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706 bills
The bill creates a fee, a dedicated fund, a board, or seats someone appoints.
Receipt: The section that creates it and who appoints.
Checked at the filing stage.
Caption: abolish the commission. Bill: “the state lottery is abolished” in 2027 unless lawmakers continue it.
Filed May 12, 2025
Caption: a railroad authority and fees. Bill: also drinks at stations, plus hotel tax grants.
Filed May 9, 2025
Sales tax, public-money grants, its own nonprofit, and borrowing without the usual state cap!
Filed May 9, 2025
Paid directors, some bonds with no election, loans and grants. No eminent domain, though.
Filed Apr 30, 2025
Majority-value landowners pick the temporary directors, and the state environmental agency appoints them.
Filed Apr 30, 2025
A board of “five elected directors.” The first five are named in the bill!
Filed Apr 30, 2025
605 acres in Liberty County. Revenue bonds need no election, and taxes need a vote.
Filed Apr 29, 2025
Hydrogen, salt-cavern storage, power facilities. The majority landowner names the first directors.
Filed Apr 28, 2025
Owners of most of the land’s value name the first directors. Revenue bonds need no election.
Filed Apr 25, 2025
Nothing starts until September 1, 2027. Full handover by January 1, 2028.
Filed Apr 24, 2025
Near Seven Coves Road. Some bonds skip the election. The usual debt cap is waived.
Filed Apr 23, 2025
Property, sales and hotel taxes, some with a vote. Revenue bonds need no election.
Filed Apr 22, 2025
Landowners can be billed through assessments that become a first lien on their property.
Filed Apr 22, 2025
Seven directors, named in the bill, for part of Dallas. Taxes still need voters.
Filed Apr 22, 2025
Grayson County ranch land near Sherman. Assessments, voter-approved taxes, bonds, grant and loan programs.
Filed Apr 22, 2025
Commissioners swap their board seats for five directors they appoint.
Noted, not charged
Filed Apr 22, 2025
Assessments can become a first lien on the land. Some bonds need no election.
Filed Apr 17, 2025
On 337.65 acres. Majority-value owners name five directors, and the commission must appoint them.
Filed Apr 17, 2025
Assessments by owner petition, taxes after a vote. Some bonds need no election.
Filed Apr 16, 2025
Plus parking and a nonprofit. Owners of most of the land’s value pick the first board.
Filed Apr 15, 2025
211 acres in Travis County. Directors get up to $150 a meeting.
Filed Apr 14, 2025
District property, sales and hotel taxes. The hotel tax can be pledged to hotel projects!
Filed Apr 14, 2025
No property tax allowed. Some bonds need no election, once the city consents.
Filed Apr 8, 2025
Undeveloped Harris County land. Once voters say yes, no limit on rate or amount.
Filed Apr 4, 2025
Five temporary directors, named by the majority landowners’ petition.
Noted, not charged
Filed Apr 3, 2025
Hays County, tied to San Marcos. Assessments, voter-approved taxes, bonds, economic development loans and grants.
Filed Apr 2, 2025
A seventh director, banks from outside the county, and audits up to three years apart.
Noted, not charged
Filed Apr 1, 2025
Seven unpaid directors, a paid administrator, no bonds. The hospital district can dissolve it anytime.
Filed Apr 1, 2025
The governor picks the board president. Directors must train before they vote.
Noted, not charged
Filed Apr 1, 2025
About 3,300 acres in Maverick County. Toll bridges, rail, and revenue bonds with no election.
Filed Mar 31, 2025
Water, sewer, roads and recreational facilities, once any affected city consents.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 28, 2025
Taxes once voters approve. Nearby cities must consent first.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 25, 2025
About 56 acres in Travis County. Bonds, taxes and fees once voters confirm it.
Filed Mar 19, 2025
Taxes need voters. Bonds backed by other revenue or contract payments need no election.
Filed Mar 18, 2025
Only investment earnings pay out, once the fund reaches a set threshold.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
The caption never mentions the dementia institute. Dual U.S. citizens escape the foreign-ownership ban.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Nothing changes in how retirement money is paid. Report due December 31, 2026.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Plea deals, bonds and expunctions, once commissioners approve. No trials on the merits.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
State money and donations go in a new account. Plus renovations and a traveling exhibit.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
The committee analysis calls it attracting investment. The credit: up to 20 percent of capital spending.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Seven unpaid members, a report every other December. Action waits on whoever reads it.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Most design practices are just shoulds. The only compliance check waits until 2028.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
New state agency, subpoena power, nine-member advisory board. Starts September 1, 2025.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Ticket, gift shop and donation money, outside the treasury. A private society may run the museum.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Certificate rules due December 1, 2026, after the election. Supervisors get a liability shield.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Meets quarterly. Reports every two years. Power to change a crisis call: none.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
At least 7 directors, no boundaries, and a bond tax with no limit on rate or amount.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Cargo scanners too, right beside the college grants and the tourism campaign.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
A new fund outside general revenue and a governor-picked committee. Grant rules due June 1, 2026.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Workforce Commission staff, film studio partners, spring 2027 enrollment. It ends September 1, 2032, unless renewed.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Ad firms over $20B can’t own both sides. Harmed customers can sue for $1M a month!
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Application fee up to $375. Compliant advances escape Texas lending and wage-assignment laws.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
The board and an insurer fee up to 3% of premiums start in 2025 and 2026.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
It meets monthly and reviews deaths. New jail rules wait on its advice.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Unregistered at least seven years. Recyclers who follow the rules are shielded if it turns out stolen.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Caption: employee misconduct. Bill: test absences, finances, academic performance, and whatever else it finds necessary!
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Grants for counties to bury or cremate people with no money. The program is optional.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Developers set aside park land or pay a one-time fee of equal value.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Damages start at $10K, up from $5K. Challenging a lender still means court.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Up to 18 appointed directors set the rates. The usual state utility-sale rules don’t apply.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Designates cemeteries with the graves of freed slaves. Anyone can apply.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Set by rule, adjusted over time, parked in a trust fund outside the state treasury.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
At least 12 weeks at 67% pay. Employers pay in and may deduct it from your paycheck.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Caption: creates a committee. Bill: mostly exempts it from the Public Information Act too. Recommendations only.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
The board “may authorize” a pool. Agencies may join. Nothing has to happen.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
A 14-member commission draws the maps, starting with a census taken in 2030 or later.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Ages 14 to 19, plus one House member and one senator. Schools excuse them from class.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Grants to help local responders answer 9-1-1 calls faster.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Age 21 and up, 2.5 ounces. Cities can’t ban the businesses. Leftover tax funds child care.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Equal to federal border security repayments. Nothing requires the legislature to spend any of it!
