary of superintendents and chief executive officers of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Carrie Isaac

HB2565: Relating to prohibiting certain additives from being included in food and drinks provided by school districts.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Carrie Isaac

HB2566: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal immigration laws by state agencies, local entities, and peace officers; creating a civil penalty.

Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: David Spiller

Co-sponsors: Richard HayesShelley Luther

HB2567: Relating to equipment used or intended for use in testing or analyzing a controlled substance.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Vikki Goodwin

HB2568: Relating to a compliance agreement for the suspension of an enforcement action against a regional water supply, sewer, wastewater treatment, or solid waste disposal service for certain violations.

Current disposition: Pending: House Natural Resources

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Natural Resources 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Caroline Harris Davila

HB2569: Relating to the applicability of certain parental notification requirements to school districts of innovation.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Hillary Hickland

HB2570: Relating to extreme risk protective orders and certain other protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm; creating criminal offenses.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: John Bryant

HB2571: Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of unlawful carrying of certain weapons and unlawful transfer of certain weapons.

Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos

HB2572: Relating to the authority of a public library to financially support the American Library Association.

Current disposition: Pending: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Culture, Recreation & Tourism 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Brian Harrison

Co-sponsors: Richard HayesHillary HicklandAndy HopperHelen KerwinJoanne Shofner

HB2573: Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement of doula services.

Current disposition: Pending: House Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Armando Walle

HB2574: Relating to the vote required to approve the issuance of general obligation bonds by a political subdivision.

Current disposition: Pending: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Pensions, Investments & Financial Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Brian Harrison

HB2575: Relating to the elimination of certain tax proceeds deposited to and the allocation of the horse industry escrowed purse account.

Current disposition: Pending: House Ways & Means

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 28, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Ways & Means 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Matthew Shaheen

HB2576: Relating to Victims of Communism Remembrance Day in public schools and the inclusion of an understanding of Victims of Communism Remembrance Day in the essential knowledge and skills for government under the social studies curriculum for public school students.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Brian Harrison

HB2577: Relating to the contents of a notice provided to a taxable entity that fails to file a franchise tax report when due.

Current disposition: Pending: House Ways & Means

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Ways & Means 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Brian Harrison

HB2579: Relating to the use of a public school as a polling place.

Current disposition: Pending: House Elections

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Elections 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Mike Olcott

HB2580: Relating to a study on health benefit plan coverage for certain treatments of traumatic brain injuries.

Current disposition: Pending: House Insurance

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 23, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Insurance 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Lacey Hull

HB2581: Relating to the information required for payment of services provided through the Thriving Texas Families Program.

🗳 2 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Received from the House
May 19, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Lacey Hull

HB2582: Relating to the rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, advocate for a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim to certain information regarding a defendant's parole.

🗳 1 vote · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Read first time
May 7, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Lacey Hull

HB2585: Relating to the capacity of minors to consent to contraception-related examination or medical treatment.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos

HB2586: Relating to minimum standards for pregnancy resource centers.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos

HB2589: Relating to the chairman of the juvenile board of Parker County.

Current disposition: Pending: House Juvenile Justice Subcommittee

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Juvenile Justice Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Mike Olcott

HB2591: Relating to the operation of a juvenile justice alternative education program.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Mike Olcott

HB2592: Relating to the operation of a juvenile justice alternative education program in certain counties.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Mike Olcott

HB2595: Relating to prohibiting certain dealings with foreign adversaries by public schools and public institutions of higher education; providing civil penalties; creating criminal offenses.

Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Briscoe Cain

HB2597: Relating to providing for a delay in the implementation of certain changes to the assignment of performance ratings under the public school accountability system.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Denise Villalobos

HB2599: Relating to prohibiting state agencies from engaging in certain transactions with certain statewide periodicals or Internet news websites.

Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Briscoe Cain

HB2600: Relating to the purchase of periodicals by state agencies and certain state officers and to prohibiting state agencies from providing financial support to the news media.

Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Briscoe Cain

HB2601: Relating to certain disqualifications from operating a commercial motor vehicle.

