Texas Legislature
Bills Signed by the Governor
89th Legislature Second Called Session
Report Date: 10/18/2025

Number of Bills: 31
HB 1 Author: Darby | King | Meyer | DeAyala | McQueeney
Sponsor: Perry
Last Action: 09/05/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.

HB 4 Author: Hunter | Vasut | Pierson | Spiller | Guillen
Sponsor: King
Last Action: 09/05/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.

HB 7 Author: Leach | Hickland | Troxclair | Pierson | Metcalf
Sponsor: Hughes
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions.

HB 8 Author: Buckley | Bell, Keith | Metcalf | Landgraf | Wilson
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.

HB 16 Author: Leach | Wilson | Morales, Eddie | Dyson | LaHood
Sponsor: Hughes
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

HB 18 Author: Shaheen | Gerdes | Swanson
Sponsor: Hinojosa, Adam
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a member is absent from a legislative session; authorizing a civil penalty.

HB 20 Author: Darby | Louderback | Martinez | Barry | McQueeney
Sponsor: Perry
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 23 Author: Harless | Oliverson | Swanson | Hull | Ashby
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Effective on 1/1/26
Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community.

HB 25 Author: Shofner | Harris | Wilson | Pierson | Virdell
Sponsor: Hall
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription.

HB 26 Author: Oliverson | Schofield | DeAyala | Harless | Hull
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to contracting with law enforcement agencies in certain counties.

HB 192 Author: Oliverson | Cain | Toth | Hull | Cunningham
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties.

HCR 2 Author: Virdell
Sponsor: Flores
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of the victims of the July 2025 Hill Country floods.

HCR 3 Author: Craddick
Sponsor: Sparks
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Commemorating the dedication of the Children's Emergency Relief International George M. Cowden Building in Austin.

HCR 4 Author: Craddick
Sponsor: Sparks
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Congratulating Rickey and Anne Lowe of Horseshoe Bay on their 47th wedding anniversary.

HCR 5 Author: Craddick
Sponsor: Sparks
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Congratulating Don Sparks of Midland on receiving the 2025 Chief Roughneck Award from the Independent Petroleum Association of America.

HCR 6 Author: Craddick
Sponsor: Sparks
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Congratulating the Senior Life Midland Meals on Wheels program on delivering its five millionth meal.

HCR 7 Author: Craddick
Sponsor: Sparks
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Richard Augustus Hewitt of San Antonio.

HCR 8 Author: Craddick
Sponsor: Sparks
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Congratulating Charles and Margaret Semple of Midland on their 60th wedding anniversary.

HCR 13 Author: Guillen | Kitzman | McLaughlin | Holt | Cook
Sponsor: Perry
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm in Texas.

HCR 14 Author: Vasut
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Congratulating Lori Rickert on her retirement as presiding judge for Brazoria County Court at Law No. 4 and Probate Court.

HCR 16 Author: Craddick
Sponsor: Sparks
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Congratulating Barbara Jean Bolden Yarbrough of Midland on the occasion of her 90th birthday.

HCR 20 Author: Craddick
Sponsor: Sparks
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of St. Ann's Catholic School in Midland.

SB 1 Author: Perry | Bettencourt | Blanco | Flores | Hagenbuch | et al.
Sponsor: Darby | Meyer | King | DeAyala | McQueeney
Last Action: 09/05/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to campground and youth camp safety.

SB 3 Author: Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Wilson | Darby | Leo Wilson | Virdell | Wharton
Last Action: 09/05/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas.

SB 5 Author: Huffman | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Sponsor: Bonnen
Last Action: 09/18/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.

SB 8 Author: Middleton | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Sponsor: Orr | Metcalf | Bonnen | Leach | Harris
Last Action: 09/22/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

SB 11 Author: Parker | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Cook
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

SB 12 Author: Hughes | Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Hagenbuch | et al.
Sponsor: Shaheen
Last Action: 09/19/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

SB 14 Author: Perry | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Sponsor: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Effective on 1/1/26
Caption: Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.

SB 16 Author: West | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Dyson | Anchía | Ashby | Cain | DeAyala
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.

SB 54 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Shaheen
Last Action: 09/17/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.

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