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TX HB 1 - Greg Bonnen
General Appropriations Bill.
02/25/2025 - Referred to Appropriations

TX HB 1010 - Steve Toth
Relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public schools, including measures related to certain student records and conduct.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1011 -
Relating to required screenings for pediatric feeding disorder for students with certain disabilities and to the individualized education programs for certain public school students with pediatric feeding disorder.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1021 - Matt Shaheen
Relating to telemedicine medical services and telehealth services covered by certain health benefit plans or provided by a pharmacist.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Insurance

TX HB 1025 - Matt Shaheen
Relating to the appointment of an inspector general for education, the creation of a division of inspector general for education in the State Board of Education to investigate public education, and the authority of the commissioner of education to conduct special investigations.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1035 - Angie Chen Button
Relating to the contents of an affidavit required to be included with an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility.
04/24/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 1055 - Salman Bhojani
Relating to the college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1060 - Mark Dorazio
Relating to ensuring certain adoptive parents may consent to medical care and access information regarding their child who is eligible for benefits under Medicaid.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 1073 - Nate Schatzline
Relating to the academic assessment of public school students.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1079 - Todd Hunter
Relating to the inclusion of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps and Leadership Officer Training Corps programs as public school career and technology education programs and the indicator of achievement for military readiness under the public school accountability system.
05/01/2025 - Left pending in subcommittee

TX HB 1081 - Pat Curry
Relating to the placement by a school district of a student who engages in a course of conduct that demonstrates habitually violent, harmful, or destructive behavior.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1096 - Vikki Goodwin
Relating to the use of corporal punishment and to the reporting of certain information regarding the use of disciplinary measures or restraint by public schools.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1097 - Steve Toth
Relating to the duty of certain professionals to report child abuse or neglect.
04/22/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX HB 1106 - Bob Hall
Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect.
05/30/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 1114 - Erin Elizabeth Gamez
Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1115 - Gary VanDeaver
Relating to the employment of honorably retired peace officers as school district security personnel and the applicability to those officers of certain law governing private security.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1127 - Linda Garcia
Relating to the promotion of breast-feeding and the prohibition against interference with or restriction of the right to breast-feed.
04/30/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 1151 - Royce West
Relating to neglect of a child and the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship and possession of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/16/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 1155 - Lacey Hull
Relating to monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain parents.
04/30/2025 - Considered in Calendars

TX HB 1156 - Lacey Hull
Relating to the definition of regular eligible student for purposes of the transportation allotment under the Foundation School Program.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1157 - Gina Hinojosa
Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 116 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to grounds for the involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship.
05/16/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 117 - Donna Campbell
Relating to the establishment of the governor's task force on the governance of early childhood education and care.
05/31/2025 - Signed in the House

TX HB 1179 - Gina Hinojosa
Relating to the admission policy of an open-enrollment charter school.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1188 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the provision of information regarding a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents or guardians of certain special education students.
05/29/2025 - Effective immediately

TX HB 119 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty.
06/02/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 1192 - Gina Hinojosa
Relating to an allotment under the Foundation School Program to provide full and individual initial evaluations for special education services.
03/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1193 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a declaration of informal marriage.
05/19/2025 - Passed

TX HB 120 - Charles Schwertner
Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundatio
05/31/2025 - Signed in the House

TX HB 121 - Robert Nichols
Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources.
06/02/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 1211 - Jose Menendez
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 1215 - Nate Schatzline
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of indecency with a child and sexual assault.
03/10/2025 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

TX HB 122 - Alan Schoolcraft
Relating to the capacity and usage of school district facilities and the transfer of students between school districts.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 123 - Brandon Creighton
Relating to measures to support kindergarten readiness and early literacy and numeracy skills for public school students and to funding to support those measures.
05/27/2025 - Committee report printed and distributed

TX HB 1230 - Chris Turner
Relating to the requirement of a public hearing on certain applications for a permit to drill an oil or gas well.
03/10/2025 - Referred to Energy Resources

TX HB 1255 - Steve Toth
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by a professional who is required to report child abuse or neglect and against a child under the care of that professional.
04/24/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

TX HB 1257 - John Bryant
Relating to the compensation of public school educators, the public school finance system, public school prekindergarten and kindergarten programs, and the school health and related services program.
03/10/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1264 - Nate Schatzline
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of indecency with a child and sexual assault.
03/10/2025 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

TX HB 1265 -
Relating to artificial intelligence mental health services.
11/13/2024 - Filed

TX HB 127 - Bryan Hughes
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.
06/01/2025 - Signed in the Senate

TX HB 1272 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to healthy relationships education in public schools.
03/10/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1273 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to human sexuality education in public schools.
03/10/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1274 -
Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations.
11/13/2024 - Filed

TX HB 129 - John McQueeney
Relating to a prohibition on certain governmental contracts with foreign adversary companies and federally banned companies; authorizing a civil penalty.
04/25/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 1290 - Diego Bernal
Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.
05/08/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 130 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to genetic information security for residents of this state; providing a civil penalty; providing a private cause of action.
05/26/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 1308 -
Relating to employment practices of governmental entities, state contractors, and private employers in this state regarding the legal status of employees, including requiring participation in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify program, and authorizing the suspension of certain licenses held by private employers for certain conduct in relation to the employment of persons not lawfully present.
11/13/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1316 - Lacey Hull
Relating to the membership of a public school's threat assessment and safe supportive school team when conducting threat assessments of certain students.
03/10/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1320 - Alan Schoolcraft
Relating to membership on county Child Welfare Boards in certain counties.
04/14/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

TX HB 1323 - Gina Hinojosa
Relating to a standard and set of indicators in the academic accountability system.
03/10/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1324 -
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education.
11/14/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1325 - Cody Vasut
Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants.
05/13/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 1332 - Josey Garcia
Relating to school district policies on dating violence.
03/10/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1334 - Josey Garcia
Relating to the payment of a fee for the administration of a special education or bilingual education certificate examination.
03/10/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1351 -
Relating to employment leave for certain family or medical obligations.
11/15/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1354 -
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Adoption Assistance Program.
11/15/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1365 -
Relating to unprofessional conduct by mental health providers who attempt to change the sexual orientation of a child.
11/15/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1368 - Robert D. Guerra
Relating to a notification requirement if a public school does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.
05/09/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 1388 - Brad Buckley
Relating to an indicator of achievement for military readiness under the public school accountability system.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 139 - Carl Tepper
Relating to employer health benefit plans that do not include state-mandated health benefits.
05/12/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 1390 - Erin Zwiener
Relating to the requirement of a school district to notify a parent of curriculum or instructional material containing religion or religious values.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1391 -
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking and sexual offenses; increasing criminal penalties; changing parole eligibility.
11/18/2024 - Filed

TX HB 140 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to advisory bodies for the Department of Family and Protective Services, including the creation of the child protective investigations advisory committee and the abolition of the Family and Protective Services Council.
05/30/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 1405 - Suleman Lalani
Relating to bullying and cyberbullying in public schools.
05/09/2025 - Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

TX HB 141 - Angelia Orr
Relating to the adoption of the revised Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children by the State of Texas; making conforming changes.
04/17/2025 - Reported engrossed

TX HB 1415 - Alma A. Allen
Relating to corporal punishment in public schools.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1418 -
Relating to the use of in-custody informant testimony in a criminal trial.
11/20/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1422 - Joan Huffman
Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses, the offense of continuous sexual abuse, and the prosecution, punishment, and collateral consequences of certain sex offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties; changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.
05/26/2025 - Senate passage reported

TX HB 1425 -
Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.
11/20/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1440 - Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
Relating to the Department of Family and Protective Services' annual report of key performance measures and data elements for child protection; authorizing a penalty.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 1441 - Ryan Guillen
Relating to the model training curriculum for school district peace officers and school resource officers.
05/12/2025 - Reported engrossed

TX HB 1446 - Vikki Goodwin
Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency on the effects of school district policies prohibiting student use of personal communication devices.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1456 - Jared Patterson
Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency to investigate complaints by parents of children enrolled in public school.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1460 -
Relating to the establishment of a task force to locate relatives and certain individuals and to the procedures for providing notice to certain individuals on placement of a child in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
11/22/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1465 -
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense.
11/25/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1470 -
Relating to a task force to study the legal and societal barriers to equality for transgender persons.
11/25/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1473 -
Relating to monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain relative or designated caregivers.
11/26/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1481 - Brandon Creighton
Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices.
05/26/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX HB 1482 -
Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole for certain repeat intoxication offenders.
12/02/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1484 - Charles Cunningham
Relating to the protection of students from sexual grooming.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1500 - Tan Parker
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Information Resources, including the composition of the governing body of the department and, in collaboration with the comptroller, the administration of state assistance opportunities.
05/26/2025 - Passed

TX HB 1511 -
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce a juvenile curfew; creating criminal offenses.
12/04/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1534 - Josey Garcia
Relating to confirming the provision of certain notices before the full adversary hearing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/12/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 1536 - Tom Craddick
Relating to a rural community-based care pilot program.
04/28/2025 - Laid on the table subject to call

TX HB 1542 - Richard Pena Raymond
Relating to funding under the transportation allotment for certain special education students.
03/12/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1546 - Richard Pena Raymond
Relating to the reimbursement of fees associated with the issuance of a special education certificate for certain teachers.
03/12/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1548 - Richard Pena Raymond
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation by certain taxing units of a portion of the appraised value of the residence homestead of the parent or guardian of a person who is disabled and who resides with the parent or guardian.
03/12/2025 - Referred to Ways & Means

TX HB 1551 - Hillary Gail Hickland
Relating to the notification of parents of students enrolled in public school regarding certain alleged criminal conduct by an employee.
05/14/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 1552 - Giovanni Capriglione
Relating to changing the name of the offense of child pornography to child sexual abuse material and to updating references to conform to that terminology.
05/01/2025 - Referred to Criminal Justice

TX HB 1567 -
Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child.
03/12/2025 - Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

TX HB 1568 - Ron Reynolds
Relating to the placement and use of video recording equipment in certain child-care facilities.
03/12/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 1583 -
Relating to the peace officer's notification of emergency detention form for persons evidencing mental illness and retention of that form.
12/11/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1586 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment.
05/26/2025 - Senate passage reported

TX HB 1601 -
Relating to the prohibition, prevention, and remedying of certain discrimination.
12/12/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1602 - Jon E. Rosenthal
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of a criminal offense relating to making false statements or reports of child abuse or neglect.
03/12/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 1608 -
Relating to the adoption of a veterans' land bank program by the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation.
12/12/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1612 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital.
05/25/2025 - Senate passage reported