Filed Mar 14, 2025
A new license with a national exam and fingerprints. The board writes rules and sets fees.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
95 percent by formula, 5 percent startup grants. Only if voters approve a constitutional amendment.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Anyone can apply. Landowners and neighbors get notice.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Members get travel costs, no salary, and no power to change the program.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Windham runs prison college programs. The caption never mentions the new advisory board.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Plus state grants to outside groups for advocacy and litigation. Only 20-year nonprofits build the commissioner pool.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Clear and convincing evidence of innocence? The court must throw out the conviction.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
The caption skips the board. It invests public money and sits outside insurance regulation.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Only when both the defendant and the prosecutor ask for it.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Public defenders join prosecutors. Rural means up to 100,000 people now.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Counties get a new fee on developers. Today, impact fees can’t pay for repair or maintenance.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
$50K civil penalty per home over the cap. Plus $10K down payment grants.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Income shares, rent caps, real savings and Section 8 acceptance.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Report by December 20, 2026, gone December 21. Actual ethics changes wait for a later bill.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Then every clinic pays a new fee, unless the board decides to exempt it.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Carries out the Sunset Commission’s changes, parole board and Windham included.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Selling a ticket to someone under 18 no longer has to be intentional. Plus a bingo director.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
New board makeup, advisory committees, training and security checks.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Cost disclosure only on offers over $500K! Smaller deals get no breakdown at all.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Penalties up to $200K, after a 60-day cure. Spot it in your own testing and you’re clear.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Report due August 31, 2026. No appropriation, and the task force doesn’t have to do anything.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
The committee analysis promises “high returns.” Company details stay confidential unless on a short public list.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Command structure, possible regional offices, a statewide database. Headquarters: the border region with El Paso.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Manufacturing and retail sites pay new fees. Hemp offenses can overlap other offenses.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Parents get syllabus access. Schools must report misconduct within 48 hours or face penalties.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Filed Mar 14, 2025
The court appoints one unless the debtor objects. Turnover orders needn’t name specific property.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Supervisors are shielded from most liability for supervisees’ acts. Certificate rules aren’t due until December 1, 2026.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
State money for three presidential libraries. Renovations, tourism marketing and a traveling exhibit.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Height limits go, and the extra property tax can fund a new state housing board.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Licensed peace officers who can impound ballots and election equipment. Injunction hearings on a one-to-three-hour clock.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
The governor’s office administers the account. Lawmakers can designate funds alongside gifts, grants and donations.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Licenses up to $10,000 a year, no hard cap on fees. Hot crop? Need an in-state buyer.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Facilities used only lawfully don’t count, licensed or not. Plus tracking device orders the caption skips.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Farm-to-table promotion, regional food planning, recommendations every even-numbered year. Set up by December 31, 2025.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Small means under 3,000 students. They help those districts sign up for state and federal programs.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Nothing changes for manufacturers now. A report by October 1, 2026. Gone September 1, 2027.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Grants for fortified-home upgrades, from a new account the state need not fund.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Redeem it and you get cash by default. Oil only if rules permit.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Four offices, an ancestry database, freedmen ID cards and legal help with reparations claims.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Pregnant teens and young parents, 11 to 20. Up by January 1, 2027, after the election.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Arabic and Chinese translations of forms and portals. Outside translators allowed.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Three seats go to the program’s own business community. Plus 32 hours of owner training.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Fallback effective date: September 1, 2015! Utilities, pipelines and cable skip the assessments.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Quarterly meetings, a five-year plan, a spending proposal and an annual inventory with waitlist estimates.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Its job: a 10-year workforce plan, every two years! Any action waits on the plan.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Doctors, nurses, chaplains and volunteers get no exception. The license costs $120.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Also new district attorney offices, and parents pay up to $50 for youth diversion.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Grant money follows accreditation from listed private groups, two of them Texas associations.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
One written report, one year after the hire. No service changes. Expires June 1, 2027.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
One product, a report that “may include recommendations for legislation.” Nothing changes for bees!
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Elected directors can include stockholders, employees or tenants of property owners. Bonds and assessments too.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Seven seats, a paid director, staff and a new fund for business grants.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Participants skip the hunting license. Squirrels not consulted.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
The payer can pass it back to the producer, no matter what a contract says!
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Left to the oversight committee. The new chief investment officer, though, is mandatory!
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Seven becomes nine. Portland and Port Aransas each get one, appointed by January 1, 2026.
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Every local taxing unit must sign off. An unfixed failed audit can cost the exemption.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 14, 2025
Cities risk tax money and certain attorney general suits. State agencies get an audit line.
Corrected Oct 31, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Caption: permits and a fee. Bill: background check info can’t be evidence, immigration cases included.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
New courts in Brazoria, Fort Bend, Rockwall and Ellis. Jury exemption at 75.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Reappraisal every year instead of periodically. Four hours of board training.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Candidates sign a statement of duties first.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Receivers and broad turnover orders, aimed at justice court and child support debts.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 13, 2025
New committee, 90-day notice, penalties up to $50,000. The governor’s exemptions have no limits in the text.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Gyms, trainers, meal plans, fitness awards. Readiness dips? The department has 10 days to fix it!
Filed Mar 13, 2025
15 seats become 17. One sheriff for oilfield steel theft, one oil and gas rep.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Firearms range and driving course included. Facilities plan due December 31, 2026.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
One band: 93,000 to 99,000. Violations are a misdemeanor, $500 to $1,000 a day.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
State immunity waived. The movement limit stops 10 feet from the infected pen!
Filed Mar 13, 2025
The adjutant general loses command. New director, own budget, border security units, possible detect-and-apprehend authority.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
6% on big AI facilities, 4% on data centers. Equal shares monthly, watched by a governor-appointed committee.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Rule doesn’t fit the goals? The agency stops enforcing it immediately. Staff time doesn’t count toward caps.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Only new entrants pay. They also must show the area needs another facility.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Workers’ compensation claimants added, plus an administrative account.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 13, 2025
A team to go alongside the existing team.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Studies dollar collapse and a contingency currency. Delivers draft bills. Must consult private firms.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
51% Texas now qualifies, down from all or nearly all.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 13, 2025
A border county of 400,000 to 500,000 people. Plans must fit existing appropriations.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
The committee analysis calls it a “free market approach.” State grants cover up to half the cost!
Filed Mar 13, 2025
A report within a year of hiring. Nothing changes in services. Expires June 1, 2027.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Adopt an unsterilized dog or cat, pay $75. Bring the vet letter, get it back.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Any case, any county in the region. Local prosecutors may only assist. First officeholders appointed.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Population 46,000 to 50,000, no hospital district, next to the capital’s county. Fits one county.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
The committee gives advice on existing active shooter training. Any change waits on the commission.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
The new council must promote the system’s seminar. Its officer chairs the council first.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
The good-faith shield for commission officials now covers racetracks, horsemen’s groups and anyone regulated.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
The bill analysis promises “economic growth and job creation.” Quantum industry gets committee seats and grants.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Put cash in a rural fund, take a tax credit. Funds must invest $300M or credits shrink.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Election, abortion, trafficking and riot-type cases, anywhere. “One or more” assistants, $22,500-plus yearly for expenses.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Candidates sign a written acknowledgment of board duties first.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Allied or adversary, hand over the passport. Gift ban starts after standards that have no deadline.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Armed-guard waivers must be renewed every year. Some abuse reports go to outside police too.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
A war-game, a report to the governor, and the work stays confidential. Expires 2029.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Recommendations due December 1, 2026. Task force abolished September 1, 2027.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Skip the five-year wait, pay a risk stabilization fee the trustee sets. Locked in until 2031.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Lethal fetal diagnosis exception, with a second doctor. The caption never names the committee.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Licensing starts sooner. Unique body ID numbers can wait until after the November 2026 election.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
11 officials, two meetings a year, a report every two years. Public Information Act? Exempt too.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
“Advanced” means any nonsurgical cosmetic procedure. The license fee has no cap.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Medical school faculty run the program, which offers scholarships and guaranteed admission to qualifying rural students.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Free-market, says the committee analysis. Also a new fund and a 13-member council.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
The caption never says usury. Cost disclosure covers only offers over $500K!
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Study and recommend, nothing more. Up to five seats for the industry. Abolished in 2032.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
The text never says what the seven did. Fee money can go to any lawful purpose.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Over 46K people and next to the capital county. Hospitals can’t pass the charge to patients.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Restrictions stay near the infected pen. Owners must appeal before suing when an order isn’t lifted.
Corrected Oct 31, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Five trustees are governor picks. Comply within 180 days or all state funding is withheld!
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Caption: operation and management. Bill: a fund spent without appropriation, run by a private society.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Within 1,500 feet of any public park, school or not. $5K a day in penalties!
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Cities of 600,000 or more in border counties. The authority’s executive director is the commission’s, too!
Filed Mar 13, 2025
The committee analysis cites “calls for reform.” County adds half again. No dissolving by petition.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Plus a fraud partnership with insurers. The insurance department keeps up to half of what it recovers!
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Only counties touching both. Small lots can skip platting, and there’s a new inspection fee.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Footage that could show it mostly leaves public records law. Unauthorized release? Class A misdemeanor!
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Amnesty, an indigency program and an incentive program, in every court.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Nothing changes on the ground. Report due December 1, 2026, group gone by September 2027.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Paid for with 10 percent of the manufactured housing sales tax. Live there three years.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Every contact, including routine official business, within 30 days. Miss one knowingly? State jail felony!
