HB 99290th Regular Session (2027) · Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
HB 992 would expand state oversight of bilingual education, dual language immersion, and special language programs in Texas public schools. The Texas Education Agency would adopt monitoring rules, review program requirements to make sure they focus on meeting student needs and closing learning gaps for emergent bilingual students, and work directly with districts, identifying districts with deficiencies and offering technical assistance. Districts would also have to report more data to the state, including the number and share of students in each program model and the number and share of emergent bilingual students who are not receiving specialized instruction. The education commissioner would also develop training materials for school administrators on bilingual education and dual language immersion. The bill would take effect September 1, 2027.
HB 880Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you have children in public school, this would change their schedules and class choices. Middle schoolers would spend a semester on the topic, and high schoolers would give up half an elective credit, which could mean fewer arts, career, or other elective options depending on how your campus builds its schedule. Local school boards would still set their own calendars, but the state would set the requirement and the course content. Nothing changes until the Legislature passes the bill, and even then it starts with the 2027-2028 school year.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 959Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Districts that keep music, art, theater, or dance on the schedule could pick up new state money, and the money would follow students who are enrolled and counted in daily attendance. The catch is the course rule. 225 minutes of fine arts instruction each week is a lot of schedule time, so campus leaders would have to weigh class periods against arts and elective offerings. Your local district would decide how to schedule it, but the state would set the list of courses that count and the attendance rule that triggers the money. Nothing changes unless the Legislature passes the bill.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 1072Introduced; filed Nov. 10, 2026
If you own an electric vehicle, you would keep paying the same extra registration fee you pay now. The difference is where the money lands. A slice of it would stay in your county and road district highway fund, the money local officials use for county roads. Electric vehicle sales are growing in Texas, so that money would grow with them. Your county does not get a say in this change, because the state decides how registration fees are split between state and local road funds.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 312Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
A high school senior who will be 18 by the general election could help pick the nominees for state and county office instead of waiting until November. A voter who registers under this rule is eligible only for a primary or runoff primary until turning 18, and the registrar can send a written notice saying so. Voting rules for anyone already eligible would not change, and the whole bill waits on a constitutional amendment that Texas voters would decide.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 189Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you buy a home in a new subdivision, the developer would have to show that the groundwater under the land can support the whole development before the plat is approved. For cities and counties where groundwater is running low, local officials approving plats would have a clear reason to reject projects that could use more water than the area can supply. The change would apply only to plat applications filed on or after Jan. 1, 2028, when the bill takes effect.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 562Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you take medication for opioid or substance use disorder and your plan covers it, the plan could not make you wait for permission before treatment, except to guard against fraud, waste and abuse. That would reach people whose coverage comes through a small employer, a standard plan, or a self-funded plan at work, and it would apply to group plans covering Texas residents even when the policy was issued elsewhere. The change would apply to plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2028, and the bill takes effect Sept. 1, 2027.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 575Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Police and prosecutors would have the same criminal charges available when an assault or another crime harms a fetus, and the civil wrongful death law would carry the same exceptions for emergency care and miscarriage. People who deliver babies or treat pregnant patients would be following the same rules that apply to any other patient. The change would reach only offenses committed on or after Sept. 1, 2027, and cases from before that date would be handled under the law that was in effect at the time.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HJR 36Proposing a constitutional amendment; filed Nov. 9, 2026
A low-income homeowner who is disabled or 65 or older would keep the same total property tax instead of watching it climb, as long as the taxing body that bills the property chooses the cap. Your city, county, school district and junior college are not covered, so the change would only reach other local taxing bodies. If the homeowner dies, the cap could stay with a surviving spouse who is also of limited financial means and is disabled or 55 years of age or older at the time of death. Texas voters would decide this one at the polls on Nov. 2, 2027.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 489Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Renters who stayed with the same landlord for a full year could get money back based on the rent they paid. The size of the rebate would depend on what the legislature puts into the fund, because payments cannot exceed half of the fund's balance. Apartment owners would have a new yearly filing with the comptroller and would have to report what each household paid in rent. The program would start September 1, 2027, so no rebates would be paid before that date.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 1023Introduced; filed Nov. 10, 2026
If you take a daily medicine for a chronic condition or a mental illness, this would mean you do not have to switch drugs or pay more when your plan renews. Plans could still make changes that help you, such as adding a drug to the formulary or lowering your copay, and your doctor could still prescribe something else or your pharmacist could substitute a generic. The protection would not cover Medicaid, CHIP, self-funded employer plans, dental or vision only plans, or long-term care insurance.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 208Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
This matters most when you are treated in an emergency room that is outside your plan's network, where surprise bills are common. What you owe does not change: your deductible, copay, and coinsurance are still yours, but the insurer collects them and can spread them across the year instead of asking for one lump sum. Your hospital and doctor also gain, since they get paid in full and would not have to give extra discounts to cover the gap, and the state Medicaid program is not covered by this bill.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 810Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