TX HB 1620 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 88th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.
05/16/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 1628 - Candy Noble
Relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are children of peace officers.
03/12/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1634 -
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
12/16/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1655 -
Relating to a policy prohibiting public school employees from assisting a student with social transitioning and to the loss of state funding for a violation by a public school.
12/18/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1657 - Charles Cunningham
Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program for certain children.
03/12/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 166 - Kelly Hancock
Relating to committing the criminal offense of endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual by engaging in certain conduct involving a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
05/24/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX HB 1660 -
Relating to the licensing of certain education professionals as licensed specialists in school psychology.
12/18/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1668 -
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of enticing a child and to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense.
12/18/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1680 - Venton Jones
Relating to prior authorization for prescription drug benefits related to the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infections.
05/12/2025 - Committee report distributed

TX HB 1684 -
Relating to safety standards for private passenger van services that transport students to and from public primary and secondary schools.
12/20/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1686 - Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature, to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or acts, and to the duties of peace officers regarding interactions with those victims.
04/28/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 1703 - Jose M. Lozano
Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1704 - Nate Schatzline
Relating to a parent's right to be notified by a school district concerning acts of self-harm by the parent's child.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1706 -
Relating to additional requirements for individualized education programs developed for children with autism or other pervasive developmental disorders.
12/23/2024 - Filed

TX HB 1709 -
Relating to the regulation and reporting on the use of artificial intelligence systems by certain business entities and state agencies; providing civil penalties.
12/23/2024 - Filed

TX HB 171 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency and the duration of court-ordered treatment for a person with a chemical dependency.
05/31/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 1727 - Mihaela Plesa
Relating to social workers employed by school districts.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1734 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the transfer of court files in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which continuing, exclusive jurisdiction is transferred.
05/26/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 1738 - Venton Jones
Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct.
01/06/2025 - Filed

TX HB 174 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities and registered family homes, including the provision of services to children with disabilities or special needs.
02/27/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 175 - Lauren A. Simmons
Relating to establishing optional certifications for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program and establishing a grant program for those providers.
05/09/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 1759 - Janie Lopez
Relating to the duties of a public school counselor.
01/07/2025 - Filed

TX HB 1763 - Jon E. Rosenthal
Relating to repealing certain offenses and removing certain regulations relating to marihuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, synthetic cannabinoids, and paraphernalia.
01/07/2025 - Filed

TX HB 1770 - Vikki Goodwin
Relating to an annual adjustment to the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program to reflect inflation.
01/08/2025 - Filed

TX HB 1778 - Joan Huffman
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.
05/29/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX HB 18 - Charles Perry
Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties.
05/31/2025 - Signed in the Senate

TX HB 1806 - Candy Noble
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.
01/09/2025 - Filed

TX HB 1807 - Vikki Goodwin
Relating to the self-administration of prescription anti-seizure medicine by a student at a public school.
01/09/2025 - Filed

TX HB 1813 - James Talarico
Relating to a parental right to information concerning a public school special education program and certain requirements for persons serving as special education representatives and hearing officers at impartial due process hearings; authorizing a fee.
05/08/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX HB 1814 - Jessica Gonzalez
Relating to changes to certain marriage-related forms.
05/15/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 1815 - Jared Patterson
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education.
01/10/2025 - Filed

TX HB 1821 - Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Relating to information regarding the procedures and available resources for the sealing of juvenile records.
01/13/2025 - Filed

TX HB 1825 - Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Relating to the exchange of certain information between the Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency.
01/13/2025 - Filed

TX HB 1831 -
Relating to the eligibility to participate in certain drug court programs.
05/19/2025 - Referred to Criminal Justice

TX HB 1841 - Ryan Guillen
Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 186 - Adam Hinojosa
Relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by children.
05/26/2025 - Placed on intent calendar

TX HB 187 - Ryan Guillen
Relating to requiring a man determined by adjudication or acknowledgment to be a child's father to pay retroactive child support beginning on the first day of the calendar month in which the child's conception occurred.
02/27/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 1879 - Lauren A. Simmons
Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert.
05/05/2025 - Left pending in committee

TX HB 1887 - Cody Harris
Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee.
05/05/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX HB 1889 - Aicha Davis
Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1892 - David Spiller
Relating to the Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act; creating criminal offenses.
05/07/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 1914 - Mihaela Plesa
Relating to the modification of a possession order and temporary possession of a child when a conservator of the child is incapacitated.
05/05/2025 - Referred to Jurisprudence

TX HB 1915 - David Cook
Relating to orders for possession of and access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
03/14/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 1934 - Vikki Goodwin
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain child-care workers.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Higher Education

TX HB 194 - Steve Toth
Relating to the establishment of faith-based child-care facilities.
02/27/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 1955 - James B. Frank
Relating to the establishment of an early childhood mental health home visiting grant program.
05/19/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 1963 - Josey Garcia
Relating to policies and procedures for addressing dating violence in public schools.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 1973 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to proof of the identity of a child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
06/02/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 1974 - David Cook
Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

TX HB 1980 - Hillary Gail Hickland
Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.
05/05/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX HB 1996 -
Relating to the eligibility of children enrolled in a special education program for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2 - Brandon Creighton
Relating to public education and public school finance.
06/02/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2000 - Robert Nichols
Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming.
05/24/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX HB 2035 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to notice provided by a chemical dependency treatment facility to the parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a minor refused admission to the facility.
05/30/2025 - Signed in the House

TX HB 2069 - Lacey Hull
Relating to a parent's right to intervene in the apprehension by a peace officer of a child for an emergency detention and certain requirements and restrictions applicable to an emergency detention.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

TX HB 2070 - Brian Birdwell
Relating to individuals whose name may be added to the central child abuse or neglect registry.
05/21/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX HB 2071 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to certain policies and procedures for health care specialty consultations in certain child abuse or neglect investigations and assessments.
05/22/2025 - Signed in the Senate

TX HB 2073 - Joan Huffman
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.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2079 - Matt Shaheen
Relating to repeal of provisions requiring a school district to reduce its local revenue level in excess of entitlement.
01/24/2025 - Filed

TX HB 2081 - Jose Menendez
Relating to the establishment of the Building Better Futures Program to support educational and occupational skills training opportunities and support services for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at public and private institutions of higher education.
05/26/2025 - Effective immediately

TX HB 212 - Briscoe Cain
Relating to the establishment of a parental empowerment program administered by the comptroller of public accounts.
02/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 213 - Linda Garcia
Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.
04/22/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 2136 - John Lujan
Relating to design and use of a model criminal citation and an addendum to the citation.
05/19/2025 - Referred to Criminal Justice

TX HB 2151 - Terri Leo-Wilson
Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offenses of indecent assault and improper relationship between educator and student.
05/10/2025 - Reported engrossed

TX HB 2157 - Alma A. Allen
Relating to the licensing of a psychologist as a licensed specialist in school psychology; authorizing a fee.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2159 - Nicole Collier
Relating to the capacity of a minor to consent to certain treatment for the minor or the minor's child.
05/14/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 2160 - Erin Elizabeth Gamez
Relating to the interview of a child in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship.
05/15/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 2168 - Terri Leo-Wilson
Relating to the Texas Commission on Federal Special Education Law and Funding.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2185 - A.J. Louderback
Relating to a tuition exemption for the children of certain law enforcement officers.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Higher Education

TX HB 2191 - Brooks Landgraf
Relating to an adjustment in the amount of the basic allotment and the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program to reflect inflation.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2196 - Eddie Morales
Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.
04/17/2025 - Laid on the table subject to call

TX HB 2199 - Stan Lambert
Relating to enrollment-based funding for the special education allotment under the Foundation School Program.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 221 - Gary VanDeaver
Relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law.
02/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2216 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to procedures and grounds related to the removal and placement of children, including for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.
05/07/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX HB 2219 -
Relating to the eligibility of a student with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder for special education services provided by a public school.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2235 -
Relating to the definitions of abuse and neglect of a child.
03/14/2025 - Referred to s/c on Juvenile Justice by Speaker

TX HB 2236 -
Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2263 - Caroline Fairly
Relating to a webpage and mobile application for the provision of pregnancy-related resources and information.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Health

TX HB 2271 - Angie Chen Button
Relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment information for certain day-care centers.
05/12/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 229 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex.
05/30/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2292 - Alma A. Allen
Relating to prohibiting certain releases of a student to the student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school district or open-enrollment charter school.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2294 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2295 - Lauren A. Simmons
Relating to newborn screening tests for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
05/05/2025 - Laid on the table subject to call

TX HB 2310 - Tan Parker
Relating to developing a strategic plan for the improvement and expansion of early learning and educational opportunities for young children with disabilities.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2333 - Andy Hopper
Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statutes of limitations for felony offenses relating to an election conducted in this state.
05/12/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 2350 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to standing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
05/23/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2353 -
Relating to compensation for an attorney ad litem appointed in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.
04/28/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

TX HB 2354 - Matt Shaheen
Relating to charter schools, including the admission, enrollment, and employment policies of and the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.
05/07/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 236 - Brooks Landgraf
Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system.
02/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2395 -
Relating to a grant program to provide free public school prekindergarten programs to certain children who are eligible for the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2396 -
Relating to the transfer of students between public schools.
03/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2399 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to the requirements for certain court orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/28/2025 - Placed on intent calendar

TX HB 2411 - Mitch Little
Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child.
03/17/2025 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

TX HB 2419 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to special education and special education funding under the Foundation School Program.
03/17/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2435 - Ana-Maria Rodríguez Ramos
Relating to the basic allotment and the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation.
03/17/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2462 - Jeff Leach
Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by certain operators of motor vehicles.
05/12/2025 - Referred to Transportation

TX HB 2495 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to certain rights of a child or a parent or the sole managing conservator of a child in relation to the child's enrollment in school.
05/31/2025 - Signed in the Senate

TX HB 2498 - Jeff Leach
Relating to the consequences of a criminal conviction on a person's eligibility for an occupational license.
05/05/2025 - Referred to Business & Commerce

TX HB 2524 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to the recovery of fees, court costs, and expenses in family law proceedings.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2525 - Angela Paxton
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.
06/02/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2530 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2558 -
Relating to the child support obligation of an obligor during the obligor's confinement in jail or prison.
04/25/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 2587 - Tom Oliverson
Relating to an annual report on the financial impact on hospitals for providing certain uncompensated care.
05/10/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 2591 - Mike Olcott
Relating to the operation of a juvenile justice alternative education program.
03/17/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2592 - Mike Olcott
Relating to the operation of a juvenile justice alternative education program in certain counties.
03/17/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2595 - Briscoe Cain
Relating to prohibiting certain dealings with foreign adversaries by public schools and public institutions of higher education; providing civil penalties; creating criminal offenses.
02/07/2025 - Filed

