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Work and wages

Minimum wage, workplace safety, unemployment, and employee protections.

56 bills filed for 2027 so far

Matched from the Legislature's official subject index, or caption words for bills not yet indexed.

• HB 110Relating to the minimum wage.Rep. Rodríguez Ramos
• HB 132Relating to the minimum wage.Rep. Walle
• HB 137Relating to employment practices of governmental entities, state and local contractors, and private employers in this state regarding the legal status of employees, including requiring participation in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify program, and authorizing the suspension of certain licenses held by private employers for certain conduct in relation to the employment of persons not lawfully present.Rep. Tepper
• HB 151Relating to workplace heat illness prevention, including the creation of a heat illness prevention advisory board; imposing administrative penalties.Rep. Flores
• HB 169Relating to participation of political subdivisions and contractors and subcontractors of political subdivisions in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.Rep. Olcott
• HB 174Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination; authorizing civil penalties.Rep. González, Jessica
• HB 179Relating to leave for employees receiving prenatal care, lactating employees, and employees experiencing a reproductive loss.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 230Relating to sales and use tax refunds for certain persons who employ apprentices.Rep. Guillen
• HB 237Relating to establishing optional certifications for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program and establishing a grant program for those providers.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 246Relating to the minimum wage.Rep. Martinez Fischer
• HB 269Relating to measures to encourage the earning of industry-recognized credentials at public institutions of higher education.Rep. Guillen
• HB 294Relating to the establishment of a temporary guest worker program in this state.Rep. Garcia, Josey
• HB 301Relating to the processes for and the adjudication and payment of certain claims involving a custodial officer, detention officer, emergency medical technician, firefighter, or peace officer under the workers' compensation system.Rep. Patterson
• HB 334Relating to the establishment of an intensive workforce readiness adult education pilot program.Rep. Guillen
• HB 344Relating to the qualifications of caregivers employed by day-care centers, group day-care homes, family homes, and employer-based day-care facilities.Rep. Ordaz
• HB 349Relating to establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a geothermal energy workforce education and training initiative.Rep. Garcia, Josey
• HB 416Relating to a restriction on state agency deployment and use of an artificial intelligence system regarding an employment decision or confidential information.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 446Relating to a state employment preference for certain spouses or individuals who reside with veterans with a disability.Rep. Guillen
• HB 497Relating to the health benefit plan and workers' compensation insurance coverage of and reimbursement for the treatment of a first responder's injuries sustained within the course and scope of employment.Rep. Martinez
• HB 507Relating to drug testing and prescription drug policies for employees and independent contractors of state agencies and political subdivisions regarding the medical use of low-THC cannabis and hemp.Rep. Bucy
• HB 525Relating to the creation of the employer child-care contribution partnership program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission; authorizing a civil penalty.Rep. Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra
• HB 527Relating to a study to determine the feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and practicality of consolidating the human resources functions of certain state agencies.Rep. Curry
• HB 591Relating to a parental leave policy for certain school district classroom teachers.Rep. Lalani
• HB 599Relating to the establishment of the Texas state employee pathways program to provide certain students in this state with career opportunities in state agencies.Rep. Lalani
• HB 643Relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable to an individual during a benefit year under the state unemployment insurance program.Rep. DeAyala
• HB 677Relating to a study on employer and state agency use of automated employment decision tools in assessing an applicant's suitability for a position.Rep. Bhojani
• HB 770Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects for certain municipalities.Rep. Spiller
• HB 807Relating to inquiries about and the consideration of criminal history record information regarding an applicant for employment.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 808Relating to requiring certain employers to provide paid sick leave to employees; providing administrative and civil penalties.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 810Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression; providing an administrative penalty.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 826Relating to a limitation on the salary paid to officers and employees of this state and political subdivisions of this state.Rep. Harrison
• HB 840Relating to the employment of certain executive heads of state agencies and employees reporting to those executive heads.Rep. Harrison
• HB 845Relating to the required posting by governmental entities of employee contracts and compensation on entity Internet websites.Rep. Harrison
• HB 856Relating to the minimum wage.Rep. Anchía
• HB 861Relating to the classification of certain construction workers and the eligibility of those workers for unemployment benefits; providing an administrative penalty.Rep. Anchía
• HB 894Relating to leave for certain public employees to protest certain property tax actions before an appraisal review board.Rep. Canales
• HB 895Relating to presumptions applicable to benefit claims for certain public safety employees.Rep. Canales
• HB 910Relating to establishing a remote work pilot program for state jail felony defendants.Rep. Lalani
• HB 933Relating to the payment of gratuities to certain employees.Rep. Canales
• HB 935Relating to unlawful employment practices based on sexual harassment, including complaints and civil actions arising from those practices.Rep. González, Jessica
• HB 946Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees.Rep. Lopez-Resendez
• HB 966Relating to unlawful employment practices based on sexual harassment, including complaints and civil actions arising from those practices.Rep. Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra
• HB 972Relating to the minimum wage.Rep. Simmons
• HB 1002Relating to the eligibility of certain first responders for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder under the workers' compensation system.Rep. Cole
• HB 1007Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee or the employee's child is a victim of family violence or a violent felony offense.Rep. Salinas
• SB 48Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee or employee's dependent is a victim of family violence.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 66Relating to measures to encourage the earning of industry-recognized credentials at public institutions of higher education.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 110Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination; authorizing civil penalties.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 147Relating to the creation, distribution, and posting of a veterans benefits and services poster in the workplace.Sen. Menéndez, Rehmet
• SB 153Relating to individuals who are considered opportunity youth for purposes of administering certain federal workforce development funds.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 251Relating to a prohibition against covenants not to compete for certain low-wage employees.Sen. Rehmet, Cook, Molly
• SB 253Relating to the minimum wage.Sen. Rehmet
• SB 262Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects for certain municipalities.Sen. Perry
• SB 279Relating to the establishment of the Cross-Agency Employment Resource Initiative to coordinate and optimize certain employment services and resources in this state.Sen. Blanco
• SB 280Relating to cooperation by economic development program participants with local workforce development boards.Sen. Blanco
• SB 295Relating to the minimum wage.Sen. Gutierrez