For job seekers and employees, this would mean you can file a complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission or take your case to court when you are refused a job, fired, or treated worse over your sexual orientation or gender identity. Renters and home buyers would gain the same protection, so landlords, agents, and real estate brokers could not refuse a sale or rental, or change the terms, on those grounds. Cities are part of the picture too, because the state commission that handles fair housing complaints would have to keep a case in Austin when the city where the problem happened has no law of its own covering this discrimination.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 773Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
For families and neighborhoods, the practical effect is more time served and less room for early release in a set of felonies. The bill would also close one of the options a judge can use for supervision in those cases, and it would make sentences for offenses committed while on community supervision start right away once the earlier sentence ends. The change would apply only to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2027, so sentences for earlier crimes would stay under current law.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 653Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Same-sex sexual conduct would no longer be listed as an offense in the Texas penal code, so prosecutors could not charge it under that section. Parents and students reading school health materials would still see the statement that homosexual conduct is not an acceptable lifestyle, but it would no longer be labeled a crime. No other part of the penal code would change under this bill.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 353Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Voting would happen on fewer days, so campaigns and voter planning would concentrate on one date each year. Local races for city council, school board, and other offices would move onto the same November ballot as state races, so one trip to the polls could cover more offices. Your county elections office would have to put a written contract and an agreed cost schedule in place whenever a city, school district, or other local government asks it to run an election. The 30-day rule would also push some special elections to the next uniform date instead of holding them right before or after a primary or the November general election.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 337Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you are not registered but meet every other voter requirement, this would let you sign up at the polls instead of being turned away. County election offices would take on more paperwork at each polling place, and the bill directs the secretary of state to write rules that keep election officers accountable. The change would apply only to an election for which early voting by personal appearance begins on or after Feb. 1, 2028, and the bill takes effect Sept. 1, 2027.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 174Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you were turned down for a job, fired, or paid less because of your sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status, you could file a complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission, and if the agency cannot resolve it you can ask for the right to sue in court. Renters and buyers would get the same protection, so a landlord or agent could not refuse to sell or rent, or change the terms of a deal, on those grounds. City and county leaders would have more say, because the bill lets local governments create their own commissions on these issues and lets the state send some housing complaints to a certified local fair housing agency only when that city already has laws covering the same discrimination.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 483Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If a disaster is declared for your area, you would not have to pay tolls for toll projects inside that area while the declaration is in effect. That applies to every driver, including delivery trucks and other business vehicles, so companies moving through the area keep that money in their pocket too. For cities and counties in the disaster zone, the relief comes with the state declaration rather than a decision made locally, so the pause arrives with the disaster order. If the Legislature passes the bill, the change would take effect September 1, 2027.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 127Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your registration application is turned down, the written notice would point to the exact part of the form that caused the problem and say whether it was incomplete, filled out incorrectly, or marked you as ineligible. That gives you something specific to fix before you apply again. Registrars who handle sign-ups would have to use one official form written by the secretary of state, so local offices would follow a single state rule. This is a proposal, and it does not change how applications are handled yet.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 622Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you drove a toll road and were billed wrong, the operator would have to stop trying to collect that unpaid toll after two years. Drivers and companies whose vehicles run toll routes would get a clear deadline, so an old billing mistake could not be chased indefinitely. The protection would cover tolls already waiting to be paid when the law takes effect. Right now this is a proposal, so it has to be voted on before it changes anything for you.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HJR 24Proposing a constitutional amendment; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If voters approve, the Texas constitution would spell out reproductive options that the state could not limit, including contraception, fertility treatments such as IVF, and abortion within the limits written into the resolution. People making these decisions would have their choices protected in the state constitution rather than only in state law. The 2027 ballot would ask voters to approve the proposition that the constitutional amendment establishes an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy. This is only a proposal, so nothing changes unless the Legislature sends it to the voters and voters approve it.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 617Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your doctor offers a visit by phone only for a service your plan covers, your plan would have to pay for it the same way it pays for an office visit once your plan is renewed on or after January 1, 2028. Plans that are not renewed by then would keep the coverage rules they have now. Dentists could bill teledentistry services the same way they bill in-person dental care, and no plan could reduce coverage based on which platform a provider uses. The bill is about how a covered service is delivered, not about adding new benefits to your plan.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 242Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