TX HB 2596 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the issuance of certain protective orders for certain burglary offenses.
05/29/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX HB 2598 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code.
05/31/2025 - Signed in the Senate

TX HB 26 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to authorizing Medicaid managed care organizations to offer nutrition support services in lieu of other state Medicaid plan services.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2632 - Elizabeth Campos
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.
03/18/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 2637 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service.
05/25/2025 - Placed on local & uncontested calendar

TX HB 2643 -
Relating to the application of child support guidelines to net resources in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
05/15/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 2646 -
Relating to the establishment of the private child care task force.
04/25/2025 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

TX HB 2652 - Vincent Perez
Relating to establishing a certified caregiver pilot program in the Borderplex workforce development area.
05/22/2025 - Referred to Economic Development

TX HB 2655 - Juan Hinojosa
Relating to operation by certain nonprofit organizations of certain regional health care programs for employees of small employers.
05/30/2025 - Signed in the House

TX HB 2665 - Gary VanDeaver
Relating to notification and disclosure of records and information concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to county or district attorneys.
04/01/2025 - Left pending in committee

TX HB 2684 - Valoree Swanson
Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty.
04/21/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX HB 2716 - Pat Curry
Relating to the consideration of a history of family violence, child neglect or abuse, or sexual offenses in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
03/31/2025 - Left pending in subcommittee

TX HB 2747 - James B. Frank
Relating to requiring certain health care entities to submit notice of material change transactions to the attorney general and the attorney general's authority to conduct certain related studies; imposing civil and administrative penalties.
05/10/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 2749 - Angelia Orr
Relating to the authority of certain counties to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in certain portions of the unincorporated area of the county; creating a criminal offense.
03/18/2025 - Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker

TX HB 2757 - Brent Hagenbuch
Relating to a public school policy for establishing age for purposes of admission into the school for certain children of foreign military members.
05/30/2025 - Signed in the House

TX HB 2758 - John Bryant
Relating to certain statutory changes to reflect and address same-sex marriages and parenting relationships and to the removal of provisions regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct.
03/19/2025 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

TX HB 276 - John H. Bucy
Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system.
02/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2779 -
Relating to the operation of free prekindergarten programs by certain school districts and to the early education allotment under the Foundation School Program.
02/13/2025 - Filed

TX HB 2780 -
Relating to the creation of the Texas Teacher Residency Partnership Program and a residency partnership allotment under the Foundation School Program.
02/13/2025 - Filed

TX HB 2789 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities.
05/22/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2802 - Charles Schwertner
Relating to the administration of, contributions to, and benefits under retirement systems for firefighters in certain municipalities.
05/26/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 2809 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to required reporting by the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding youth in the managing conservatorship of the department who attempt suicide.
05/28/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX HB 2826 - Briscoe Cain
Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and actions and other proceedings by a public school challenging the operations of the public school system; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.
02/13/2025 - Filed

TX HB 2835 - Rafael Anchia
Relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation.
02/14/2025 - Filed

TX HB 284 - Jared Patterson
Relating to the establishment of an ombudsman for parents of children enrolled in public school.
02/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2843 - Erin Zwiener
Relating to civil liability for sexual assault resulting in a pregnancy carried to term.
02/14/2025 - Filed

TX HB 2846 - Matt Shaheen
Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for public school students.
03/19/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2847 -
Relating to truancy and parental contribution to nonattendance of school; increasing a criminal penalty.
02/14/2025 - Filed

TX HB 2864 - Candy Noble
Relating to applying an active efforts standard for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
03/19/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 2866 - Terri Leo-Wilson
Relating to public school accountability and actions and other proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.
02/14/2025 - Filed

TX HB 2872 - Mike Olcott
Relating to the release or disclosure of vaccination or immunization information; providing a civil penalty.
02/14/2025 - Filed

TX HB 2924 - Lauren Ashley Simmons
Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for certain costs incurred while a chronically ill Medicaid recipient who is a child receives hospital care.
03/19/2025 - Referred to s/c on Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health by Speaker

TX HB 2925 - Lauren Ashley Simmons
Relating to a grant program for hospitals to assist with certain costs incurred by families of chronically ill children receiving hospital care.
03/19/2025 - Referred to s/c on Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health by Speaker

TX HB 2947 - Helen Kerwin
Relating to truancy and the offense of a parent contributing to nonattendance.
05/07/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 2967 - Lauren A. Simmons
Relating to vision screenings for public and private school students, including vision screening information reporting for public school students, and to the creation of a vision care grant program for certain students.
05/07/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 297 - John H. Bucy
Relating to eliminating certain state-required end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law and eliminating graduation requirements based on satisfactory performance on certain end-of-course assessment instruments.
02/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 2971 -
Relating to an agreed divorce order in a suit for dissolution of a marriage.
05/12/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 3 - Brad Buckley
Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.
03/12/2025 - Left pending in committee

TX HB 301 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to leave for state employees for prenatal care.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency

TX HB 3011 - Angie Chen Button
Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that make certain employer child-care contributions.
03/20/2025 - Referred to Ways & Means

TX HB 3057 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.
05/30/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 3070 -
Relating to a franchise tax credit for opening an early learning and child-care center in certain affordable housing developments.
03/20/2025 - Referred to Ways & Means

TX HB 308 - James Talarico
Relating to a suit for dissolution of a marriage and associated suit affecting the parent-child relationship when a party is pregnant.
02/28/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 3087 - David Lowe
Relating to the authority of a county to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in the unincorporated area of the county; creating a criminal offense.
05/21/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 3098 - Cecil Bell
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain assaults committed against employees of primary and secondary schools and to the conditions of community supervision for that offense.
03/20/2025 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

TX HB 31 -
Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings, the treatment of children placed in or committed to a juvenile facility, and certain offenses or conduct committed by a child or by a person placed in or committed to certain juvenile facilities; changing the eligibility for community supervision.
05/10/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 3120 - Joan Huffman
Relating to certain duties of the owner or operator of a residential child detention facility.
05/26/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX HB 3142 - Mark Dorazio
Relating to school marshals, including eligibility for appointment as a school marshal, and licensure and training requirements.
05/14/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 3143 - Carrie Isaac
Relating to establishing the safety protection grant program under which the parent of a student whose safety is in jeopardy may elect to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school.
03/20/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 315 - Christina Morales
Relating to the terms and conditions of a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
02/28/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 3153 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to hiring and employment requirements for persons in direct contact with children at certain facilities.
05/29/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX HB 316 - Mary Ann Perez
Relating to creating a criminal offense for interfering with a motor fuel metering device or motor fuel unattended payment terminal and the prosecution of certain organized criminal activity.
05/10/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 3170 - Briscoe Cain
Relating to transparency in special education legal proceedings involving a school district and a limit on legal fees that may be spent by a school district in special education legal proceedings.
03/20/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3181 - Angela Paxton
Relating to the enforcement of a court order for possession of or access to a child and related order modifications.
05/30/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 3189 - Helen Kerwin
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain conduct constituting the offense of trafficking of persons.
04/24/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

TX HB 3191 - Oscar Longoria
Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that make certain employer child-care contributions and a study on access to and availability of child care in this state.
05/15/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 3192 - James B. Frank
Relating to establishing age for purposes of admission into public schools for certain children of foreign military members.
03/20/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 321 - Armando Walle
Relating to implementing an express lane option under Medicaid and the child health plan program.
05/10/2025 - Reported engrossed

TX HB 3216 -
Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain working parents for whom federal matching money is available.
03/20/2025 - Referred to Appropriations

TX HB 3225 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to the restriction of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty.
05/26/2025 - Placed on intent calendar

TX HB 3228 - Charles Perry
Relating to the inclusion of certain provisions in lease agreements for wind or solar power facilities.
05/26/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 3229 - Charles Perry
Relating to recycling of certain renewable energy components; authorizing an administrative penalty.
05/19/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX HB 3231 - A.J. Louderback
Relating to the prosecution and punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons; increasing a criminal penalty.
05/15/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 3277 - Vincent Perez
Relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation.
03/20/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3281 - Lacey Hull
Relating to procedures and grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship.
05/10/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 3282 - Lacey Hull
Relating to certain procedures in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/14/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 3284 - Phil King
Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Marriage and Family.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 33 - Pete Flores
Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies.
05/26/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 330 - Thresa Meza
Relating to reporting and investigating certain cases of child abuse or neglect involving a pregnant person's use of a controlled substance.
05/15/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 3304 - David Lowe
Relating to a prohibition on vaccination mandates.
03/21/2025 - Referred to Public Health

TX HB 3311 - Jeff Leach
Relating to priority of claims against a decedent's estate and to payment of the family allowance from the estate.
05/10/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 3312 - Terri Leo-Wilson
Relating to the preservation and release of video surveillance recordings of special education settings.
05/13/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 3325 - Alma A. Allen
Relating to a public school student's transition from an alternative education program to a regular educational environment, including parental rights related to that transition, and the admission of certain students with a criminal or disciplinary history.
03/21/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3328 - Alma A. Allen
Relating to the approval of purchases under the supplemental special education services and instructional materials program by a public school student's admission, review, and dismissal committee.
03/21/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 334 - Cesar Blanco
Relating to the establishment of a county employee family leave pool program.
05/14/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 3341 - Charlene Ward Johnson
Relating to providing to parents a copy of certain procedures included in a public school's multihazard emergency operations plan.
03/21/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3380 - Jon E. Rosenthal
Relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation.
02/26/2025 - Filed

TX HB 3382 - Elizabeth Campos
Relating to the duties of court-appointed guardians ad litem, attorneys ad litem, and amicus attorneys in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
05/15/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 3396 - James B. Frank
Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care.
05/07/2025 - Laid on the table subject to call