Current disposition: Pending: House Transportation

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Transportation 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Janis Holt

Co-sponsors: Wesley VirdellJoanne Shofner

HB2602: Relating to the permitting and inspection of mobile food units.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Janis Holt

Co-sponsors: Joanne Shofner

HB2603: Relating to the provision of assistance to elderly persons in obtaining certain protective orders.

Current disposition: Pending: House Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Elizabeth Campos

HB2604: Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Current disposition: Pending: House Appropriations

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Appropriations 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Lauren Ashley Simmons

HB2605: Relating to water losses reported by certain municipally owned utilities to the Texas Water Development Board; authorizing administrative penalties.

Current disposition: Pending: House Natural Resources

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Natural Resources 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Stan Gerdes

HB2606: Relating to the unlawful acquisition, purchase, and transfer of certain weapons; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: John Bryant

HB2608: Relating to the consideration by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of alternative waste collection, treatment, and disposal options before issuing permits to discharge certain waste.

Current disposition: Pending: House Natural Resources

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
March 26, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Natural Resources 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Erin Zwiener

Co-sponsors: Eddie Morales

HB2609: Relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or failure to satisfy a judgment.

Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 23, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Diego Bernal

HB2610: Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for certain cancer-related treatments or items.

Current disposition: Pending: House Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health Subcommittee

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
April 24, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jon Rosenthal

HB2611: 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.

Current disposition: Pending: House Ways & Means

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Ways & Means 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Richard Raymond

HB2612: Relating to the establishment and functions of the Texas Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Policy Council.

Current disposition: Pending: House Energy Resources

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
March 31, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Energy Resources 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Erin Zwiener

HB2616: Relating to the use of certain compensation arrangements in contracts between certain health benefit plan issuers for the provision of health care services to insureds and enrollees.

Current disposition: Pending: House Insurance

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Insurance 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Tom Oliverson

HB2619: Relating to electronic voter registration.

Current disposition: Pending: House Elections

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Elections 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Rafael Anchia

HB2620: Relating to the inclusion of certain sources of water supply in regional water plans.

Current disposition: Pending: House Natural Resources

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Natural Resources 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Gary Vandeaver

HB2621: Relating to the recording and archiving of live video feed by the Texas Department of Transportation.

🗳 2 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Read first time
May 19, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Morgan Meyer

Co-sponsors: Tom CraddickAngelia OrrChristina Morales

HB2622: Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility.

🗳 2 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Read first time
May 5, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: William Metcalf

HB2623: Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: William Metcalf

HB2624: Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain legal paraprofessionals; requiring an occupational license; imposing fees.

Current disposition: Pending: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Barbara Gervin-Hawkins

HB2627: Relating to the development and implementation of the Live Well Texas program and the expansion of Medicaid eligibility to provide health benefit coverage to certain individuals; imposing penalties.

Current disposition: Pending: House Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health Subcommittee

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Cassandra Garcia Hernandez

HB2628: Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by foreign organizations.

Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Terri Leo-Wilson

HB2629: Relating to requiring a person convicted of an offense involving family violence or a person who is the subject of a protective order to surrender firearms owned by the person; authorizing a fee.

Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos

HB2630: Relating to declarant control of certain property owners' associations.

Current disposition: Pending: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Trade, Workforce & Economic Development 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Caroline Harris Davila

HB2631: Relating to prohibited facility fees for telehealth and telemedicine medical services; providing an administrative penalty.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Caroline Harris Davila

HB2632: Relating to the definition of child neglect and to the appointment of the Department of Family and Protective Services and a child's parent or legal guardian as joint managing conservators of the child.

Current disposition: Pending: House Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Elizabeth Campos

HB2633: Relating to the provision of services by nonphysician mental health professionals at school districts.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos

HB2634: Relating to policies and procedures regarding certain young adults in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Current disposition: Pending: House Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Elizabeth Campos

HB2635: Relating to county and municipal regulation of automated external defibrillators.

