Monitoring the SessionHB 5315
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to repealing certain restrictions and prohibitions regarding labor unions.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
A Labor Code subchapter and a Business & Commerce Code section, gone.
The bill repeals Subchapter B of Chapter 101 of the Labor Code and Section 15.05(e) of the Business & Commerce Code, which its caption describes as restrictions and prohibitions on labor unions. It touches labor unions, employers and workers covered by those laws. Starting September 1, 2025, those provisions would no longer be Texas law, though the bill text itself does not restate what they say.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3268 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3268 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.QUICK READ: 66 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 66 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 14, 2025 and referred to the House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development subcommittee on Workforce. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB5315 · 2025-03-14
relating to repealing certain restrictions and prohibitions regarding labor unions.
A Labor Code subchapter and a Business & Commerce Code section, gone.
The bill repeals Subchapter B of Chapter 101 of the Labor Code and Section 15.05(e) of the Business & Commerce Code, which its caption describes as restrictions and prohibitions on labor unions. It touches labor unions, employers and workers covered by those laws. Starting September 1, 2025, those provisions would no longer be Texas law, though the bill text itself does not restate what they say.
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Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Talarico, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 15, 2023: Referred to Business & Industry
Relating to repealing certain restrictions and prohibitions regarding labor unions.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Mar 14, 2025
04/07/2025 H Referred to s/c on Workforce by Speaker: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Trade, Workforce & Economic Development · Final status: Died in committee
Labor--General
Labor--Management Relations
LABOR UNIONS
The text as introduced · 66 words
89R16145 DNC-D By: Talarico H.B. No. 5315 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to repealing certain restrictions and prohibitions regarding labor unions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The following laws are repealed: (1) Subchapter B, Chapter 101, Labor Code; and (2) Section 15.05(e), Business & Commerce Code. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.