TX HB 3446 - Lacey Hull
Relating to access to a child's health records by the child's parent, managing conservator, or guardian.
04/22/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 3453 - Angelia Orr
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.
05/15/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 3470 - Will Metcalf
Relating to the administration of assessment instruments in public schools, eliminating the requirement to use public school assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation, and the temporary suspension of certain accountability determinations for a school district or campus in a school year in which the operations of the district or campus are disrupted as a result of a declared disaster.
03/24/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3478 - David Lowe
Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect and the temporary emergency jurisdiction of a court in this state over a child at risk of receiving certain prohibited gender transitioning or gender reassignment procedures or treatments.
03/24/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 3492 - Alma A. Allen
Relating to certain training for certain individuals who care for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
03/24/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 351 - Vikki Goodwin
Relating to an annual adjustment to the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program to reflect inflation.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3515 - Lacey Hull
Relating to regulating parental reunification therapy in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
05/14/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 3536 -
Relating to the Collaborative Task Force on Public School Mental Health Services.
03/24/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3540 - Drew Darby
Relating to the regulation of pharmacists and the practice of pharmacy, including the administration of a medication and the ordering and administration of an immunization or vaccination by a pharmacist.
05/16/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX HB 3548 - Caroline Harris Davila
Relating to local school health advisory councils and instruction regarding human sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity provided by public schools.
03/24/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3549 - Charlene Ward Johnson
Relating to requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter school to report data regarding certain disciplinary or law enforcement actions taken against students.
03/24/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3551 - Charles Cunningham
Relating to a school district student's reentry into a regular educational environment from an alternative education program, including parental rights related to that reentry.
03/25/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3552 - Jared Patterson
Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, destruction, or unlawful possession of copper or brass, to criminal conduct committed in, around, or in relation to critical infrastructure facilities or equipment or interrupting or impairing the operation of those facilities or equipment, and to the sale of regulated materials, including copper or brass material, to metal recycling entities and training on identifying those materials; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal pena
05/11/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 3560 - Angela Paxton
Relating to the licensing of mental hospitals and mental health facilities and the definition of facility for the purposes of the employee misconduct registry.
05/29/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX HB 3587 - Don McLaughlin
Relating to firearm safety instruction in public schools and certain private schools.
03/25/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3597 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 362 - Jon E. Rosenthal
Relating to the assignment of public school students enrolled in certain school districts to an uncertified teacher.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3633 - Josey Garcia
Relating to the retention of certain public school student records related to special education.
03/25/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3635 - Candy Noble
Relating to definition of abuse of a child, the reporting of child abuse and neglect, and certain required notifications about reports of child abuse and neglect.
03/03/2025 - Filed

TX HB 367 - Jose Menendez
Relating to verification of excused absences from public school for students with severe or life-threatening illnesses.
05/28/2025 - Signed in the House

TX HB 3672 - Trent Ashby
Relating to the creation of an extracurricular community education grant program.
05/21/2025 - Referred to Finance

TX HB 368 - Ana-Maria Rodríguez Ramos
Relating to a prohibition on remotely controlling electronic devices of certain individuals and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct.
04/29/2025 - Referred to Criminal Justice

TX HB 37 - Joan Huffman
Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program.
05/16/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 3700 - Phil King
Relating to the prevention, detection, and investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in programs administered by the Texas Workforce Commission or by the commission's contractors or grantees.
05/20/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 371 - Benjamin Bumgarner
Relating to the admission to public schools of children unlawfully present in the United States and the eligibility of those children for the benefits of the available school fund and Foundation School Program.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3710 - Drew Darby
Relating to the effect of a tax certificate accompanying a transfer of certain property.
05/11/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 3735 - Joanne Shofner
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for prenatal care, childbirth, and postnatal care provided in a hospital, birthing center, or home setting.
03/26/2025 - Referred to Insurance

TX HB 3758 - Nate Schatzline
Relating to admissibility and disclosure of certain evidence in a civil suit concerning a child alleged to have been abused or neglected or to be at risk of abuse or neglect filed by a governmental entity.
05/14/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 3759 - Nate Schatzline
Relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers and the termination of parental rights to those children.
03/26/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 3783 - Tan Parker
Relating to court-ordered counseling in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 3796 - James B. Frank
Relating to public school accountability, including the administration of assessment instruments in public schools, the assignment of public school campus performance ratings, and the creation of the Texas Commission on Public School Assessment and Accountability.
03/26/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3802 - Alan Schoolcraft
Relating to the establishment of the governor's task force on the governance of early childhood education and care.
03/26/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3807 - Angie Chen Button
Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.
05/14/2025 - Laid on the table subject to call

TX HB 3809 - Rafael Anchia
Relating to the removal of battery energy storage facilities.
05/05/2025 - Referred to Business & Commerce

TX HB 3853 - Alma A. Allen
Relating to trauma-informed care training for foster parents.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 3854 - Nate Schatzline
Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect.
03/27/2025 - Referred to State Affairs

TX HB 3862 - Todd Hunter
Relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by children.
05/10/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 388 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to a uniform coordination of benefits questionnaire for health benefit plans.
05/26/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX HB 3885 - Maria Luisa Flores
Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3938 - Wesley Virdell
Relating to the formation of a public education scholarship program.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3939 -
Relating to student input for school district and campus improvement plans.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3940 - Angela Paxton
Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits in relation to newborn children.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 3941 - Todd Hunter
Relating to services provided to foster youth transitioning to independent living, including transitional living services and Medicaid eligibility.
04/25/2025 - Reported favorably as substituted

TX HB 3955 - Sheryl Cole
Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals for the children with special health care needs program.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 3956 - Wesley Virdell
Relating to a parent-directed supplemental services and instructional materials program for public school students; authorizing a fee.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 3957 - Nate Schatzline
Relating to prohibited discrimination based on a child's immunization status; authorizing administrative penalties.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Public Health

TX HB 3963 - Angela Paxton
Relating to an early childhood integrated data system.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 3973 - Keresa Richardson
Relating to prohibiting a fee for a parent-taught driver education provider license.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

TX HB 3996 -
Relating to extensions of the mandatory dismissal date in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/15/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 3998 - Alan Schoolcraft
Relating to the capacity and usage of school district facilities and the transfer of students between school districts.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4 - Paul Bettencourt
Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.
05/29/2025 - Senate appoints conferees-reported

TX HB 4002 - Brent Money
Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for public school students.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4003 - Brent Money
Relating to parental consent for certain activities engaged in by a school district employee or contractor with respect to the parent's child.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4024 - Armando Walle
Relating to the establishment of the child care scholarship fund
03/27/2025 - Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

TX HB 4035 -
Relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
05/15/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 4039 - Ana-Maria Rodríguez Ramos
Relating to eligibility of certain children for the subsidized child care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

TX HB 409 - John H. Bucy
Relating to requirements regarding certain behavior management for a student enrolled in a special education program of a public school.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4113 - Ray Lopez
Relating to the rating of child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program that install certain safety barriers.
05/07/2025 - Left pending in committee

TX HB 4120 - Nicole Collier
Relating to allowing certain inmates to apply for benefits under certain public benefits programs to be provided at the time of discharge or release.
05/14/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 4122 - Robert D. Guerra
Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits for certain postpartum women.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 4126 - Mihaela Plesa
Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4127 - Aicha Davis
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed, registered, or listed group day-care home or family home.
04/25/2025 - Laid on the table subject to call

TX HB 4129 - Angela Paxton
Relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 4131 - Matt Shaheen
Relating to the receivership of a single-source continuum contractor providing child welfare services.
05/05/2025 - Laid on the table subject to call

TX HB 4146 - Steve Toth
Relating to the rights of public school educators and assistance provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.
03/27/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4160 - Ron Reynolds
Relating to the release of certain video surveillance of special education settings.
03/31/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4193 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public schools, including certain training for school district personnel and parents of certain students.
03/31/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4195 - Terri Leo-Wilson
Relating to contracts with and the acceptance of money from certain foreign sources by public schools and public institutions of higher education; providing administrative penalties.
03/31/2025 - Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

TX HB 4209 - Shelley Luther
Relating to a report of child abuse or neglect made by an employee of a school district or an open-enrollment charter school.
03/31/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4240 - Dennis Paul
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property of a charitable organization that provides financial support for medical care at certain institutions of higher education.
05/15/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 4292 - Matt Shaheen
Relating to appeals regarding school laws and a school district's grievance procedure regarding complaints concerning violation of state education law or school district board of trustees policy.
03/11/2025 - Filed

TX HB 430 - Vikki Goodwin
Relating to the terminology used to refer to certain disabilities in determining eligibility for special education services in public schools.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4314 - Cecil Bell
Relating to prohibiting certain criteria in a local governmental agency contractor selection process.
05/02/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 4318 - Steve Toth
Relating to protecting parents and other individuals from criminal investigations or prosecution for refusing to affirm a child's homosexual or transgender inclinations or efforts to obtain an abortion.
04/01/2025 - Referred to State Affairs

TX HB 4322 - John Lujan
Relating to required training for caregivers to children, including foster parents.
04/01/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 4327 - Joseph Moody
Relating to wrongful death actions for the benefit of siblings of the decedent.
05/12/2025 - Postponed

TX HB 4336 - Toni Rose
Relating to the emergency possession of a newborn by employees of a hospital.
05/13/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 4338 - Janis Holt
Relating to the use of safety management software for children on large social media platforms.
04/01/2025 - Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

TX HB 4346 - Pat Curry
Relating to the release of motor vehicle collision report information.
04/25/2025 - Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

TX HB 4369 - Aicha Davis
Relating to the age at which a child may express a preference to the court on issues regarding residence and conservatorship in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
04/01/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 437 - Valoree Swanson
Relating to the placement of children in a detention or correctional facility according to biological sex.
05/10/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 4371 - Caroline Harris Davila
Relating to the provision of services by certain persons in the private duty nursing program.
05/08/2025 - Reported favorably as substituted

TX HB 4381 - Cole Hefner
Relating to parental rights and required notification in public education; authorizing an administrative penalty.
04/01/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4437 - Suleman Lalani
Relating to a requirement that the Department of Information Resources implement and develop a system and database to authenticate and track certain digital content.
05/09/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 4452 - Josey Garcia
Relating to the protection of the rights of conscience for child welfare services providers.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 4454 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to solicitation of patients and other prohibited marketing practices, the establishment of the task force on patient solicitation, and the prosecution of certain related criminal offenses.
05/26/2025 - Senate passage reported

TX HB 4466 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to restrictions on the fee assessed for issuance of certain birth records.
05/29/2025 - Senate passage reported

TX HB 4507 -
Relating to a petition to change the name of a child.
05/12/2025 - Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

TX HB 4509 -
Relating to court-ordered financial support by parents of an adult with a medically determinable disability.
04/28/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

TX HB 4529 - Kelly Hancock
Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities that maintain a certificate to operate issued by the United States Department of Defense.
05/21/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX HB 4535 - Kelly Hancock
Relating to COVID-19 vaccine administration requirements.
05/31/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 4553 - Claudia Ordaz
Relating to the mandatory reporting of birth outcomes by licensed midwives in the State of Texas.
05/08/2025 - Reported favorably as substituted