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Caption: a council and grants. Bill: no open meetings law, no rulemaking law, no public records requests.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Managers pay a fee and a deductible, and take a wildfire suppression course. Ends 2040.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Half the cost back, for districts and landowners.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 13, 2025
A non-physician worker sees you within 30 minutes and, with reasonable cause, can hold you.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
A new special account funds the physician health program. Another surcharge pays for data bank checks.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
It meets quarterly, recommends programs and files a report every even-numbered year. That’s the job.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Allied-country researchers get the same checks. Schools with $10M-plus research budgets add a research integrity office.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
New senates: advisory only, 60 members max. Boards can overturn provost and dean hires.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Companies mark what they share, and it’s shielded. The new DPS division also gets the border cameras.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Plus a fund for the board’s own administrative costs. Consultants and ad hoc committees too.
Filed Mar 13, 2025
Governor picks nine, alcohol permit holders included. They propose the marketing plan and budget.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Local shares track local sales tax collections. Nothing happens unless voters approve an amendment.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Up from 6-1/4 percent. A private citizens board in every school district. School debt taxes until 2033.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Its own prosecutor for both district courts. The 293rd keeps only Dimmit and Zavala.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
The board writes a business plan every even-numbered year. The bill orders no services to start.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
China, Russia, Iran and North Korea can’t buy. Anything bought before September 1, 2025 stays put.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
10 percent of manufactured housing sales tax funds the grants.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 12, 2025
It can’t come out of workers’ pay. Exemption requires fully funding child care for every eligible dependent.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
The caption says “held or acquired.” Anything bought before September 1, 2025 stays.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
$500M in sales tax each biennium. Texas crew share drops from 55 to 35 percent, then 50.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
One private group, the American Art Therapy Association, gets named as a continuing education provider.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
No lawyer sign-off needed. Meanwhile an official opinion on “allyship” counts as discrimination.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Adjacent landowners apply for a gate and a written agreement. Fee included.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Three days to answer, hearing within five business days, sheriff restores the owner for a fee.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
5 percent of boat registration money goes to a new derelict vessels account.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Groundwater districts and landowners outside districts can apply.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Loans begin by March 1, 2027. The program offers below-market interest rates.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
New seats for law enforcement and a person in recovery.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Only border counties of 500K-plus with no city over 500K. The fee can’t pass to students.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
At least 100 members, smart contracts optional.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Now limited to law enforcement. Sign an agreement, get consent, pay a fee. Vendors too.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
The bill’s findings promise “needed capital” for borrowers. The administrator needs at least 15 years’ experience.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Faculty senates go advisory and end October 1, 2025, unless the board ratifies them!
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Inside the governor’s office, with gifts, royalties and a statewide research plan. Sunset review in 2037.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Sunset fixes for prisons, parole, prison health care and the prison school district.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Lottery and bingo keep going, with changes.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 12, 2025
At least 17 governor picks, a 10-year plan, a final report September 1, 2028. Abolished that day!
Filed Mar 12, 2025
The ombudsman can inspect prisons without notice and subpoena records. The department must answer every recommendation.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Notice is enough. Then the case can move to any county in the region.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
A yearly actuarial rate replaces it. Firefighters hired from 2026 get a smaller benefit.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Two more governor-appointed seats, six-year terms, and a new business plan every even-numbered year.
Filed Mar 12, 2025
Sheriffs can charge a fee plus an hourly rate they set. Wrongly removed? Sue for 3x rent.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Practice across member states on one license. The commission charges fees and requires fingerprint checks.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Plus one 12-month extension, to test new insurance technology.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 11, 2025
The task force gets confidential state information. Paying for patient referrals becomes a state jail felony.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Member-state audiologists and speech-language pathologists practice here. The commission can hire, borrow and charge member states.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Caption: certain health care entities. Bill: individual providers too. Penalties up to $500,000 per violation.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Gifts from any source, a logo, products to sell. It shuts down September 1, 2037.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Sending funds abroad? Add 5% for border barriers, removal officers and detention!
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Permit and fee to plug in. The trust account pays out without legislative appropriation.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Emergency waiver nurses come under the board.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Airports and military sites that skip the grant skip the map, too.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Voters decide whether to create a district. Its board has nine appointed directors.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Police must share data when the center asks. Public records requests can’t reach it.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Contracting critical-infrastructure operators report too. Agencies face penetration tests every two years.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
9 members run a war-game exercise and report to the governor by May 29, 2026.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
The agency picks the committee’s size. Experts, donors and legislative designees help choose the recipient.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Private persons can get them. It can take invention royalties, and it ends in 2037 unless renewed.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Two meetings a year, travel paid. No child-care rule, benefit or duty beyond the council.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
7 unpaid seats, no travel money. The only output is a report every two years.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Caption: literacy and pre-K. Bill: also which low-rated campuses qualify, plus $750 private tutoring grants.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Caption: a certificate and a fee. Bill: exclusive territories and a whole fair dealing law for wholesalers!
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Damages for a fake filing start at $10,000, and any injured person can sue.
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Sold as job creation. The Texas-resident crew share drops from 55% to as low as 35%!
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 11, 2025
Baccalaureate and master licenses, via the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Green card holders are exempt, “including an individual who is a citizen of a foreign country.”
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Updates the training every six years. First review due March 1, 2026.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Companies pay annually for permits and get protection for unauthorized disclosure of data held by public entities.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
8-member board, 11-member committee, optional advisory committee. It fills only with transfers, appropriations, gifts and interest.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Peace officers, subpoena power, 24-hour reporting. After an abuse claim, a parent can demand a transfer.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
The only action is the study. Real policy waits on a report due October 1, 2026.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Charities may divert county and city prize-fee money to it. Plus a tax exemption.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Sale ban and printer offenses start in 2025. Builders wait until 2027. Fee: no amount stated.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
State hotel and mixed-drink tax growth, up to 30 years. Which county? See Section 352.002(i).
Filed Mar 10, 2025
The 508th District starts September 30, 2027, after the next general election.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Every applicant sees the box. DPS keeps a cut and writes the grant rules itself.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Struck: “The summary is available to the public on request.” The caption never mentions it.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
State match up to $3,600 per child, if lawmakers fund it. Credits capped at $25M a year.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Down from 3.3, with no early retirement. The pension board gains two outside appointees.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Filled from the Texas Food and Fuel Association’s own list. Nonvoting, so conflict-of-interest bars don’t apply!
Filed Mar 10, 2025
The department used to set it. Manufacturers pay $10K per location.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
It advises the Medical Board and sets fees. Licenses required starting September 1, 2026.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
A landfarm application runs $500. The old $300 surface water discharge fee is dropped.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Nothing changes for patients. Report due December 1, 2026, task force gone September 1, 2027.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Skip the 45-day notice, go unreviewed, no penalty. Attorney general misses the deadline? Deemed approved.
Filed Mar 10, 2025
Rates wait on budget board approval. Meanwhile, a committee of up to 15 and reports.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Gift shop money goes to a fund spent without appropriation. Site only, though.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Cities of 900K to 2M. City and state each match the district’s assessment revenue, county adds half.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Newcomers need a 40-hour course, an exam and fingerprints starting September 2025.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
School district police get their own retirement track and fund.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Funded by appropriations, gifts and interest. Spent only on higher subsidy rates or more scholarships.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Yearly fee on each health plan. Five largest insurers may be asked for private expense data.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
The governor picks all seven. It writes a plan, then is abolished in 2027.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Plus a new State Office of Rural Hospital Finance and four grant programs, if funded.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Failing or at risk, posted publicly. The water bank can buy water rights from outside Texas.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Caption: a commission. Bill: buying “without complying with standard procurement law.” Report due December 31, 2026.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Screening, transplant and financial help info in English and Spanish. Required only if lawmakers pay.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Committees become advisory boards with six-year staggered terms.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Employers pay 0.15 percent of wages. Self-funded ones are exempt, and the bill never defines self-funded.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Nothing changes for patients or hospitals. The work group ends September 1, 2027.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Large light water reactors count as “advanced.” Up to $200M a project, applications confidential.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Four agency heads review any child care rule. Clashes with lower costs? Dropped right away.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Licenses move from DPS to Motor Vehicles January 1, 2027, after the 2026 election.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Permits cost up to $500 a year. Half of each fee goes back into marketing farm wineries.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
The Washington-on-the-Brazos Historical Foundation, by name, can charge fees. Donor names for the Friends group are shielded.
