5.25.25 – By Texas Tribune Staff, Graphics by Carla Astudillo
We’re tracking the status of major bills through the final stretch of the session.
Texas lawmakers filed thousands of bills during the 2025 legislative session. However, most of those bills won’t become law. Lawmakers will spend the final weeks before the session ends on June 2 trying to push through their priorities. They will also try to stop certain bills from going through by delaying votes and letting them miss key deadlines. If a bill fails, it might still be revived as an amendment to other legislation. Most new laws take effect Sept. 1.
From now through the end of the session, we’ll be tracking the status of the most noteworthy bills and their progress toward a final resolution. We’ve created a few options to help you follow along.
We update the status of the bills we are tracking throughout the day.
Major bills at a glance and where they are in the legislative process
Here’s how the legislative process works:
Below is a quick view of the list of consequential bills introduced during this year’s session and where they stand in the legislative process. Scroll further on to find more details about those bills and information about next steps.
Bills that are still in the works
- HB 2: Increasing public school fundingBill in the works
- SB 37: State oversight over public universitiesBill in the works
- SB 12: K-12 DEI banBill in the works
- SB 13: Public school library booksBill in the works
- SB 1: State budgetBill in the works
- SJR 5: Tighten bail lawsBill in the works
- SB 10: Ten Commandments in classroomsBill in the works
- SB 16: Voter citizenship requirementBill in the works
- SB 17: Restricting foreign land ownershipBill in the works
- SB 1026: Prosecution of election crimesBill in the works
- SB 8: Local police help with immigration enforcementBill in the works
- HB 186: Banning social media for childrenBill in the works
- SB 2880: Abortion pillsBill in the works
- SB 33: Stop local government aid for out-of-state abortions
- SB 4: Cutting property taxesBill in the works
- SB 7: Funding water infrastructureBill in the works
- HJR 7: Funding Texas Water FundBill in the works
- SB 15: Minimum lot sizesBill in the works
- SB 38: Speed up evictionsBill in the works
- SB 6: Regulating the energy gridBill in the works
- SB 3070 : State lottery regulation
Bills that have been sent to Gov. Abbott
- SB 3: Banning or regulating THCBill sent to abbott
- SB 31: Emergency exception in abortion banBill sent to abbott
- SB 5: Establishing dementia research fundBill sent to abbott
- HB 33: Law enforcement response to mass shootingsBill sent to abbott
- HB 9: Raising personal property tax exemption
Bills that have been signed into law
Bills failed or were vetoed by the governor