TX HB 458 - John H. Bucy
Relating to the discipline of students enrolled in certain grade levels or receiving special education services in a public school.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4585 - David Spiller
Relating to the submission, payment, and audit of certain claims for and utilization review of health services, including services provided under the Medicaid managed care and child health plan programs.
04/29/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX HB 4598 - Vikki Goodwin
Relating to imposing an employer contribution to support the subsidized child care services program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

TX HB 460 - Ray Lopez
Relating to a study regarding the cost of child care in this state in comparison to family income.
04/09/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX HB 4623 - Angela Paxton
Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students.
06/02/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 4655 - Royce West
Relating to the Preparation for Adult Living Program and other services for foster children transitioning to independent living.
05/22/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX HB 4656 - David Cook
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship between a parent and a nonparent.
05/14/2025 - Laid on the table subject to call

TX HB 466 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to policies and procedures regarding certain public school students with disabilities.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4665 - Trey Martinez Fischer
Relating to providing training for employees and operators of certain child-care facilities.
05/07/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX HB 4672 - David Lowe
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for continuous sexual abuse of a child who is younger than 14 years of age.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

TX HB 468 - Brian Harrison
Relating to immunization requirements.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Public Health

TX HB 47 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.
05/26/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 4707 - Andy Hopper
Relating to the admission to public schools of children unlawfully present in the United States and the eligibility of those children for the benefits of the available school fund and Foundation School Program.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4730 - Kelly Hancock
Relating to the voluntary relinquishment of parental rights, adoption, and the regulation of child-placing agencies.
05/28/2025 - Placed on intent calendar

TX HB 4781 - Candy Noble
Relating to factors the Department of Family and Protective Services must consider when selecting a foster care placement for a child.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 4783 - Kelly Hancock
Relating to a report on governmental opioid antagonist programs to reverse and prevent opioid overdoses.
05/26/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 4795 - Kelly Hancock
Relating to duties of the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services in relation to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including in regard to the electronic transmission of certain information.
05/30/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 4805 -
Relating to prohibiting the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/15/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 4821 - Gina Hinojosa
Relating to speech protections for student media publications in public schools.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4869 - Aicha Davis
Relating to the modification of a court order based on a parental child safety placement agreement or an authorization agreement with an adult caregiver.
04/03/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 4870 - Richard Hayes
Relating to a relative and kinship care grant program administered by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.
05/12/2025 - Reported engrossed

TX HB 488 -
Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for functional family therapy services.
04/17/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

TX HB 4882 - Joanne Shofner
Relating to newborn or infant testing for congenital cytomegalovirus.
05/19/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 4885 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the disclosure of confidential juvenile records to a managed assigned counsel program.
05/19/2025 - Passed

TX HB 4886 - Mike Olcott
Relating to reporting on students not lawfully present in the United States enrolled in a public school.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4889 - Angelia Orr
Relating to the rights and responsibilities of a foster parent.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 4890 - Joseph Moody
Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certain attorneys ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.
04/03/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 4903 - Brian Birdwell
Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission.
05/31/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 4915 - Joseph Moody
Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proceedings before a magistrate including the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant.
05/10/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 4923 - Joseph Moody
Relating to status offenses committed by a child, including the repeal of the status offense of a child voluntarily running away from home.
04/14/2025 - Left pending in subcommittee

TX HB 4928 - Tony Tinderholt
Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect.
04/03/2025 - Referred to State Affairs

TX HB 494 - Vikki Goodwin
Relating to the eligibility of the children of public school employees for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 4942 - Pat Curry
Relating to certain services and interventions ordered in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship and to certain judicial training requirements.
05/05/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

TX HB 4969 - Nate Schatzline
Relating to remedies for a cause of action brought by a child welfare services provider for an adverse action taken against the provider in violation of the provider's rights of conscience.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 497 - Jared Patterson
Relating to requiring parental consent for behavioral or mental health treatment by school district personnel.
05/07/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 4980 - Terry Wilson
Relating to establishing the Child-Care Professional Pathway program.
05/13/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 500 - Joan Huffman
Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
06/01/2025 - Signed in the House

TX HB 5026 -
Relating to grounds for the involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship.
04/03/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 5030 -
Relating to the provision of certain mental and behavioral health services under Medicaid, Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for those services, and the regulation of psychiatric residential treatment facilities; requiring an occupational license.
03/13/2025 - Filed

TX HB 5037 - John Lujan
Relating to payments made to certain foster parents.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 5086 - Claudia Ordaz
Relating to establishing a pilot program to increase the supply of child-care services and encourage employer partnerships to meet strategic workforce needs in certain regions of the state.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

TX HB 5100 - Terri Leo-Wilson
Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 511 - Diego Bernal
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homestead of an unpaid caregiver of an individual who is eligible to receive long-term services and supports under the Medicaid program while the individual is on a waiting list for the services and supports.
03/03/2025 - Referred to Ways & Means

TX HB 5114 - Charles Cunningham
Relating to continuing medical education requirements for certain physicians regarding adoption.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Health

TX HB 5122 - Angie Chen Button
Relating to certain duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to child-care resources.
05/14/2025 - Laid on the table subject to call

TX HB 5125 - Ellen Troxclair
Relating to measures to ensure public school transparency and accountability, including school district board of trustees meeting requirements, posting of certain information on a public school's Internet website, the creation of a grievance portal, and the inclusion of a transparency and accountability domain in the public school accountability system.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 5143 -
Relating to a prohibition on the referral of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity to a court designated as a juvenile court in certain counties.
04/07/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 5146 - James Talarico
Relating to certain requirements regarding the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
05/07/2025 - Left pending in committee

TX HB 5149 - Bob Hall
Relating to restricting the collection and use of DNA samples from children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/26/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX HB 5152 - Toni Rose
Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for services provided to certain recipients under a nurse home visiting program.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 5153 - Toni Rose
Relating to the provision and reimbursement of health care services by local public health entities under the child health plan program.
05/07/2025 - Received from the House

TX HB 5155 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to the continuation of the maternal opioid misuse model of care for certain Medicaid recipients.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 5175 - Diego Bernal
Relating to the employment of classroom teachers in public schools and the waiver or payment of certain educator examination and certification fees.
03/14/2025 - Filed

TX HB 5183 - James B. Frank
Relating to contracts with managed care organizations, including the procurement of managed care contracts, under Medicaid and the child health plan program.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 5185 - James B. Frank
Relating to contracts with managed care organizations, including the procurement of managed care contracts, under Medicaid and the child health plan program.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 5220 - Christian Manuel
Relating to provision of and access to services for children with certain health care needs, including access to certain Medicaid waiver programs.
03/14/2025 - Filed

TX HB 5230 - Charlene Ward Johnson
Relating to emergency response management training for certain administrators and security personnel at public schools.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 5262 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to the establishment of a school health and related services program advisory council.
03/14/2025 - Filed

TX HB 5263 - Terri Leo-Wilson
Relating to the accessibility of results from the state assessment.
05/14/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX HB 5271 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to the screening of, services for, and educational programs for children with visual impairments; authorizing an administrative penalty.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Health

TX HB 5272 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that operate an on-site child-care center for use by the entity's employees.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Ways & Means

TX HB 5273 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to a franchise tax credit for certain child-care centers that increase their capacity to care for children.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Ways & Means

TX HB 528 - Vikki Goodwin
Relating to requiring public schools to provide to certain parents notice regarding certain incidents and risks related to the parent's child and suicide prevention materials.
03/03/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 5282 - Gina Hinojosa
Relating to the use of artificial intelligence to score certain portions of assessment instruments administered to public school students.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 5285 - James B. Frank
Relating to family support services provided under a Health and Human Services Commission program.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Health

TX HB 5301 - Mary Ann Perez
Relating to certain requirements regarding the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

TX HB 5302 - Cody Harris
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Post-adoption Assistance Program.
05/19/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX HB 5327 - Keresa Richardson
Relating to placement of a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services with an adoptive parent of the child's sibling.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 5338 - Jeff Leach
Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was victimized by a public school employee to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 5353 - Diego Bernal
Relating to the administration of certain assessment instruments and the accountability rating system for assessing campus and district performance.
03/14/2025 - Filed

TX HB 536 - Donna Howard
Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan.
03/03/2025 - Referred to Public Health

TX HB 5364 - Matt Shaheen
Relating to the receivership of a single-source continuum contractor providing child welfare services.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 5371 - David Lowe
Relating to reporting on students not lawfully present in the United States enrolled in a public school; creating a criminal offense.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 5381 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children and other protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school.
05/28/2025 - Placed on intent calendar

TX HB 5393 - Matt Shaheen
Relating to the reporting and investigation of misconduct by public and private school employees; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 5419 - Mitch Little
Relating to eliminating inefficiencies in the organization, operation, powers, regulations, and management of the Texas Education Agency to prioritize the provision of funding directly to public schools.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 5441 - Keresa Richardson
Relating to prohibiting a fee for a parent-taught driver education instructor designation.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

TX HB 5452 - Josey Garcia
Relating to the establishment of a crisis nursery facility pilot program by the Health and Human Services Commission.
03/14/2025 - Filed

TX HB 5494 - John Bryant
Relating to parentage resulting from assisted reproduction and gestational agreements.
05/14/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 5498 -
Relating to a public school's grievance procedure.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 5507 - A.J. Louderback
Relating to truancy and the offense of a parent contributing to nonattendance; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
03/14/2025 - Filed

TX HB 5513 - Ryan Guillen
Relating to the rural law enforcement child care grant program, fund, and advisory committee.
05/12/2025 - Committee report distributed

TX HB 5529 - Benjamin Bumgarner
Relating to establishing a child-care innovation pilot program.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

TX HB 5536 - Donna Howard
Relating to the establishment of a child protective services prevention grant program.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 5551 - Joseph Moody
Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certain attorneys ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.
05/15/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 5561 - John T. Smithee
Relating to the diversion of certain foster youth from the juvenile justice system, including through emergency behavior intervention by certain persons providing foster care services.
05/12/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 5595 - David Cook
Relating to the determination of the best interest of the child and possession of or access to a child by a nonparent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
04/07/2025 - Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

TX HB 5628 - Josey Garcia
Relating to the best interest of the child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
05/05/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

TX HB 5674 - Terry Wilson
Relating to the creation of the River Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
05/10/2025 - Reported engrossed

TX HB 595 - Donna Howard
Relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation.
03/03/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 6 - Charles Perry
Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.
06/02/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 658 - Carl Tepper
Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.
05/05/2025 - Referred to Criminal Justice