Filed Mar 7, 2025
One ounce or less becomes a fine-only offense.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 7, 2025
Double damages, civil penalties, and a new fraud partnership with insurers at the table.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Notice and a chance to object, then court approval fully releases the old insurer.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Comments answered within 120 days. Challengers are held to the exact reasons they list.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Housing and child care for one-year residents. Program due January 1, 2027, after the election.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Exempt for any purpose. Operators pay a 10 percent monthly tax on Texas net receipts.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
The scope list runs on “or,” so counseling alone can count as practice.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
First report due November 1, 2026. Nothing changes in school cafeterias.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Labels holding an artist’s “exclusive personal services” contract can sue. $5,000 to $25,000 per work!
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Fines up to $500K. The start date, January 1, 2025, had come and gone before filing!
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Up to $100M for construction, plus a per-megawatt bonus. Grant applications stay confidential. If funded.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Caption: a council and grants. Bill: exempt from the rulemaking law too, records shielded.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
A dedicated account for county burial and cremation grants. The program itself is optional.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Caption: “a county.” Bill: a border county with a 500,000-plus city. Late payers can owe $20 more.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Federal money since 2021 gets a one-time audit. The audit committee grows from 7 to 11.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Louder events need a paid permit. Electric and gas utilities are exempt from the rules.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Gold and silver coins, as far as the comptroller “determines practicable.” So, maybe.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Permit, fee, cleanup bonds, emergency plans. Following safety rules alone doesn’t prove the operator wasn’t negligent.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 6, 2025
It sits in the governor’s office, with a 7-member panel. Judges need not defer to agencies.
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Commercial containers register, pay a fee and get inspected yearly. Also exempt: septic tanks.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Four of 13 seats, governor-appointed. The commission also sets its own permit fee.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Existing officials evaluate efficiency programs, recommend changes and report to the legislature.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Caption: a council and a lab. Bill: chosen testers may skip restitution and get “reduced civil penalties.”
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Recommendations due December 1, 2026. Abolished September 1, 2027. Nothing changes unless a later bill acts.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Out: a council and nursing committee. In: a council, nursing committee, work group and workgroup.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
13 members, a guide due November 1, 2026. No new rule, program or money.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
One-time grants to apprenticeship sponsors. Miss the benchmarks and pay it back pro rata.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
No test or rating rule takes effect without its majority vote. Testing drops to the federal minimum.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
11 unpaid members, a study, a report by November 1, 2026. Then lights out December 31.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
FDA order or qualifying application filed before September 8, 2020. Then $2,500 per product, every year.
Corrected Nov 2, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Efficiency reviews for at least 25 agencies, staffed with “sufficient personnel,” no cap. Three board sections repealed.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Its rules would bind Texas. Nothing starts until the 33rd state enacts it, then the 35th.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Advice only. Any change waits on the agency. The committee expires in 2029.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Agencies post AI notices, but impact assessments stay confidential. Sandbox participants test without full compliance.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Your voice, your face, your right. Labels holding exclusive artist contracts can sue too!
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Voters okay county zoning in water-sensitive areas, enforced with Class C misdemeanors.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Per diem for non-state members, recommendations for a later session, gone by 2028.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Binding rules, fees, a shared database. Texas reports discipline and investigation data to it.
Filed Mar 5, 2025
Lieutenant governor and speaker get one pick each. The picks draw lots for whose term ends first!
Filed Mar 5, 2025
For-profits can apply. The winner must offer the state a share of any patents.
Filed Mar 4, 2025
Commissioners Court sets their pay and keeps them at its pleasure.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 4, 2025
Caption: funding, an assessment, a surcharge. Bill: sue over the investments, pay the state’s legal fees.
Filed Mar 4, 2025
Caption: “certain counties.” Bill: those bordering Mexico and the Gulf. Unplatted lots get no utility hookup.
Filed Mar 4, 2025
Providers rip out equipment from federally banned companies and replace it.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 4, 2025
No cap on how many, state benefits included, and they answer only to the chair.
Filed Mar 4, 2025
Once enough states join, it levies assessments, writes binding rules and runs a shared records database.
Filed Mar 4, 2025
The governor appoints, the senate confirms, by February 1, 2026.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 3, 2025
Staff answer directly to the chair, with state retirement and health benefits. TEA does payroll.
Filed Mar 3, 2025
Also a Star of Texas Award and a First Responder Advisory Council seat.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 3, 2025
Caption: an inspector general. Bill: also moves a student to another campus if a parent asks.
Filed Mar 3, 2025
Three-year licenses, a fee, inspections every two years.
Noted, not charged
Filed Mar 3, 2025
Every campus gets a breaching tool and a ballistic shield. The public can’t see the evaluations.
Filed Mar 3, 2025
Its own formula sets the fee. Binding only once 35 states enact it. No date given.
Filed Mar 3, 2025
23 appointed seats, a yearly report, and no power to make anyone do anything.
Filed Feb 28, 2025
No counter-affidavit in three days, and the sheriff removes them. Wrongly removed? Triple rent.
Filed Feb 28, 2025
Penalties up to $50,000 a day per product. Labels from before 2027 are grandfathered for good.
Corrected Nov 3, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Feb 28, 2025
10 members, one report due September 1, 2026. Abolished December 1. No housing rule changes.
Filed Feb 28, 2025
Each committee skips the usual state advisory committee law. Decisions come within 35 days.
Filed Feb 28, 2025
A new TEA inspector general with subpoena power and peace officers. Report within 24 hours!
Filed Feb 28, 2025
A multistate commission writes binding rules and charges fees, once seven states join.
Filed Feb 27, 2025
After a violation, the county pays a conservator to oversee its elections for two federal election cycles.
Filed Feb 27, 2025
A physician’s statement, a form, a fee. Applicants 16 or younger need parent or guardian consent.
Filed Feb 27, 2025
Rules “no longer necessary or useful” get their own office, per the committee analysis. If funded.
Filed Feb 27, 2025
New substations and large transformers must meet federal EMP standards. Grant-covered costs stay off customer bills.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 27, 2025
A fund that waits on a proposed constitutional amendment.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 27, 2025
Once seven states join, Texas shares discipline data and faces yearly assessments.
Filed Feb 27, 2025
The grant committee must include formerly incarcerated members. City and county grantees pass at least half along.
Filed Feb 27, 2025
Well owners pay up to two and a half times the old cap.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 27, 2025
Doctorates count 6x a bachelor’s, master’s 3x. Only if voters approve an amendment.
Filed Feb 27, 2025
At least 90%, on legacy-system projects. Plus a new division, its own staff and savings reports.
Filed Feb 27, 2025
Off the list? Seized and destroyed. The new Class B offense largely overlaps existing law.
Filed Feb 27, 2025
Every agency listed, with e-mail addresses, only once.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 27, 2025
Phone versions of licenses and IDs. Not for voting, though.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 26, 2025
Caption: help at closing. Bill: also repeals 11.43(n) and (p), and never says what they did.
Filed Feb 26, 2025
Sabine County voters get their own district attorney, effective January 1, 2029. First on the 2028 ballot.
Filed Feb 26, 2025
Up to $500 a year. Half the fees go to a fund that markets these wineries.
Filed Feb 26, 2025
The vendor must offer it. For an extra fee, naturally.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 26, 2025
The caption’s “certain” means border counties with two 70,000-plus cities. Bond and tax elections included.
Filed Feb 26, 2025
Board seats go to state agencies, rotating colleges, advocacy groups and current or former students.