A religious organization that declines to officiate a wedding could not be sued in civil court over that refusal. State and local agencies could not take away tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, or licenses because of the refusal. A couple planning a wedding could find that no officiant will perform the ceremony, and this bill would leave them without a court remedy against the group that declined. The new protection would cover only cases that begin after the bill takes effect, not cases already underway.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 224Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your apartment building runs its utility service on one submetered account and your landlord falls behind on payments, you would get at least five days of written warning before the service is cut. The notice would say what is happening in English and Spanish and give you the landlord's contact information, so you would have time to act. If the landlord pays the utility bill and avoids the disconnection, no notice would be required, and the landlord could not pass the cost of a shutoff or late fee on to you.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 922Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you rent in a neighborhood with an HOA, the association could set rules about how tenants pay, because the state limit would be removed. Homeowners in the same association would live under those rules too. No other HOA rule or lease term changes under this bill.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 1051Introduced; filed Nov. 10, 2026
If you work hourly in Texas, your pay could not drop below $15 an hour after this takes effect, and the floor would be higher if the federal minimum wage is higher. Employers would have to raise pay for any worker paid below $15 an hour, which can mean higher labor costs for small businesses. Workers and employers should check how the Section 62.057 exceptions apply to a particular job.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 213Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your city charges drivers to stop at the curb, it would have to stop collecting that fee. The change would hit the delivery, taxi, and ride-share businesses working in your city, and cities would lose the money from those fees. The text of this bill covers cities only, and it does not say what happens to fees that were already paid.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 948Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
One part of the law could no longer be enforced through private lawsuits, because that part would be repealed. The commission would enforce the whole chapter, which changes the enforcement system that clinics and other providers of abortion services work under. The bill text does not say how this would affect cases already filed under the repealed laws.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 197Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
The bill leaves the choice to your city council, so rent control for older renters would exist only in cities that adopt an ordinance. In a city that adopts one, a renter who is 75 or older could see rent held down. Renters of any age would see no change in a city that does not adopt an ordinance.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 203Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you rent a home, this would set the limit on how much a landlord can hold as a deposit. A landlord could still ask for one and a half months of rent, but not more. Renters with leases signed before September 1, 2027 would keep the deposit rules they have now until the lease is renewed.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 322Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you fell behind on property taxes, the collector could no longer take your payment first for penalties and interest. That money would go toward what you actually owe, and the 5 percent cap limits how much extra can pile up on a delinquent bill. The rule applies to the collector who handles your taxing unit's bill.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 473Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you are on Medicaid while pregnant, your coverage would not stop right after the birth. You would stay covered for at least two years after the last month of pregnancy. The bill text does not say what other services would change during that extra time, and the longer coverage still depends on federal approval.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HJR 23Proposing a constitutional amendment; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Your city, county, and school district would not be allowed to levy a property tax for any purpose after January 1, 2032, beyond repaying old bonds. The bill text does not say what would replace that money for schools, roads, police, and other services. Voters would decide on November 2, 2027.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 129Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your city runs its own water or sewer system, the city council would decide whether to offer this help and how to run it. State law now limits what these programs can do, and the bill would override one part of that limit for city-owned utilities. Customers who qualify could get help with the bill during a hard month.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 670Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If someone in your city is arrested on a misdemeanor charge, the judge would release the person on personal bond unless the judge finds a risk that they will not appear in court or a safety risk. So fewer people would sit in jail waiting on a money bond they cannot post. The bill does not change how defendants charged with more serious offenses are handled.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 161Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Hotels in the border counties this bill covers could pass the cost of the new county tax to guests as higher room rates, unless the city already collects a hotel tax on that hotel. Cities keep their own hotel tax money, and the county would collect on top of it. Only hotel tax revenue collected on or after the effective date would be affected.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 1017Introduced; filed Nov. 10, 2026
If your baby is on Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, your child's early visits could include a depression screening for you that the program covers. The screening would happen during a visit you are already taking your child to. The change depends on federal approval, so the start date is not certain.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 217Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If state law makes you report suspected child abuse, staying silent in the worst situations would move you from a misdemeanor to a felony, with the added weight of the crimes that went unreported. The change applies only to conduct on or after the effective date. The bill would take effect September 1, 2027 if the Legislature passes it.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 238Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
When your school district puts a bond on the ballot, it would take three-fifths of qualified voters to pass instead of a simple majority, so a measure that wins a majority of the vote could still fall short. A bond election already ordered before the effective date would still follow the old rule. Voters would also decide the constitutional amendment that this bill depends on.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 563Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