TX HB 660 - Armando Walle
Relating to employee caseload limit goals for child and adult protective services and child-care licensing services and call processing goals for certain of those services.
04/29/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX HB 694 - Molly Cook
Relating to the notification of certain persons concerning certain events related to children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/22/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 7 - Jeff Leach
Relating to parental rights in public education, to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency, and to the reporting of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.
05/09/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 700 - Charles Perry
Relating to disclosures for certain commercial sales-based financing transactions, the effect of certain commercial sales-based financing contract provisions, and the registration of commercial sales-based financing brokers and providers; authorizing a fee and providing a civil penalty.
05/31/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 707 - Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
Relating to the use of parental child safety placements.
03/04/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 712 - Jessica Gonzalez
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain tests to detect prostate cancer.
05/10/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX HB 724 - Suleman Lalani
Relating to notice of the health of children attending and adults employed by a child-care facility.
03/04/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 728 -
Relating to certain policies and procedures for the placement and use of video cameras in certain classrooms, including classrooms that provide special education services.
03/04/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 734 - Jeff Leach
Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty.
03/04/2025 - Referred to Human Services

TX HB 741 - Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
Relating to the procedures for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain relative or designated caregivers.
05/14/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX HB 748 - Angela Paxton
Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse.
05/19/2025 - Placed on intent calendar

TX HB 75 - Joan Huffman
Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 778 - Jeff Leach
Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.
05/10/2025 - Laid on the table subject to call

TX HB 782 -
Relating to the transfer of a protective order.
05/15/2025 - Laid on the table subject to call

TX HB 783 - Juan Hinojosa
Relating to civil liability for online impersonation.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 789 - Valoree Swanson
Relating to requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by school district personnel.
03/05/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 793 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of an applicant for or a person protected by a protective order.
05/23/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 890 - Cody Vasut
Relating to the administration of assessment instruments to public school students.
03/06/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 908 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the reporting by law enforcement agencies of missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
05/26/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX HB 976 - Steve Toth
Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting certain instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; authorizing a civil penalty.
03/06/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX HB 984 - Steve Toth
Relating to the establishment of an empowerment scholarship account program.
03/06/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 1 - Greg Bonnen
General Appropriations Bill.
06/02/2025 - Sent to the Comptroller

TX SB 10 - Richard Pena Raymond
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1021 - Trey Wharton
Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of stalking and to the offense of improper contact with the person's victim.
05/30/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1044 - Angelia Orr
Relating to newborn screening tests for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
05/19/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX SB 1049 - James B. Frank
Relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of attending a released time course.
05/30/2025 - Signed in the Senate

TX SB 1092 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the referral of certain students receiving special education services to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority for services or public benefits.
02/24/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 1093 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to procedures and required findings in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
02/24/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 11 - Dennis Paul
Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.
05/26/2025 - Signed in the Senate

TX SB 111 - Bob Hall
Relating to reporting by school districts regarding special education legal proceedings in which a certain amount of legal fees has been incurred by the district.
05/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 112 - Bob Hall
Relating to parental rights in public education.
04/22/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 1120 - Joan Huffman
Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking, or a violation of a protective order or condition of bond and to the duration of certain protective orders.
05/26/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX SB 113 - Bob Hall
Relating to parental consent for certain activities engaged in by a school district employee or contractor with respect to the parent's child.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 1137 - Toni Rose
Relating to group home consultant referrals; creating a criminal offense.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1141 - Josey Garcia
Relating to confirming the provision of certain notices before the full adversary hearing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/27/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1144 - Cesar Blanco
Relating to the provision of shelter or care to a minor by an emergency shelter facility.
02/24/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1148 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to required training for caregivers to children, including foster parents.
02/24/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1149 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities.
02/24/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1161 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to notice regarding access by a parent, guardian, or managing conservator to a child's health records.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1164 - Joseph Moody
Relating to emergency detention of certain persons evidencing mental illness and to court-ordered inpatient and extended mental health services.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 117 - Bob Hall
Relating to required immunizations for children and primary or secondary school students.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1188 - Will Metcalf
Relating to electronic health record requirements; authorizing a civil penalty.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1195 - Brian Birdwell
Relating to the procedures for removing names from the central registry of child abuse and neglect.
04/14/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 1196 - Brian Birdwell
Relating to the procedures and notice required before an individual's name is added to the central child abuse or neglect registry.
04/14/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 12 - Jeff Leach
Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools.
06/03/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1207 - Terri Leo-Wilson
Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools.
05/29/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX SB 1212 - A.J. Louderback
Relating to the prosecution and punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons; increasing a criminal penalty.
05/27/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1233 - Jeff Leach
Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty.
05/27/2025 - Postponed

TX SB 1249 - Cesar Blanco
Relating to establishing a certified caregiver pilot program in the Borderplex workforce development area.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Economic Development

TX SB 1257 - Jeff Leach
Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.
05/24/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX SB 126 - Bob Hall
Relating to studies or surveys on children's sexual behavior conducted at or by a public primary or secondary school, a public institution of higher education, a prescription drug manufacturer, a research entity, or another person; creating criminal offenses; imposing civil penalties.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1262 - Robert Nichols
Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources.
05/19/2025 - Not again placed on intent calendar

TX SB 1265 - Angie Chen Button
Relating to certain duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to child-care resources.
05/28/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX SB 127 - Brent Money
Relating to the offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect by certain professionals and the statute of limitations for that offense; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions.
05/30/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1275 - Jose Menendez
Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities that provide temporary care to children of families in crisis.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 128 - Bob Hall
Relating to hospital reporting requirements regarding suspected child abuse, exploitation, or neglect; authorizing an administrative penalty.
05/19/2025 - Referred to Public Health

TX SB 13 - David Spiller
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.
06/03/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1304 - Molly Cook
Relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force.
02/14/2025 - Filed

TX SB 1342 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to the regulation of psychiatric residential treatment facilities and Medicaid reimbursement for the provision of treatment by those facilities; requiring an occupational license.
02/28/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1345 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to the establishment of a public school transportation task force.
02/18/2025 - Filed

TX SB 1388 - Terri Leo-Wilson
Relating to family support services provided under a Health and Human Services Commission program.
05/23/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1398 - Candy Noble
Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foster care.
06/01/2025 - Signed in the House

TX SB 1404 - Royce West
Relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
05/27/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1447 - Diego Bernal
Relating to standards adopted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the use of electronic devices and software applications by public schools.
05/26/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 149 - Jose Menendez
Relating to special education funding under the Foundation School Program.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 154 - Jose Menendez
Relating to required screenings for pediatric feeding disorder for students with certain disabilities and to the individualized education programs for certain public school students with pediatric feeding disorder.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 1558 - Angelia Orr
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.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1559 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to conflicts between a protective order and certain other orders and to the transfer of a protective order.
05/19/2025 - House passage as amended reported

TX SB 1565 - Brandon Creighton
Relating to a school district's grievance procedure and to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction and diversity, equity, and inclusion duties and the loss of funding for public schools that fail to comply with those provisions.
03/26/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 1587 - Kelly Hancock
Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child.
03/10/2025 - Referred to State Affairs

TX SB 1588 - Kelly Hancock
Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty.
05/07/2025 - Received from the Senate

TX SB 1589 - Angelia Orr
Relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/15/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX SB 1590 - Kelly Hancock
Relating to duties of the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services in relation to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including in regard to the electronic transmission of certain information.
05/07/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX SB 1598 - Pat Curry
Relating to the release of motor vehicle collision report information.
05/26/2025 - Signed in the House

TX SB 1610 - Sam Harless
Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registration requirements; increasing criminal penalties.
05/24/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 1621 - Caroline Fairly
Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
05/31/2025 - Signed in the Senate

TX SB 1654 - Tan Parker
Relating to definition of abuse of a child, the reporting of child abuse and neglect, and certain required notifications about reports of child abuse and neglect.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1670 - Jose Menendez
Relating to the provision of certain information to a county child welfare board member.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1671 - Jose Menendez
Relating to individualized education program requirements for students placed in alternative special education settings and monitoring of alternative special education settings.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 1676 - Jose Menendez
Relating to an allotment for public school students who require significant resources under the Foundation School Program and the composition of a school district's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 1683 - Jose Menendez
Relating to staff development requirements for public school educators.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 1693 - Bob Hall
Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect.
03/11/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 17 - David Spiller
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.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1702 - Adam Hinojosa
Relating to a parent's right to receive notice each time the parent's child obtains a school library material.
03/13/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 171 - Jose Menendez
Relating to the creation of a lottery game to benefit the child-care services program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
02/03/2025 - Referred to State Affairs

TX SB 1716 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to measures to support the enrollment of students with a nontraditional secondary education at public institutions of higher education, including eligibility for certain student financial assistance programs.
05/05/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 172 - Jose Menendez
Relating to the employment of a special education liaison at public schools.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 1724 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to certain statutory changes to reflect and address same-sex marriages and parenting relationships and to the removal of provisions regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct.
03/13/2025 - Referred to State Affairs

TX SB 1727 - Brent Money
Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings, the adjudication and disposition of cases involving delinquent conduct, and certain offenses or conduct committed by a child or by a person placed in or committed to certain juvenile facilities; changing the eligibility for community supervision.
05/10/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX SB 173 - Jose Menendez
Relating to training requirements for and prohibited discrimination by child-care facilities and registered family homes.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1749 - Brandon Creighton
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information for commissioners and employees whose duties relate to the administration of the judicial branch of state government and the commissioners' and employees' family members.
05/25/2025 - Received from the Senate

TX SB 1752 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to status offenses committed by a child, including the repeal of the status offense of a child voluntarily running away from home.
02/28/2025 - Filed

TX SB 1777 - Christian Manuel
Relating to a prohibition on payments for certain group home referrals; creating a criminal offense.
05/24/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX SB 1781 - Borris L. Miles
Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that provide child care.
03/13/2025 - Referred to Finance

TX SB 1782 - Borris L. Miles
Relating to the maintenance of criminal history record information for group home applicants and employees; creating a criminal offense.
05/19/2025 - Reported engrossed

TX SB 1786 - Stan Kitzman
Relating to public higher education.
05/27/2025 - See remarks for effective date

TX SB 1792 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers and the termination of parental rights to those children.
03/26/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX SB 1798 - Charles Schwertner
Relating to the resident status, tuition rates, certain financial support, and certain documentation requirements for students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, including students not lawfully present in the United States.
05/26/2025 - Not again placed on intent calendar

TX SB 1803 - Carol Alvarado
Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that subsidize child-care costs of the entities' employees.
03/13/2025 - Referred to Finance

TX SB 1807 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of an applicant for or a person protected by a protective order.
03/03/2025 - Filed