Filed Feb 26, 2025
Over 900,000 people, no hospital district, two neighbors of 2M or more each.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
Their only rule: don’t use the title “licensed reroofing contractor.” Contract duties bind only the licensed.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
Three directors, picked by the commissioners court, plus a registration fee. Only if voters approve an amendment.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
Steel also joins the overweight-axle defense that used to cover only farm and timber loads.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
A new commission sets hiring and firing rules. Ignore its subpoena: up to 30 days in jail.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
The county itself must be under 50,000 people. Oil and gas, chemical manufacturing and fireworks are exempt.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
Caption: tax relief and pre-K. Bill: “cryptocurrencies,” overriding the normal state investment rules.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
New account, with TEA handing money to districts running pre-K.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 25, 2025
Caption: a civic education consortium. Bill: only historically black colleges can join, and get the grants.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
Seven unpaid members, a report by November 1, 2026, lights out December 31. No law changes.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
Named breaks expire two years after a final report. Earliest: late 2028.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
The bill expects overlap. Prosecutors use this section or “the other law, but not both.”
Filed Feb 25, 2025
Staggered six-year terms, one seat for consumer advocacy, and a new executive director.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
Caption: childcare. Bill: “the creation and improvement of state parks.”
Filed Feb 25, 2025
A multistate commission writes binding rules, assesses Texas and can sue member states.
Filed Feb 25, 2025
An ounce or less becomes a Class C misdemeanor.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 24, 2025
Up to 11 unpaid seats, three to five from industry. It studies, then ends in 2032.
Filed Feb 24, 2025
Licensed individuals file annually unless a parent files for them. Penalties reach $500,000.
Corrected Oct 31, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Feb 24, 2025
Only for counties over 900,000 with no hospital district and two 2M-plus neighbors.
Filed Feb 24, 2025
Steel joins timber and farm loads in the 12 percent overweight defense!
Filed Feb 24, 2025
Counties of 500,000 or more can add it to certain clerk fees. Nonprofits can get the work.
Filed Feb 21, 2025
Buy tickets for players? You need a state license now, plus IRS checks.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 21, 2025
Plus its own account in the general revenue fund, until a 2037 sunset.
Filed Feb 21, 2025
Counties and hospital districts can register providers. Needle fees are capped at 150 percent of cost.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Feb 21, 2025
Tiered by permit type, starting September 1, 2025. The old flat $300 fee goes.
Filed Feb 21, 2025
Subdistricts skip the confirmation election too. It can’t levy property taxes, though.
Filed Feb 21, 2025
Any parent can call the child’s safety in jeopardy. The receiving district can still say no.
Filed Feb 21, 2025
Up to $300M a year for universities, hospitals and private companies, if voters approve.
Filed Feb 21, 2025
Grants cover unpaid treatment. The work group stays unpaid.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 21, 2025
Bank transfers and ACH too. Counties under 120,000 get until the 2027 tax year.
Filed Feb 21, 2025
Spaced to limit fire spread, placed so a fire won’t block a neighborhood’s only road.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 21, 2025
New TxDOT office. No airport? Cities and counties can’t regulate the aircraft.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
Left on September 1, 2022, with 500 or fewer employees? Come back, pay what the trustee says.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
The work group gets seats named by trade associations. The doula program runs until 2031.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
1 cent per barrel from the same district, 10 cents from elsewhere. Research gets the money.
Corrected Oct 31, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
Cold medicine makers pay monthly. The operator sets the amount. Cap: fair and reasonable.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
Redistribution advocacy counts too. Flagged groups get no state payments until the finding’s fifth anniversary.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
From 2030-2031, districts lose funding when a tutored student still fails the third grade reading test.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
Each child’s account gets about 85 percent of average per-student funding. Providers aren’t state actors.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
The commissioner can delay the ban until 2029-2030. Math academy training is due by 2030-2031.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
Eligible customers can be enrolled automatically for a fixed discount. Critical care customers facing shutoff get help.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
A new TxDOT office promotes them. Cities and counties lose their say, except at airports.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
9 voting seats, 2 nonvoting. Meets only when called, sets no standard, ends December 1, 2030.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
Banned in Canada, the European Union or the United Kingdom? Label it. Middle schoolers get more exercise.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
Up to $300M a year in research grants. Grantees match half. Ends 2035 unless continued.
Filed Feb 20, 2025
Employers can deduct up to 50%. The 0.15% wage charge starts 2026, paid leave 2027!
Filed Feb 19, 2025
Rear plate only, $50 a year, plus a windshield sticker.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 19, 2025
Own command structure, training and outreach. Headquarters in the border region that contains El Paso.
Filed Feb 19, 2025
Give $3 or more when applying or renewing. Grants go to nonprofits supporting DPS employees.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 19, 2025
A nine-member commission, a report by December 1, 2026, and it expires in 2027.
Filed Feb 19, 2025
Counties under 100,000 people and over 15 percent poverty. The account holds whatever lawmakers put in.
Filed Feb 19, 2025
Sworn complaint in, squatters out, sheriff collects a fee. Wrongly removed? Sue for triple rent.
Filed Feb 19, 2025
Caption: donated blades. Bill: the commission can require any retired wind facility to ship them!
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 19, 2025
Spay or neuter at least 40 dogs a day, below market. No rural county needed.
Filed Feb 18, 2025
Adults 21 and up get 2 ounces, 12 plants. The edit reaches handlers of any controlled substance.
Filed Feb 18, 2025
Own more than one single-family rental, land on a public list.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 18, 2025
No gifts, grants or donations? No database, no duty to register, no offense.
Filed Feb 18, 2025
Parole housing in any county. The standards wait on a task force report due December 1, 2026.
Filed Feb 18, 2025
Report due November 1, 2026. The commission is abolished December 31. No law changes.
Filed Feb 18, 2025
Covers Wise County, with a board appointed by local governments.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 18, 2025
The state markets Texas wineries, breweries and distilleries. Permit holders sit on the nine-member panel.
Filed Feb 18, 2025
Takes gifts and grants from any source, sells commemorative products. The 200th birthday party runs until 2037!
Filed Feb 18, 2025
Tabletop exercise: an invasion of the Republic of China. Reports confidential, meetings exempt from Chapter 551.
Filed Feb 18, 2025
Report due December 2026. Bus routes, funding and eligibility rules stay put.
Filed Feb 18, 2025
The task force reports by September 1, 2026, on programs that don’t exist yet!
Filed Feb 14, 2025
State fees for every truck, every year. Cities can’t ban licensed vendors.
Filed Feb 14, 2025
Rent, deposits, eviction help. Only the largest junior college districts qualify. Ends September 2029.
Filed Feb 14, 2025
No specific appropriation, no duties. A college that doesn’t comply loses all state funding.
Filed Feb 14, 2025
Based mainly in Region 4, with its own command, staff and a report every two years.
Filed Feb 14, 2025
Adult age goes from 17 to 18 in September 2027. The unpaid rollout committee comes first.
Filed Feb 14, 2025
Nonprofits or lenders run it. For-profit grocers get loans and grants too.
Filed Feb 14, 2025
On top of sales tax, scopes and suppressors included. It funds only the family violence program.
Filed Feb 14, 2025
Swear you didn’t know, pay the fees, and no penalty for the lapse!
Filed Feb 13, 2025
Real-time air monitors in nearby neighborhoods, quarterly audits. The caption never mentions the fund.
Filed Feb 13, 2025
The statement of intent calls it “more efficient.” Vendors’ AI must do most of the work.
Filed Feb 13, 2025
Meets quarterly, writes plans and inventories. Agencies may decline to carry out its recommendations.
Filed Feb 13, 2025
Warnings, acknowledgment and a receipt. Extra attention to the first 72 hours.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 13, 2025
Four hours minimum. Skip it and you can’t vote.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 13, 2025
Council members are officers who already exist. Its yearly report to the governor stays confidential.
Filed Feb 13, 2025
Text-to-donate for homeless services is a “may.” If it starts, overhead takes up to 10 percent.
Filed Feb 12, 2025
Starts with the 2027 biennium. No tax bill drops unless a later legislature appropriates it.
Filed Feb 12, 2025
Report due September 1, 2026. The work group and the law expire in 2027.
Filed Feb 12, 2025
A sign labeled a hate symbol loses the trespass defense. Plus a new eight-member board.
Filed Feb 12, 2025
Trucks up to 125,000 pounds on four Starr County roads. Roma keeps up to 15 percent.
