Monitoring 
HB 1522 · 89RNo flags
Gerdes Open Meetings Bill: three business days’ notice
Became law, effective Sep 1, 2025Initial reviewDetails · HB 1522
Replaces 72 hours. Budget meetings must post a physical copy of the budget.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
December 4, 2024
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HB 1521 · 89RNo flags
DEI office ban for nearly every government but public colleges
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · HB 1521
Unless federal law requires it. Complaints go to the attorney general.
NEVER GOT A HEARING Filed Dec 4, 2024 and referred to the House State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1519 · 89RNo flags
bill moving all bond and tax elections to November
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · HB 1519
No emergency elections for borrowing or tax increases.
ZOMBIE BILL Died 2 times: 88R SB 946 by Sen. Sparks (Did not pass) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING Filed Dec 4, 2024 and referred to the House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1518 · 89RSmells
Bell Bill Replaces Every Landlord’s Application With A State One
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · HB 1518
No landlord forms, fees or deposits. Renters pay the state instead, for a 90-day application.
NEVER GOT A HEARING Filed Dec 4, 2024 and referred to the House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1517 · 89RSmells
Hernandez Bill’s ‘Certain Constables’ Live In Counties Over Four Million
Did not passInitial reviewDetails · HB 1517
They can enforce city ordinances once the city and the commissioners court sign off.
STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE Voted out of the House Intergovernmental Affairs committee 10-1 on Apr 28, 2025. Placed on the General State Calendar on May 15, 2025. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1516 · 89RNo flags
bill banning terms-of-service fines by money transmitters
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · HB 1516
No clause letting them fine customers for breaking their terms.
DO-OVER Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 1607 by Sen. Kolkhorst (Did not pass). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1514 · 89RNo flags
bill barring local debt that outlives the stuff it buys
Did not passInitial reviewDetails · HB 1514
No borrowing for equipment that wears out before the debt is paid.
ZOMBIE BILL Died 2 times: 88R HB 451 (Died in committee) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE Voted out of the House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services committee 7-2 on May 9, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1513 · 89RNo flags
bill spacing concrete batch plants 550 feet apart
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · HB 1513
550 feet from crushers, asphalt plants and each other.
NEVER GOT A HEARING Filed Dec 4, 2024 and referred to the House Environmental Regulation committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1512 · 89RNo flags
schools count non-citizen students, Texas bills the feds
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · HB 1512
Each year the commissioner asks for the money back. Student details stay out.
NEVER GOT A HEARING Filed Dec 4, 2024 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
Details · HB 1511
Repeals the state ban. Counties and general-law cities can set curfews for under 17.
CREATES AN OFFENSE The caption of the graded version (introduced) reads: “relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce a juvenile curfew; creating criminal offenses.”PENDING FOREVER Heard by the House Criminal Jurisprudence subcommittee on Juvenile Justice on Mar 26, 2025 and left pending. Never voted out. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1509 · 89RNo flags
Bill raising penalty for not reporting child sexual assault
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · HB 1509
Class A misdemeanor becomes a third-degree felony. Parents and guardians covered too.
PENDING FOREVER Heard by the House Criminal Jurisprudence committee on Apr 24, 2025 and left pending. Never voted out. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1508 · 89RNo flags
Metcalf’s bill repealing the entire franchise tax
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · HB 1508
All of Chapter 171. Gone.
ZOMBIE BILL Died 2 times: 88R HB 1226 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.PENDING FOREVER Heard by the House Ways & Means committee on Apr 28, 2025 and left pending. Never voted out. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1507 · 89RNo flags
bill redefining volunteer firefighters for free fire science tuition
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · HB 1507
Rewrites who qualifies for the existing tuition and lab fee waiver.
ZOMBIE BILL Died 2 times: 88R HB 2158 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.GOT HALFWAY Passed the House on Apr 25, 2025. Died in the Senate: never got out of the Education K-16 committee.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1506 · 89RNo flags
retired county court judges join the judicial handgun license list
Became law, effective Sep 1, 2025Initial reviewDetails · HB 1506
Needs at least 48 months on the bench.
BACK FROM THE DEAD Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 1591 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1504 · 89RSmells
Reynolds Cannabis Bill Limits Child Removals For Any Parent Testing Positive
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · HB 1504
Caption: qualifying patients. Bill: no child removal just because a parent “tested positive for marihuana.”
ZOMBIE BILL Died 2 times: 88R HB 1200 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING Filed Dec 4, 2024 and referred to the House Public Health committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1503 · 89RNo flags
bill creating a state license for genetic counselors
Did not passInitial reviewDetails · HB 1503
Run by TDLR, nine-member unpaid board, fees set by rule.
ZOMBIE BILL Died 2 times: 88R HB 173 by Rep. Klick (Did not pass) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE Voted out of the House Public Health committee 8-4 on Mar 31, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
HB 1502 · 89RSmells
Noble Bill Adds A 13-Member Advisory Committee That Only Advises
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · HB 1502
Quarterly meetings, live video, a yearly report. Any change waits on the department. Gone in 2029.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
SB 526 · 89RNo flags
green stormwater features in every new state building
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · SB 526
Rain gardens, green roofs, permeable pavement and rain barrels.
ZOMBIE BILL Died 2 times: 88R SB 226 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING Filed Dec 4, 2024 and referred to the Senate Business & Commerce committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
SB 525 · 89RNo flags
citizenship required to serve on boards and task forces
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · SB 525
Covers public office, state and local, advisory boards included.
NEVER GOT A HEARING Filed Dec 4, 2024 and referred to the Senate State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
SB 524 · 89RNo flags
veteran-owned business franchise tax break stays
Died in committeeInitial reviewDetails · SB 524
The January 1, 2026 expiration gets canceled.
GOT HALFWAY Passed the Senate on May 19, 2025. Died in the House: never got out of the Ways & Means committee.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
SCR 4 · 89RNot graded
Designating Pflugerville as the official Trail Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
AdoptedDetails · SCR 4
Not graded. The reader grades bills, not resolutions.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
Sources
Derived stock: 21 measures filed December 4, 2024 in 89R. 20 bills and joint resolutions, 1 other resolutions. Snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM CDT.
Counts come from the stored Texas Legislative Council bill records. Grades, headlines and charges follow the published record.
Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person.