TX SB 1821 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to notice of the health of children attending a child-care facility.
03/13/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1830 - Tan Parker
Relating to regulating parental reunification therapy in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
03/13/2025 - Referred to State Affairs

TX SB 1832 - Tan Parker
Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was victimized by a public school employee to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school.
04/23/2025 - Placed on intent calendar

TX SB 1834 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to the adoption of the revised Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children by the State of Texas; making conforming changes.
03/03/2025 - Filed

TX SB 1838 - Joseph Moody
Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certain attorneys ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1845 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty.
04/24/2025 - Placed on intent calendar

TX SB 1850 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to data collection of truancy case outcomes.
03/13/2025 - Referred to Criminal Justice

TX SB 1871 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.
04/22/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 1872 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to the expulsion of a public school student for engaging in conduct that constitutes certain offenses.
04/22/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 1879 - Stan Lambert
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County.
04/25/2025 - Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

TX SB 1889 - Charles Schwertner
Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school, including vision screening information reporting for public school students and the creation of a matching grant program for visual devices for certain students.
03/17/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 192 - Jose Menendez
Relating to a grant program to reimburse public schools for certain costs associated with hiring retired teachers.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 1923 - Linda Garcia
Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 1924 - Brandon Creighton
Relating to the enforcement of certain criminal offenses on school property.
04/30/2025 - Referred to s/c on Juvenile Justice by Speaker

TX SB 1962 - Brad Buckley
Relating to public school accountability, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement and public school performance ratings 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.
05/27/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 1966 - Cesar Blanco
Relating to the provision of information regarding centers for independent living for certain persons with an intellectual or developmental disability.
03/17/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 1971 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to admissibility and disclosure of certain evidence in a suit concerning a child alleged to have been abused or neglected or to be at risk of abuse or neglect filed by a governmental entity.
03/17/2025 - Referred to Jurisprudence

TX SB 1987 - Bob Hall
Relating to procedures and grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship.
03/12/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 2 - Greg Bonnen
Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.
05/03/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX SB 20 - Giovanni Capriglione
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession or promotion of obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.
05/26/2025 - Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

TX SB 201 - Jose Menendez
Relating to social workers employed by school districts.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 2014 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to policies and procedures regarding certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
03/06/2025 - Filed

TX SB 2018 - Ellen Troxclair
Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.
06/02/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 2034 - Aicha Davis
Relating to the receivership of a single-source continuum contractor providing child welfare services.
05/19/2025 - Effective immediately

TX SB 204 - Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
Relating to a handbook on parental rights in education and training requirements on parental rights in education for a member of the board of trustees of a school district.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 2041 - Candy Noble
Relating to procedures for selecting a placement for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/24/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX SB 2044 - Paul Bettencourt
Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and actions and other proceedings by a public school challenging the operations of the public school system; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.
04/24/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX SB 2049 - Cesar Blanco
Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission.
03/07/2025 - Filed

TX SB 205 - Angela Paxton
Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.
05/14/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 2052 - David Cook
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship between a parent and a nonparent.
05/16/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 206 - Angela Paxton
Relating to a webpage and mobile application for the provision of pregnancy-related resources and information.
03/26/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 2062 - Tan Parker
Relating to provision of and access to services for children with certain health care needs, including access to certain Medicaid waiver programs.
04/22/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 2064 - Cody Vasut
Relating to an exemption from certain taxes imposed on the transfer of a motor vehicle to a person from a decedent or the decedent's estate.
05/26/2025 - Signed in the House

TX SB 207 - Terri Leo-Wilson
Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health care appointments.
05/19/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 2071 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities and registered family homes, including the provision of services to children with disabilities or special needs.
03/24/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 211 - Royce West
Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that operate an on-site child-care center for use by the entity's employees.
03/20/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 2111 - Joseph Moody
Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proceedings before a magistrate including the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant.
05/26/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX SB 2164 - Tan Parker
Relating to employer incentive payments for child care for employees, including creating an employer child-care contribution partnership program and a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that make certain employer child-care contributions; authorizing a civil penalty.
03/24/2025 - Referred to Finance

TX SB 2165 - Tan Parker
Relating to prohibiting the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/27/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 2171 - Tan Parker
Relating to a public school's grievance procedure.
03/24/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 2173 - Drew Darby
Relating to the effect of a tax certificate accompanying a transfer of certain property.
05/16/2025 - Signed in the House

TX SB 2194 - Angela Paxton
Relating to an early childhood integrated data system.
03/11/2025 - Filed

TX SB 2241 - Royce West
Relating to policies and procedures for addressing dating violence in public schools.
03/25/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 2242 - Royce West
Relating to school district policies on dating violence.
03/25/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 225 - Royce West
Relating to implementation of an express lane option for determining eligibility and enrolling certain individuals in Medicaid or the child health plan program.
02/11/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 2252 - Brandon Creighton
Relating to measures to support kindergarten readiness and early literacy and numeracy skills for public school students, including an early childhood parental support program and prekindergarten programs in public schools, and to funding under the Foundation School Program for certain school districts and to support those measures.
04/24/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 2253 - Brandon Creighton
Relating to the certification of public school educators, including financial and other assistance provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency.
04/30/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 226 - Diego Bernal
Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools.
05/27/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 227 - Toni Rose
Relating to the application review process for certain delayed birth certificates.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 2287 - Borris L. Miles
Relating to the creation of the child-care advisory council.
03/25/2025 - Referred to Economic Development

TX SB 2290 - Borris L. Miles
Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals for the children with special health care needs program.
03/25/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 2311 - Shelby Slawson
Relating to the requirements for the operational plan for certain general residential operations licensed by the Health and Human Services Commission.
05/24/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX SB 2314 - Terry Wilson
Relating to the creation of an electronic platform and submission portal, known as My Texas Future, to facilitate public high school students' awareness of and application to institutions of higher education using the electronic common admission application form.
05/19/2025 - Effective immediately

TX SB 233 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to the public school finance system.
03/31/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 2330 - Tan Parker
Relating to payroll deductions for certain state and local government employee organizations.
05/01/2025 - Received from the Senate

TX SB 2342 - Richard Hayes
Relating to the application for appointment of a guardian and to requiring criminal history record information and other information in connection with the guardianship of a ward or the ward's estate.
05/24/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX SB 2375 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 88th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.
05/02/2025 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

TX SB 2388 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to managed care contracts, including the procurement of managed care contracts, under Medicaid and the child health plan program.
03/25/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 2391 - Sarah Eckhardt
Relating to a study regarding the cost of child care in this state in comparison to family income.
03/25/2025 - Referred to Economic Development

TX SB 2397 - Charles Perry
Relating to the establishment of the task force on disability policy.
04/22/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 2398 - Charles Cunningham
Relating to certain policies and procedures related to concussions or other brain injuries sustained by public school students.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 2405 - Stan Kitzman
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments, and the Windham School District.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 2420 - Angie Chen Button
Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.
05/15/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 2454 - Kelly Hancock
Relating to the rights and responsibilities of a foster parent.
03/25/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 2469 - Jose Menendez
Relating to the regulation of certain day-care centers.
03/13/2025 - Filed

TX SB 25 - Katrina Pierson
Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 2501 - Brooks Landgraf
Relating to selection of an attorney by an indigent parent as attorney ad litem for the parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 2526 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the eligibility of children enrolled in a special education program for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 2534 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to the establishment of faith-based child-care facilities.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 2548 - Juan Hinojosa
Relating to awarding contracts to managed care organizations under Medicaid and the child health plan program.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 2563 - Royce West
Relating to records of violations against certain child-care facilities that provide child-care services.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 2587 - Ryan Guillen
Relating to the access to and use of certain criminal history record information, to the procedure for obtaining that information, and to the correct terminology for certain licenses the issuance of which requires a criminal history background check.
06/03/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 26 - Brandon Creighton
Relating to public education, including the rights and compensation of public school educators and funding for teacher compensation under the Foundation School Program.
02/27/2025 - Received from the Senate

TX SB 2609 - Cesar Blanco
Relating to a process for determining the rating level of certain child-care facilities operated by providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Economic Development

TX SB 2611 - Rafael Anchia
Relating to the status of certain documents or instruments concerning real or personal property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations for those offenses; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions; increasing a criminal penalty.
05/24/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX SB 2687 - Angela Paxton
Relating to establishing the Child-Care Professional Pathway program.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 27 - Brad Buckley
Relating to the rights of public school educators and financial and other assistance provided to educators and to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.
05/21/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 2721 - Keith Bell
Relating to the deceased, including requirements for donating or claiming bodies or anatomical specimens, the licensing and regulation of persons who provide services or conduct education or research in relation to the deceased, and responsibilities of political subdivisions for certain bodies after death; creating criminal offenses; authorizing administrative penalties; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees.
05/26/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 2727 - Carol Alvarado
Relating to the regulation of abortion and related matters, including infant supportive palliative care and exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
04/03/2025 - Referred to State Affairs

TX SB 2728 - Molly Cook
Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits in relation to newborn children.
04/30/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 2735 - Molly Cook
Relating to the screening of, services for, and educational programs for children with visual impairments; authorizing an administrative penalty.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 2749 - Bob Hall
Relating to the definition of abuse or neglect of a child.
04/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 2751 - Angela Paxton
Relating to the inspection of residential and day placement facilities for special education students.
05/16/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 2753 - Carrie Isaac
Relating to a study on the feasibility of integrating early voting by personal appearance and election day voting, including the manner in which election returns are processed and other related changes.
05/24/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 2785 - Gary VanDeaver
Relating to notification and disclosure of records and information concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to county or district attorneys.
05/26/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 2794 - Angela Paxton
Relating to the criminal offense of interference with child custody.
05/20/2025 - Left pending in committee

TX SB 2798 - Brandon Creighton
Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for certain fraud offenses.
05/12/2025 - Posting rule suspended

TX SB 2821 - Paul Bettencourt
Relating to contracts with and the acceptance of money from certain foreign sources by public schools and public institutions of higher education; providing civil penalties.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 2826 - Tan Parker
Relating to the establishment of an education-based program to prevent medical child abuse through standardized training for medical students, healthcare professionals, and child protective services caseworkers.
04/30/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX SB 2851 - Jose Menendez
Relating to requiring public schools to provide to certain parents notice regarding certain incidents and risks related to the parent's child and suicide prevention materials.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 2855 - Jose Menendez
Relating to the best interest of the child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 2862 - Pete Flores
Relating to active shooter events and other emergencies, including certain accreditations of law enforcement agencies that respond to such emergencies.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Criminal Justice

TX SB 2878 - Eddie Morales
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, mandatory expunction for certain persons, record retention, and youth diversion; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.
06/03/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 2881 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to the access and communications settings for accounts of minor users of digital services.
05/22/2025 - Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