Filed Feb 12, 2025
State-run auto policies, sliding-scale premiums, backed by state money, grants and a new reserve fund.
Filed Feb 12, 2025
The fund sits outside the treasury. His investment rules exemption now covers all state funds he invests.
Filed Feb 12, 2025
Then the board approves it in public. Donated books too. Challenged ones get pulled until it acts.
Filed Feb 12, 2025
Due December 31, 2026, after the November 3 election. Big users pay study fees from $100,000.
Filed Feb 12, 2025
The Freedom Act comes with a yearly license, fees, graded inspections and commercial driver’s licenses.
Filed Feb 11, 2025
No reason given for picking that school. Plus a fund for grants to nuclear businesses.
Filed Feb 11, 2025
Nine members set diversity goals and write a report. No rule changes until later legislation acts.
Filed Feb 11, 2025
Nine-member board picked by the State Bar president. Overloaded? Courts appoint outside lawyers, and the county pays.
Filed Feb 11, 2025
Seven members study costs. Nothing about prices or access changes before the report.
Filed Feb 11, 2025
Courts order every firearm surrendered within 48 hours.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 11, 2025
An appointed board runs the alliance, which can build systems and issue revenue bonds.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Feb 10, 2025
Non-lawyers help with small civil suits between $200 and $15,000.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 10, 2025
Up to 16 unpaid members. Report due September 1, 2026. Any binding change waits.
Filed Feb 10, 2025
A three-member panel hears requests. Some removals are automatic.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 10, 2025
Appointed board of 5 to 18. Eminent domain, rates and fees. No property tax, though.
Filed Feb 10, 2025
Fees and deductibles too. State liability stops at what’s in the fund. Expires 2040.
Filed Feb 7, 2025
Neighborhood air monitors with live public data, quarterly audits, and a fund the caption skips.
Filed Feb 7, 2025
Apply, pay a fee, prescribe up to Schedule II.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 6, 2025
Every other seat needs a Texas resident. Funding: gifts and grants from any source.
Filed Feb 6, 2025
A report by September 1, 2026. Any actual program waits for a later legislature.
Filed Feb 6, 2025
Write a plan to end state juvenile commitments by 2028. No power to close a facility.
Filed Feb 5, 2025
Overdue premiums paid on homesteads appraised up to $2M. Only if the funds have money.
Filed Feb 5, 2025
Sheriffs set their own hourly rate. Listing a home you don’t own is a first-degree felony.
Filed Feb 5, 2025
Dozens of property tax rules rewritten at once. Every appraisal district also gets a new ombudsman.
Filed Feb 5, 2025
Out-of-state dentists practice here, and the commission writes rules with the force of law.
Filed Feb 5, 2025
Caption: an authority and a permitting officer. Bill: also grants to nuclear businesses.
Filed Feb 5, 2025
The bill itself cites an existing reporting duty. Unpermitted group homes get a Class B.
Filed Feb 4, 2025
Sign an agreement, pay a fee, match a face against the license photo database. With consent.
Filed Feb 4, 2025
New five-member board. Even an “insignia indicating the practice of art therapy” needs the license.
Filed Feb 4, 2025
Half health, half safety. A new grant fund, up to $500M a year, needs voters first.
Filed Feb 3, 2025
Clerks can send notices by e-mail instead of certified mail.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 3, 2025
Providers promise savings cover the cost. Fall short, and they pay the gap yearly.
Noted, not charged
Filed Feb 3, 2025
Quarterly meetings, a state plan, yearly reports. Per diem and travel pay. Nothing changes on the border.
Filed Jan 31, 2025
No pay, serves at the commissioner’s pleasure. Travel may be reimbursed.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 31, 2025
New seats for a sheriff and the oil and gas industry.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 31, 2025
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation runs it.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 31, 2025
No license, no music therapy, from September 1, 2026. The caption skips the new board.
Filed Jan 30, 2025
Caption: “increasing criminal penalties.” Bill: some felonies drop to misdemeanors, old offenses repealed. Nine-member commission too.
Filed Jan 30, 2025
If county voters approve, a new seven-member zoning commission. Every other landowner stays covered.
Filed Jan 30, 2025
Individual-bond filers pay into a plugging fund. Dry holes are exempt.
Corrected Oct 31, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Jan 30, 2025
Caption: a specialty court and fees. Bill: graduates can get dismissal and sealed arrest records.
Filed Jan 30, 2025
The only output is a report by December 31, 2026. Then it disappears in 2027.
Filed Jan 29, 2025
Every matching age cutoff moves up a year. Only for conduct on or after September 1, 2027.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 29, 2025
The bill’s purpose section promises “successful competition with other states.” Tax money flows without a separate appropriation.
Filed Jan 29, 2025
The State Virtual School Network is repealed. Virtual campuses get funding tied to enrollment.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 29, 2025
Unused sick or vacation days go into a family leave pool.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 29, 2025
A dedicated fund it can spend without further appropriation. Only if voters approve the amendment.
Filed Jan 29, 2025
One office covers Sabine and San Augustine today. Nothing changes until January 1, 2029.
Filed Jan 29, 2025
Status reports every December 1 until 2034. Water rules stay put the whole time.
Filed Jan 29, 2025
Report due December 31, 2028, then it’s abolished. Research buys skip normal state purchasing law.
Filed Jan 28, 2025
Reports possible manipulation right away. Paid from the grid operator’s existing fee.
Filed Jan 28, 2025
Pass the exam, apply, pay a fee. Rules due January 1, 2026.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 28, 2025
From 23 to 25 members. One specializes in end-of-life care.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 28, 2025
Up to 20 percent of project costs. At least 75 percent of units rent-limited 20 years.
Filed Jan 28, 2025
A new joint committee holds a hearing, then a law approves renewal.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 28, 2025
Commission grows from seven to nine. San Patricio goes from one pick to three.
Filed Jan 27, 2025
Agencies, counties and cities must hand over payroll by gender, disability and race on request.
Filed Jan 27, 2025
Recommendations only, and no agency has to adopt any. Leaders can appoint themselves.
Filed Jan 27, 2025
Caption reads statewide. Three study contracts, five-person committees, report due December 31, 2026.
Filed Jan 27, 2025
Less regulation, via more government. Staff, expense pay, and a sunset in 2037.
Filed Jan 27, 2025
The local adoption election is gone. Newly covered cities need a commission and a director.
Filed Jan 24, 2025
Caption: voter access. Bill: the Legislature gives up every district map in 2029.
Filed Jan 24, 2025
Commissioners court out. An unpaid board gets the taxing and bond powers. Neighbor counties can join.
Filed Jan 24, 2025
Grieving parents get counseling and a cooling device after a stillbirth.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 24, 2025
3,000 clinical hours, certification and a fee, then independent practice.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 24, 2025
A new dedicated account holds the money. The commission may build the program, or not.
Filed Jan 24, 2025
Each child gets about 85 percent of average per-student public funding. Kids with disabilities: up to $30,000.
Filed Jan 24, 2025
A deposit on most drinks, held in a producer consortium’s trust fund. Milk is exempt.
Filed Jan 23, 2025
Years of practice abroad and a Texas job offer. Four provisional years plus exams later, a full license!
Corrected Nov 2, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 23, 2025
90% to nonprofit developers, 9% to housing the recently homeless, 1% to prevention grants.
Filed Jan 22, 2025
Families and providers can report deaths. A registry report is due September 1, 2026.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 22, 2025
Commissioner appoints the watchdog and can remove it. Subpoena power, closed meetings, confidential records.
Filed Jan 22, 2025
Cities under 100,000 get one fund for either purpose.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 17, 2025
Rules for specialists serving people with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 17, 2025
Plus a public database of what police seize and spend.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 17, 2025
Amount: whatever the comptroller sets. It funds UTHealth reports on coverage bills, due in 60 days.
Filed Jan 16, 2025
A noncertified copy from the state registrar, no court needed.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 16, 2025
Covers 10 megawatts or more. The commission gets 180 days. Silence means approved!
Filed Jan 16, 2025
Insurers pay for reports on mandates aimed at insurers. Due in 60 days, 45 in session.
