Every Texas bill takes the same road.
See where a bill is on that road, what it would change, and when you can still tell lawmakers what you think.
How a Texas bill becomes law
Filed
A member files the bill with the House and it gets a number.
House committee
The bill is sent to a committee, which may hold a public hearing and vote to send it on. Most bills stop here.
House floor
The bill is scheduled for debate, and the full House votes on it.
Senate committee
The Senate sends it to one of its own committees, which may hold another hearing.
Senate floor
The full Senate votes. If it changed the bill, both chambers must agree on one version.
Governor
The governor can sign it, veto it, or let it become law without a signature.
Law
The bill becomes law and takes effect on the date it specifies.
The 2027 session
1,262 bills and resolutions have been filed for the 90th Legislature so far. Lawmakers convene on January 12, 2027, and committees start referring and hearing bills after that. See every key date.
Checked against official records November 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM CST.
Featured bills
- HB 270Relating to the use of state money for high-speed rail operated by a private entity and to the construction of certain high-speed rail.Rep. Bucy
- HB 101Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Rep. Bucy
- SB 31Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Sen. Zaffirini
Browse by issue
All issuesFirst bills filed
- HB 101Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Rep. Bucy
- HB 102Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Rep. Bucy
- HB 103Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of reckless discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities and counties.Rep. Martinez
- HB 104Relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle.Rep. Flores
- HB 105Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility.Rep. Metcalf
- HB 106Relating to the eligibility of property to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for property of a disabled veteran, the surviving spouse or minor children of a disabled veteran, or the surviving spouse and minor children of a member of the armed forces who dies while on active duty if the property is owned by a qualifying trust.Rep. Leo Wilson
- HB 107Relating to the establishment of a donation registry by the Department of Family and Protective Services for providing personal items to children in the department's conservatorship.Rep. Garcia, Josey
- HB 108Relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the effects of certain electric utility monopolies.Rep. González, Mary