TX SB 2933 - Jeff Leach
Relating to judicial training requirements regarding elder abuse and neglect.
05/26/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 2934 - Jose Menendez
Relating to the assignment of public school students enrolled in certain school districts to an uncertified teacher.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 2941 - Jose Menendez
Relating to special needs training for judges.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Jurisprudence

TX SB 2979 - Kelly Hancock
Relating to establishing a child-care innovation pilot program.
04/14/2025 - Left pending in committee

TX SB 3 - Charles Perry
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.
05/26/2025 - Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

TX SB 3007 - Cesar Blanco
Relating to establishing a pilot program to increase the supply of child-care services and encourage employer partnerships to meet strategic workforce needs in certain regions of the state.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Economic Development

TX SB 3008 - Sarah Eckhardt
Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants.
04/07/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 3061 - Brandon Creighton
Relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected officials to participate in an education savings account program.
05/16/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 3070 - Charlie Geren
Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses.
05/25/2025 - Placed on Major State Calendar

TX SB 31 - Angelia Orr
Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.
05/26/2025 - Signed in the Senate

TX SB 314 - Caroline Harris Davila
Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.
05/27/2025 - Effective immediately

TX SB 323 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Jurisprudence

TX SB 327 -
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Adoption Assistance Program.
11/13/2024 - Filed

TX SB 33 - Terri Leo-Wilson
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.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 335 -
Relating to regulating the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, and use of cannabis and cannabis products; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring occupational licenses; creating a criminal offense.
11/13/2024 - Filed

TX SB 348 -
Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination and postpartum or contraception-related medical treatment.
11/13/2024 - Filed

TX SB 351 -
Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan.
11/13/2024 - Filed

TX SB 364 -
Relating to eligibility for tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
11/14/2024 - Filed

TX SB 370 - Sam Harless
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.
05/26/2025 - Signed in the House

TX SB 371 -
Relating to parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools.
11/14/2024 - Filed

TX SB 380 -
Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.
11/15/2024 - Filed

TX SB 399 -
Relating to a biennial audit of the effectiveness and efficiencies of state services provided to homeless individuals.
11/20/2024 - Filed

TX SB 400 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by a school district employee.
04/09/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 401 - Terri Leo-Wilson
Relating to participation by non-enrolled students in University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities.
05/24/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 406 -
Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain persons.
11/21/2024 - Filed

TX SB 408 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to the appointment of an inspector general for education and the creation of a division of inspector general for education in the governor's office to investigate the administration of public education.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 425 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to the creation of the child and adult protective investigations advisory committee in the Department of Family and Protective Services.
04/30/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX SB 430 - Borris L. Miles
Relating to the age of a child at which a juvenile court may exercise jurisdiction over the child and to the minimum age of criminal responsibility.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Criminal Justice

TX SB 457 - Suleman Lalani
Relating to the regulation of certain nursing facilities, including licensing requirements and Medicaid participation and reimbursement requirements.
05/31/2025 - Record vote

TX SB 462 - Angie Chen Button
Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.
05/28/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX SB 478 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to renaming the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program to the initial allotment.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 489 - Roland Gutierrez
Relating to a requirement that a person provide or contribute to the cost of child care for the person's employees in order to be eligible to receive a limitation on the taxable value of the person's property for school district maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Economic Development

TX SB 491 -
Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in property tax appraisal records.
11/22/2024 - Filed

TX SB 493 -
Relating to certain protected disclosures by pharmacists and pharmacies regarding amounts charged for prescription drugs.
11/22/2024 - Filed

TX SB 500 - Matt Shaheen
Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.
06/01/2025 - Signed in the House

TX SB 513 - Tom Craddick
Relating to a rural community-based care pilot program.
05/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 521 -
Relating to requiring the consideration of standardized test scores as a factor in nonautomatic admissions decisions at certain public institutions of higher education.
12/02/2024 - Filed

TX SB 531 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to the licensing of a psychologist as a licensed specialist in school psychology; authorizing a fee.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 535 - David Cook
Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses.
05/26/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX SB 544 - Jose Menendez
Relating to required individualized education program supplements for certain public school students placed in alternative special education settings.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 555 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to an allotment under the Foundation School Program for full individual and initial evaluations for special education services.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 558 -
Relating to the establishment of a grant program for school district or open-enrollment charter school campuses that are designated as full-service community schools.
12/09/2024 - Filed

TX SB 56 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 561 -
Relating to the creation of the Office of Environmental Justice within the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
12/10/2024 - Filed

TX SB 568 - Brad Buckley
Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program.
06/02/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX SB 569 - Eddie Morales
Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.
04/24/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 57 - Mary E. Gonzalez
Relating to provisions and plans by public schools to ensure the safety of individuals with disabilities or impairments during a mandatory school drill or a disaster or emergency situation.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 570 - Alma A. Allen
Relating to an attendance policy adopted by public schools to prevent truancy.
05/26/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 571 - James B. Frank
Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.
06/03/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 58 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to policies and procedures regarding certain public school students with disabilities.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 588 - Royce West
Relating to the appointment of the Department of Family and Protective Services and a child's parent or legal guardian as joint managing conservators for the child.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 596 - Aicha Davis
Relating to reporting certain information regarding the placement of children and suits filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
05/27/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 597 - Royce West
Relating to the basic allotment and the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 599 - Aicha Davis
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed, registered, or listed group day-care home or family home.
05/15/2025 - Effective immediately

TX SB 6 - Charles Schwertner
Relating to the planning for, interconnection and operation of, and costs related to providing service for certain electrical loads.
05/24/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX SB 607 - Royce West
Relating to monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain parental child safety placement caregivers.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 62 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to the reading and marking of a ballot by a person occupying a voting station or by the person's child.
02/24/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX SB 620 - Kevin Sparks
Relating to applying an active efforts standard for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
04/22/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 633 -
Relating to certain offenses associated with possessing, carrying, exhibiting, or using a firearm on or within 1,000 feet of school property.
12/17/2024 - Filed

TX SB 639 -
Relating to eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.
12/18/2024 - Filed

TX SB 640 - Nathan Johnson
Relating to required reporting by the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding youth in the managing conservatorship of the department who attempt suicide.
05/07/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 646 - Rafael Anchia
Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 648 - Oscar Longoria
Relating to recording requirements for certain instruments concerning real property.
05/26/2025 - Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

TX SB 654 - Royce West
Relating to a franchise tax credit for certain child-care centers that increase their capacity to care for children.
03/24/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 661 -
Relating to the creation of the Office of Youth Health and Safety.
12/19/2024 - Filed

TX SB 667 - Jeffrey Barry
Relating to prohibiting certain state governmental entities from investing in certain Chinese-affiliated entities.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 686 - Angela Paxton
Relating to the transfer of students between public schools.
04/22/2025 - Referred to Public Education

TX SB 698 - Royce West
Relating to the creation of the Office of Youth Health and Safety.
01/03/2025 - Filed

TX SB 730 - Donna Campbell
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.
01/07/2025 - Filed

TX SB 734 - Jose Menendez
Relating to authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, distribution, delivery, sale, and research of medical cannabis for medical use by patients with certain medical conditions and the licensing of medical cannabis organizations; authorizing a fee.
01/07/2025 - Filed

TX SB 738 - Jose Menendez
Relating to the use of unclaimed lottery prize money to benefit the child-care services program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
02/07/2025 - Referred to Finance

TX SB 753 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to prohibiting certain conduct by physicians and health care providers involving gender transitioning and gender reassignment procedures and treatments for children; creating a criminal offense.
01/10/2025 - Filed

TX SB 754 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to informed consent requirements before the provision of health care services.
01/10/2025 - Filed

TX SB 762 - Donna Campbell
Relating to the display of flags in public schools.
01/10/2025 - Filed

TX SB 784 - Candy Noble
Relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are children of peace officers.
05/26/2025 - Placed on General State Calendar

TX SB 804 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to transportation to school for a child required to attend school as a condition of probation.
02/07/2025 - Referred to Criminal Justice

TX SB 812 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to the grievance procedure in public schools.
02/07/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 835 - Morgan Meyer
Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse.
05/28/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 836 - Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or acts.
05/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 837 - Lois Kolkhorst
Relating to a family preservation services program.
02/13/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 849 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to orders providing for the conservatorship of or possession of and access to a child by the child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
02/13/2025 - Referred to State Affairs

TX SB 85 - Mayes Middleton
Relating to investigations of child abuse and neglect and the procedures for adding names to or removing names from the central registry of child abuse and neglect.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 855 - James B. Frank
Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care.
05/21/2025 - Effective on 9/1/25

TX SB 86 - Bob Hall
Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for public school students.
04/08/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 866 - Carol Alvarado
Relating to judicial training requirements regarding family violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and child abuse.
02/13/2025 - Referred to Criminal Justice

TX SB 877 - Tan Parker
Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency to investigate the administration of public education.
02/13/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 896 - Sheryl Cole
Relating to the enrollment period for newborns under certain health benefit plans.
05/22/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 9 - John T. Smithee
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.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 900 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to the inclusion of a school safety domain for evaluating districts and campuses under the public school accountability system.
02/13/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 904 - Charles Cunningham
Relating to the licensing and regulation of hearing instrument fitters and dispensers.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 905 - Charles Cunningham
Relating to the licensing and regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists.
06/01/2025 - Sent to the Governor

TX SB 920 - Donna Howard
Relating to the administration of nonprescription medications to certain public and private school students.
05/20/2025 - Reported enrolled

TX SB 936 - Bob Hall
Relating to authorizing the Texas School Safety Center to conduct random safety and security audits of public schools; authorizing a civil penalty.
02/13/2025 - Referred to Education K-16

TX SB 942 - Hillary Gail Hickland
Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.
05/20/2025 - Committee report sent to Calendars

TX SB 95 - Bob Hall
Relating to the administration of immunizations to children, including required written informed consent to those immunizations and civil liability for failure to obtain the consent; providing an administrative penalty.
04/22/2025 - Referred to Public Health

TX SB 955 - David Cook
Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons.
06/01/2025 - Signed in the House

TX SB 96 - Bob Hall
Relating to vaccine administration requirements and protection of immunization exemptions for health reasons.
02/03/2025 - Referred to Health & Human Services

TX SB 972 - Judith Zaffirini
Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.
03/17/2025 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

TX SB 983 - Bryan Hughes
Relating to local school health advisory councils and instruction regarding human sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity provided by public schools.
04/08/2025 - Co-author authorized

TX SB 991 - Linda Garcia
Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.
05/22/2025 - Sent to the Governor