Filed Jan 16, 2025
A new board at every service center: two parents, two teachers, one administrator.
Filed Jan 16, 2025
Nine members at every service center, a study every two years, at least one meeting.
Filed Jan 16, 2025
Colleges must use an approved accreditor. No fix in 180 days? All state funding withheld!
Filed Jan 15, 2025
Multi-county mobility authority? Your county qualifies. Drivers pay if commissioners adopt it.
Filed Jan 15, 2025
It takes gifts and whatever the Legislature adds. Army Corps storm projects only.
Filed Jan 15, 2025
Monthly meetings, six-year terms, paid from existing funds. Real action waits for the plan.
Filed Jan 14, 2025
Officers get training now. The push for more overdose-reversal drugs gets a report due December 1, 2026.
Filed Jan 14, 2025
Operation Drawbridge cameras, border intelligence centers and grant priorities all move under one new chief.
Filed Jan 14, 2025
Caption: “making an appropriation.” Bill: a future legislature “may appropriate money.” This one appropriates nothing.
Filed Jan 14, 2025
Victims get real-time alerts, and DPS builds a database of everyone tracked. Indigent wearers excepted.
Filed Jan 13, 2025
Open records, audits, voucher acceptance. Developments they already own get up to 10 tax years to comply.
Filed Jan 13, 2025
Grants or low-interest loans. Spend the money in 36 months or it goes back.
Filed Jan 10, 2025
Advises the governor, can’t order anyone to do anything. Private gifts and grants welcome.
Filed Jan 9, 2025
It hires staff, sets pay and assesses states. Out-of-state dentists skip the full Texas license.
Filed Jan 9, 2025
Only teach one or two? No license required. Covered operators must follow the rules for every lesson.
Corrected Oct 31, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Jan 9, 2025
Once five states join, its rules bind Texas. Its staff are shielded from most lawsuits.
Filed Jan 9, 2025
It makes recommendations. The usual rule on when advisory committees end doesn’t apply.
Filed Jan 8, 2025
Grants for county fairs and rodeos, a seven-member governor-appointed board, paid staff.
Filed Jan 8, 2025
The dental director has to be a dentist. Licensed, even.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 8, 2025
Every grant needs a unanimous vote. Money flows only if the legislature appropriates it.
Filed Jan 7, 2025
Patient or not. Also: any diagnosis can qualify, no THC cap, about 300 dispensing sites.
Filed Jan 7, 2025
The board approves or rejects every project. License holders get a liability shield.
Filed Jan 7, 2025
A streamlined air permit for crushers up to 1,500 tons an hour, with first-year monitoring.
Filed Jan 7, 2025
Deposits start October 1, 2028. Milk and other dairy drinks skip the deposit.
Filed Jan 7, 2025
Lawful residents with an ordinary home included. Skip the report, face a state jail felony.
Filed Jan 6, 2025
Caption: an association and a fee. Bill: binding arbitration, and voters can force their city in.
Filed Jan 6, 2025
Grants to local districts, at least 35% for small ones.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 6, 2025
Binding rules, fees and a shared database. Active once seven states join.
Filed Jan 3, 2025
Caption: licensing, fees, penalties. Bill: state violation findings mostly stay out of private injury lawsuits.
Filed Jan 3, 2025
The plan is advice, due January 1, 2027. Nothing about juvenile facilities changes now.
Filed Jan 3, 2025
Newcomers too. Make, model, serial number and a fee. Skip it, Class C misdemeanor.
Noted, not charged
Filed Jan 2, 2025
Duties cover only AI “weighed more heavily than any other factor.” Biometric training gets a pass.
Filed Dec 23, 2024
Two exam parts down, and they can go by doctor. Insured patients can pick them.
Noted, not charged
Filed Dec 20, 2024
A new grant program for cities and counties doing environmental cleanup.
Noted, not charged
Filed Dec 20, 2024
Gold and silver coins, plus digital currency, as far as “the comptroller determines practicable.” Could be never.
Filed Dec 19, 2024
Plan due January 1, 2027. No facility closes and no placement rule changes.
Filed Dec 19, 2024
Capped at $1M each per two-year budget. Service centers get at least half. Ends 2031.
Noted, not charged
Filed Dec 18, 2024
Fees set by rule. Starting September 1, 2026, even using the title takes a license.
Filed Dec 18, 2024
Oil and gas reps sit with law enforcement and can share even confidential investigation info.
Filed Dec 17, 2024
Cemeteries at least 50 years old qualify. Up to $25 per application.
Noted, not charged
Filed Dec 13, 2024
Rear plate plus a windshield sticker, if there’s no front spot.
Noted, not charged
Filed Dec 12, 2024
Agencies convert the crypto they take into Bitcoin. The comptroller pays them the dollar value.
Filed Dec 12, 2024
Most members are picked by three fire service associations. Any program waits for future legislation.
Filed Dec 12, 2024
Funded by gifts and whatever lawmakers choose to appropriate. No promise any money comes.
Filed Dec 11, 2024
Permits near low-income or majority-minority block groups get its recommendation. The commission must weigh it.
Filed Dec 10, 2024
Every other seat is a general category. No service changes until lawmakers act.
Filed Dec 6, 2024
The commission writes binding rules and charges dues. Texas shares discipline and investigation data.
Filed Dec 6, 2024
Up to $25M a year in state money through fiscal 2027. Sand and gravel, no permit.
Filed Dec 5, 2024
Texas Supreme Court runs it, state bar discipline polices it.
Noted, not charged
Filed Dec 5, 2024
Pass the exam, pay a fee. Skip the 1,200 supervised hours.
Noted, not charged
Filed Dec 5, 2024
No landlord forms, fees or deposits. Renters pay the state instead, for a 90-day application.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
Caption: qualifying patients. Bill: no child removal just because a parent “tested positive for marihuana.”
Filed Dec 4, 2024
Run by TDLR, nine-member unpaid board, fees set by rule.
Noted, not charged
Filed Dec 4, 2024
Quarterly meetings, live video, a yearly report. Any change waits on the department. Gone in 2029.
Filed Dec 4, 2024
Skip E-Verify, get caught, sign up: no penalty. Caption: license suspensions. Bill: agencies may choose.
Filed Dec 2, 2024
No money in the bill. A model and a report are due January 1, 2027.
Filed Nov 26, 2024
Report due December 1, 2026. Nothing in law changes, and the group dissolves in 2027.
Filed Nov 25, 2024
For using unregistered haulers. Plus up to $5 per tire disposed, 50 cents to the state.
Filed Nov 22, 2024
Search starts within 24 hours of removal. The child’s lawmakers hear back within 120 hours.
Filed Nov 22, 2024
Removable at will. Can attend closed school board meetings and inspect confidential files.
Filed Nov 22, 2024
Counselors from other member states skip the Texas license. The commission writes binding rules, with legal immunity.
Filed Nov 22, 2024
No pollution rule changes now. Report due December 1, 2026, task force gone a month later.
Filed Nov 22, 2024
Plus a five-teacher committee. Destroy the records before the student turns 24? Class A misdemeanor.
Filed Nov 22, 2024
Register with the matching Texas agency and pay a fee.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 22, 2024
The purpose section calls it “successful competition with other states.” Two new funds pay out without appropriation.
Filed Nov 21, 2024
A beekeeper, a master gardener, a report by October 1, 2026. Gone by December 31.
Filed Nov 21, 2024
Quarterly meetings and a yearly report. Any change waits on the department acting on its advice.
Filed Nov 21, 2024
Caption: investigate. Bill: subpoenas, closed board meetings, and schools pay for their own forensic audits!
Filed Nov 21, 2024
Matches the federal border reimbursement in a new account. Starts 2027. Spending it is never required.
Filed Nov 21, 2024
Excessive use fee, graded on a curve! The utility or city picks the percentage.
Filed Nov 20, 2024
Grants to local groundwater districts for research and data.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 19, 2024
Card networks, colleges and financial institutions too. Records requests and subpoenas for its files? Shielded.
Filed Nov 19, 2024
Bill credits for weather emergencies and critical care. Paid only when the Legislature or donors chip in.
