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Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
SB3050 creates the Fannin County Improvement District No. 1 for a described 337.65-acre area, with powers to finance infrastructure, services and nav…
Official caption: Relating to the creation of the Fannin County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
SB3052 changes bond limits for the existing Cole Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County and validates earlier governmental actions, with c…
Official caption: Relating to the powers and duties and validating certain acts and proceedings of the Cole Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
SB3053 changes bond limits for the existing Hunter Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County and validates earlier governmental actions, with…
Official caption: Relating to the powers and duties and validating certain acts and proceedings of the Hunter Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
SB3056 creates the Alluvium Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1 in the Sherman area of Grayson County to finance local improvements.
Official caption: Relating to the creation of the Alluvium Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
SB3059 sets up a future transfer of Alamo oversight from the General Land Office to a five-member Alamo Commission led by the governor, lieutenant go…
Official caption: Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
SB3070 replaces the Texas Lottery Commission, not the lottery itself.
Official caption: Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
Texas youth camps must have state-reviewed emergency plans, train people to use them, maintain warning systems and backup internet service, and give …
Official caption: Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
Texas redrew its 38 U.S. congressional districts with plan PLANC2333 for the 2026 primary and general elections for the 120th Congress.
Official 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.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
Texas created a private lawsuit over supplying abortion-inducing drugs to or from the state, subject to important medical, provider, technology, tran…
Official 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.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
Texas will replace STAAR with a statewide testing program that checks progress during the school year, beginning in 2027–28.
Official 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.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
HB16 is a wide-ranging court-administration law.
Official 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.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
HB18 restricts certain political contributions and spending during a narrowly defined “impeding absence” by a Texas legislator.
Official 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.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
HB20, the Disaster Scam Response Act, creates a local disaster-donation designation program, new criminal penalties for specified scams and a civil r…
Official 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.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
HB23 exempts qualifying nonprofit-owned real and personal property from all property taxes based on value—the taxes the statute calls “ad valorem.” I…
Official 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.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
A Texas pharmacist may dispense ivermectin without a prescription from a licensed health-care practitioner.
Official caption: Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
In a county with more than 3.3 million residents, the sheriff may contract with a local government, property owners' association, or landowner to pro…
Official caption: Relating to contracting with law enforcement agencies in certain counties.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
For a county with more than 3.3 million residents, certain reductions or reallocations of law-enforcement funding require voter approval before they …
Official caption: Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
SB3 requires local governments to install, maintain and operate outdoor warning sirens in areas the Texas Water Development Board identifies as needi…
Official caption: Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
Second-special-session SB5 appropriates $283,078,991 for disaster response, flood warnings, weather forecasting and implementation of camp-safety leg…
Official caption: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
SB8, titled the Texas Women's Privacy Act, requires Texas state agencies and local governmental bodies to designate multi-user restrooms, locker room…
Official 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.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
SB11 creates an affirmative defense for a person who committed an offense because they were a victim of human trafficking or compelling prostitution.
Official caption: Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
SB12 writes a duty into state law for the Texas attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses under the Election Code.
Official caption: Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
SB14 requires covered local governments to give builders or developers credits against water and wastewater impact fees when they construct, contribu…
Official 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.
Second called session · Source-checked explanation published
SB54 removes the newly enacted immediate-effect rule for voter-registration address changes within the same county.
Official 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.