The appraisal office that sets your home's value each year would have less room to raise it. Your property tax bill is tied to that appraised value, so a smaller yearly increase means a slower-growing bill when home values jump. The cap applies only to your residence homestead, so rental and business property are not covered, and the bill text does not say what happens to the schools, cities, and counties that rely on these taxes.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 851Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Without the exemptions, more of a data center's purchases would be subject to sales and use tax, and a data center would not get an enterprise project tax refund. If a data center is part of a larger project in your area, the tax picture for that project would change. The available material does not say how much money is involved or when this would take effect.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 802Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
New builds and remodels in your city would be reviewed against a newer code, which can change what a permit covers and what an inspector looks for. Work already agreed to or already under way before January 1, 2028 would stay under the older code. The bill would take effect September 1, 2027 if the Legislature passes it.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 178Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Districts would receive a larger base payment per student, and the base would grow every year as prices rise. That is the first number districts plug into their school budgets. The student count behind the allotment does not include time spent in career and technology education programs or in special education programs in a setting other than a general education setting, which get a separate additional allotment.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HJR 21Proposing a constitutional amendment; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If the amendment passes, the state would have to provide medical assistance to every person who applies and qualifies for the federal matching money, starting January 1, 2028. The resolution does not spell out the cost or which programs change. Texas voters would make the call in the November 2, 2027 election.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 591Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
A teacher who moves to a new district could still take up to 12 weeks off for a new baby, an adoption, or a foster placement, because eligibility counts teaching time in Texas schools and not just time at the new district. The leave is unpaid once your paid vacation and sick days are used, and each district writes its own policy. The change would apply starting with the 2027-2028 school year if the Legislature passes it.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 331Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Local police departments and state agencies could no longer use these systems, and a person who is hurt by one could take the agency to court. The $1,000 statutory damages option would give someone a way to bring a case without proving a dollar of loss. The ban would take effect September 1, 2027 if the Legislature passes it, and it would apply only to claims that arise on or after that date.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 867Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you own an electric car with a large battery, the rules would set the ground rules for plugging into the grid and for earning money from the power you store. Most drivers would have to go through a registered aggregator or a load serving entity to take part in those markets. The bill would take effect September 1, 2027 if the Legislature passes it.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 538Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you are on Medicaid and pregnant, doula services could be covered from your pregnancy through the first year after the birth. The bill does not spell out which doula services are covered. The change depends on federal approval of a Medicaid plan change, so the start date is not guaranteed.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 139Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your electric provider sits outside ERCOT, your bill could go up but not past the ceiling the commission sets. The bill does not say how that ceiling compares with what you pay today. You would get at least 30 days' notice before the new rate starts, sent the way you asked your utility to reach you.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 116Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
In a border county with a city of 500,000 or more people, your school district and local government offices could get a lower electric bill. Residential customers would not pick up the cost, because the utility could not pass the cost of serving those schools and offices on to them or to any other customer class. A utility is off the hook if the discount would take more than 1 percent of its total yearly revenue. Charges under contracts entered into before the bill takes effect would keep the old rules.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 54Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If an ambulance company bills you out of network, the state protections against balance billing would stay in place until federal action is confirmed and published. If no such federal law takes effect, the protections would not expire on a calendar date under this bill. The bill would also keep the state's licensing authority over ambulance providers for conduct that happened before the protections expire.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 326Introduced; filed Nov. 10, 2026
Drivers who must show financial responsibility to drive could buy a policy from a state-run program, giving households another option when they shop for coverage. Whether the public plan would cost more or less than private coverage would depend on the rates the department sets, and the bill calls for a study every two years on premiums, consumer satisfaction, and the number of uninsured motorists. The plan would carry its own rules, including transparent claims handling and an independent appeals process for disputed claims.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 396Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Renters would have more time to pay what they owe or move out before a judge can order them out, and the familiar notice to pay rent or vacate form would stay in place for tenants who were not behind before that month. The 30-day rule would protect tenants who keep paying but lose their home to a foreclosure buyer. The change applies only to eviction cases where the notice to vacate is given on or after September 1, 2027. The bill also creates a faster path when a landlord ends a lease under the termination section it names, letting the landlord file the case as soon as the third day after giving notice.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 136Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If someone on Medicaid in your family has epilepsy, a monitoring device and its service or subscription fee could be covered instead of paid out of pocket. The commission would review the list of covered devices every two years and update it as technology changes, and the awareness campaign would tell providers and families what is available. People who count on a caregiver to respond during a seizure are the ones most likely to feel the change. Nothing happens until the legislature passes the bill.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 1048Introduced; filed Nov. 10, 2026