Filed Nov 15, 2024
Caption: leave. Bill: “one quarter of one percent” of monthly pay, even from workers who can’t collect.
Filed Nov 15, 2024
Permit and fee first. Sites go where a fire won’t block a neighborhood’s only road.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 15, 2024
Voters must approve moving $3B into its fund. Then it spends without further appropriation.
Filed Nov 13, 2024
Plus a new work group. Exemption rules aren’t due until after the November 3, 2026 election.
Filed Nov 13, 2024
Applicants need letters from their school, the community and a state elected official.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 13, 2024
Possess, grow at home, give away. Plus a state-licensed market.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 13, 2024
Legislators and governor appointees sign off on every final rule, starting January 1, 2026.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Licensed growers, stores, transporters and testing labs. Taxed, too.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Open by December 31, 2025. It runs the planning council and promotes farm-to-store markets.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Covers businesses open to the public, jobs and housing. The Workforce Commission gets a new dispute office.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Within 1,500 feet, sites post financial assurance. Skip it for years? Fines top out at $80K!
Filed Nov 12, 2024
The bracket fits Cameron County, per the committee analysis. Nothing gets trained or funded.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Caption: a commission. Bill: sanctions freeze and state testing shrinks to the federal minimum!
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
New research permit, looser seed and testing rules.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Gifts, grants and legislative money, spent only on the state’s local share.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Listing a home you don’t own? First degree felony! The owner pays the sheriff’s fee.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Opt in, and local money pays. A nonprofit can run it under contract.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Held in trust, beyond the Legislature’s power to spend. Only if the comptroller finds it practicable.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Gold and silver money, if “the comptroller determines practicable.” If not, nothing happens.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Every other seat is described by category. This one gets a name. Report due January 1, 2027.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Caption: investigations. Bill: break a school safety rule, and the commissioner “may take control of the management”.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Was 10 unexcused in six months, now six in eight weeks. Districts that fall short face takeover.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Every two years, on the county’s dime. Voting gear sits under constant video.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Clean home license plus registration. No Texas license needed.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
One found violation, two federal election cycles under a conservator. Unfixed in 30 days? $500 each.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Caption: state savings. Bill: tuition grants up to 80% of average per-student spending. Savings test: low-tax filers only!
Corrected Nov 2, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
A chief economist and a 14-member board. Major rules expire unless the Legislature keeps them.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
A sheriff’s investigator sits on it too. Review records stay until the student turns 24.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Plan due October 1, 2026. Confidential records and meetings sit outside open records and meetings laws.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Therapists from other member states can practice here. The commission can charge Texas dues and therapists fees.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Nine to thirteen: three public members and one more doctor.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
What gets seized, what happens to it, how the money is spent.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Committee votes unconstitutional, both houses and the governor sign off, and no public money enforces it.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Studies due December 1, 2026. Coverage waits on a federal waiver, and nobody is entitled to it.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Strike the “not” and counties may charge builders. New commercial buildings get codes too, starting 2026.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Report due January 1, 2027. Action on flooding, drought or wildfires: none.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Caption: an advisory council. Bill: 8 members appoint 15 more. Nobody has to listen!
Filed Nov 12, 2024
State monuments 25 years or older need a two-thirds vote of the Legislature.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
The fund sits outside the treasury. Winners give 30 percent of shelf space to perishable foods.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Fees, a state-approved concussion plan, coach safety training and a new nine-member board.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
After a hazardous gas check. Rules due December 1, 2025.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Sidewalks, curbs and pedestrian lighting, run by the housing department.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Sidewalks, curbs and lighting for neighborhood groups, some as forgivable loans. Gifts and federal grants welcome.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
That’s after the November 3, 2026 election. A federal waiver can push it back further.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Grants cover unpaid treatment for military, first responders and veterans. Running by December 2025.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
One license, every member state. The new commission charges fees, runs a database and makes binding rules.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Marshals and the secretary of state can impound ballots. Outside judges hold hearings within hours.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Finish a hunter education course and the case goes away.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Appointers consult groups like the Coalition for Aging LGBT. The only output is a report due 2026.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
The bill’s findings promise “money follows each child.” The fee rule reaches any law that “empowers parents.”
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Over the normal maximum gross weight, on county and farm-to-market roads.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Annual fee, setbacks, signs, a website. The fees fill a fund to tear down abandoned sites.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Plus a job posting or new school, and a good-faith effort to pay.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Appointed members with terms, and expenses paid from Indigent Defense Commission funds.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Counties could use grants to remove dumped tires and pursue dumpers.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Water, shade and rest breaks, rules by March 1, 2026. Knowing violations mean triple damages.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Unpaid members, a report every even-numbered year, and no power to order any agency.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Entering from “any neighboring jurisdiction” counts, neighboring states included. Up to a $10K civil penalty too.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
The ombudsman hears complaints about TEA. It’s attached to TEA.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Caption: an institute. Bill: breeders get paid, and other deer-transfer laws get overridden.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
First deposit: the 90th day after the 2027 biennium ends. No money moves for years.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Caption: agricultural land. Bill: any border-region resident, plus an insurance rate rule and forfeiture money.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Members serve at the office’s pleasure. City and county grantees must pass at least half on.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Money goes to a governor-run grant program, road grants and new state police hires.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Up to $300M a year in grants, if voters approve the companion amendment.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
The governor “may” make deals with Mexico. No deadline, no funding, no penalty.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
New director and staff. Welcome to Texas, here’s how the entry laws are enforced.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
No change to tax bills before 2035. The study committee is abolished January 1, 2027.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Money held back from the rainy day fund pays down debt instead.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
State law enforcement must help on request. Locals must hand over records or send witnesses.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Caption: “designed to ensure” coverage. Bill: no entitlement, studies, a task force. Some parents get a fee.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Its own state account, private fundraising, an optional nonprofit. Expires 2037 unless renewed.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Five civilians, no law enforcement experience allowed. Police get 30 days to discipline first.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Bail, warnings, appointed lawyers. The court sets their pay and qualifications. Jailed defendants first.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Below-market loans, rent caps of 20-plus years. Spend it in 36 months or send it back!
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Interest-free, paid straight to the bond company. Defaulters face collection and a contracting bar.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Every board seats a nonvoting high schooler. What the repealed section did, the text never says.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Anyone can apply. Neighbors get notified, and denials can be appealed.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Opt-in. Businesses must take it like plastic. Just not at the polls.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Zero-interest home loans. The administrator must be a certified owner-builder provider with 15 years.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
15 elected members, one staffer apiece.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Landlines, cell lines, prepaid phones. Amount set by rule, into a trust fund outside the treasury.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Those eight pick six more. Nothing starts until 2029, and only if voters approve an amendment.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Caption: certain medical conditions. Bill: any diagnosis or symptom a physician thinks it may help.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Sheriff, police and prosecutors team up to investigate elder abuse.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Reaches nearly every business, landlord and union. Plus punitive damages and a new dispute office.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
It can’t be abolished, and it can direct other state agencies in operations it leads.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Due by the fifth of each month, with diagnosis or billing codes.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
One year licensed elsewhere, clean record, no pending complaints.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Some minors drop off after two years. Others can ask a new panel after three.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
A permanent committee flags federal acts. Court, Legislature and governor agree? No effect in Texas.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Only a visible wire allowed. Counties secure devices, state money or not.
Noted, not charged
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Attack drills every two years. Recommended standards land December 1, 2026. The election is November 3!
Filed Nov 12, 2024
The work group’s list is advisory. It stops no mandate, pays for none, excuses no one.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Nothing happens until 2030, and only if voters approve an amendment. Party caucuses pick 8 of 9.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
One-on-one and two-kid lessons are exempt. So are city-run ones. Penalties reach $500 a day.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Must graduate on time, too. General obligation bonds can fund it, and there’s an origination fee.
Filed Nov 12, 2024
Derived stock: 706 tagged measures in the 89R published record. Each measure counts once for this pattern. Snapshot Nov 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM CST.
A pattern tag is not a Certified scam grade. Grades, headlines and charges follow the published record.
Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person.
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