Current disposition: Pending: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Intergovernmental Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Elizabeth Campos

HB2636: Relating to designating October 6 as Hispanic Registered Dietician Day.

Current disposition: Pending: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Culture, Recreation & Tourism 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Oscar Longoria

HB2638: Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway.

🗳 2 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Transportation

Last status update: Received from the House
May 19, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Transportation 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Joanne Shofner

Co-sponsors: Daniel AldersBriscoe CainCaroline Harris DavilaJanis HoltAndy HopperHelen KerwinAJ LouderbackDavid LoweShelley LutherDon McLaughlinMike OlcottKeresa RichardsonValoree SwansonEllen TroxclairCody VasutWesley VirdellTrey Wharton

HB2639: Relating to preauthorization determinations conducted by physicians of the same specialty as the requesting physician or health care provider.

Current disposition: Pending: House Insurance

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Insurance 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Suleman Lalani

HB2640: Relating to medical director certification and training requirements at certain nursing facilities.

Current disposition: Pending: House Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Suleman Lalani

HB2641: Relating to health benefit plan preauthorization requirements for physicians and providers providing certain health care services.

Current disposition: Pending: House Insurance

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Insurance 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Suleman Lalani

HB2642: Relating to the persons entitled to request a public hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant.

Current disposition: Pending: House Environmental Regulation

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Environmental Regulation 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2644: Relating to the amount of a fine and costs discharged by a defendant while confined in jail or engaged in labor.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2645: Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.

Current disposition: Pending: House Family & Fiduciary Relationships Subcommittee

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Family & Fiduciary Relationships Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2646: Relating to the establishment of the private child care task force.

Current disposition: Pending: House Human Services

Last status update: Considered in formal meeting
April 25, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2647: Relating to the establishment of the inmate legal services office and to the appointment and compensation of certain legal counsel for certain indigent inmates and other persons in secure correctional facilities.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2648: Relating to the use of deadly force to make an arrest.

Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2649: Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in a capital murder case.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2650: Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the transfer of firearms.

Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Salman Bhojani

HB2651: Relating to an exemption from abortion restrictions for unemancipated minors and the repeal of provisions regarding notice and consent to those abortions.

Current disposition: Pending: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Mihaela Plesa

HB2652: Relating to establishing a certified caregiver pilot program in the Borderplex workforce development area.

🗳 2 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Economic Development

Last status update: Read first time
May 22, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Economic Development 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Claudia Ordaz Perez

Co-sponsors: Joseph MoodyMary GonzalezEddie MoralesVincent Perez

HB2653: Relating to the prohibited performance of certain procedures affecting cat claw functioning; providing a civil penalty.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Salman Bhojani

HB2654: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at two-year public institutions of higher education.

Current disposition: Pending: House Higher Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Higher Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Salman Bhojani

HB2656: Relating to motor vehicle stops by a peace officer operating an unmarked law enforcement motor vehicle.

Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Wesley Virdell

Co-sponsors: Ron ReynoldsSenfronia ThompsonTom CraddickMary PerezMark DorazioRichard HayesAndy HopperHelen KerwinDon McLaughlinTerry MezaBrent MoneyPenny Morales ShawKatrina PiersonKeresa RichardsonNate SchatzlineSteve Toth

HB2657: Relating to the abolition of the Texas Education Agency and elimination of the position of commissioner of education, the transfer of powers and duties to the State Board of Education and the comptroller of public accounts, and the elimination of public school accountability and assessment systems.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 18, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Andy Hopper

Co-sponsors: Mitch LittleBrent MoneyNate SchatzlineShelley LutherHelen KerwinAJ LouderbackDavid LoweJ.M. LozanoMike OlcottKatrina PiersonKeresa RichardsonShelby SlawsonTony TinderholtWesley Virdell

HB2658: Relating to the Kimble County Hospital District of Kimble County, Texas.

🗳 2 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Local Government

Last status update: Received from the House
May 19, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Local Government 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Wesley Virdell

Co-sponsors: Brad BuckleyBen BumgarnerRichard HayesDon McLaughlinNate SchatzlineSteve Toth