If your district or open-enrollment charter school puts a policy in place, you could get paid time off after a birth or an adoption, and your paycheck would keep coming during that leave. Districts would use the state allotment to cover what they pay out, so the cost would not fall only on local budgets. Because each district decides whether to adopt a policy, the benefit could differ from campus to campus. The Texas Education Agency would report every two years on how many employees took the leave and what it cost.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HJR 35Proposing a constitutional amendment; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you own a home, run a business, or rent an apartment, the limits would cap how much the appraised value used for property taxes can rise from one year to the next. Renters would feel the effect through what landlords pay in taxes and pass along in rent. The amendment would only give lawmakers permission, so a general law would still be needed before any limit applies. The measure would go to voters on November 2, 2027.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 101Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
The bill would replace the current limits on who can get Medicaid with one rule: if you apply and federal matching money is available for your situation, the state has to cover you. The annual report would put the cost picture in front of lawmakers, including how the change affects local health care and what hospitals give away as charity care. If voters reject the constitutional amendment, the bill would have no effect at all. Any part that needs a federal waiver could be delayed until the waiver is granted.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 455Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Districts would have more ways to spend the safety allotment, so what reaches your child's campus could include more counseling and behavior support. Items such as locks, security film, cameras, panic alert devices, two-way radios, and school resource officers would remain approved uses. Because districts decide how to use the money, the result would vary from one campus to the next. The bill is introduced only, so none of these uses are in place yet.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 610Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you are younger than 21, or you buy a gun for someone younger than 21, the transfer would be illegal, with the harshest penalty for handguns. Parents who gave written permission for a minor to get a club or location-restricted knife would have a defense under the bill. Dealers would also have to watch the transfer forms, since a false statement on one by a person barred from possession would be a felony. The bill would take effect September 1, 2027, and it would apply only to offenses committed on or after that date.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 536Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your child practices or plays sports on campus, more defibrillators within reach and more trained adults nearby could mean faster help in a cardiac emergency. The bill's caption also names certain private schools, while the sections it rewrites are the Education Code rules for school districts. The grant priority would direct planning money toward campuses with high numbers of educationally disadvantaged students. Nothing changes unless the legislature passes the bill.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 158Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
For women held in county jails and the families supporting them, the bill would set a statewide floor for prenatal and postpartum care and would make outside audits a regular part of the process. Sheriffs who run county jails would be the ones responsible for meeting the standards and for the audits. If a jail fell short, the commission's annual report would identify the deficiencies in care. The bill would take effect September 1, 2027 if the legislature passes it.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 950Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If landlords lose access to rent-setting tools, the way rents get priced in your neighborhood could change. The companies that sell this software would lose a market for their products, and landlords would have fewer automated pricing tools to work with. Renters would see any effect through the prices landlords set and what gets passed along in rent. The bill was introduced, so nothing about what can be sold has changed yet.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 1040Introduced; filed Nov. 10, 2026
Homeowners and renters in school districts would see relief in local school property taxes in years when state revenue runs above the threshold in the bill. Because the money can go only to property tax relief, the benefit would show up in your school tax bill rather than elsewhere in the state budget. The size of any cut would depend on how much extra revenue the state collects in each biennium. The bill would take effect September 1, 2027, but the tax changes would start with the 2029 biennium.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 251Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you earn at or below that pay level, your boss could not lock you into a non-compete, so you could take a job with another employer and the agreement could not be enforced against you. City and county employers are not covered, because the bill's definition of employer leaves out public employers. Agreements you signed before September 1, 2027 would still be governed by the old law.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 150Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
You could register to vote without printing a form or mailing it in. The bill puts the program in the hands of state agencies: the secretary of state, the Department of Public Safety, and the Department of Information Resources. When you have a current Texas license or ID, the state would pull a digital copy of your signature from the Department of Public Safety. An online application would count as an application submitted by mail for all purposes, and the website would have to warn applicants about the fraud offense in Section 13.007.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 521Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Your area could see new affordable rental apartments built and run by nonprofit developers, plus more nonprofit services helping people move into and stay in stable housing. The bill sets priority for the homelessness grants, starting with families who have a child under 18 or a dependent with a disability, children under 18 who are homeless and not with their family, and people recently released from prison or jail. The money would run through the state housing department, which would set the rules for how the fund can be used. How much reaches your community would depend on which nonprofit groups get grants.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 361Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Special education funding in your district would follow new formulas for the next two school years instead of the current ones. The $250 million figure is a statewide estimate, so the bill does not say how much any one district or campus would gain. What districts can count on is that their special education allotment for 2027-2028 cannot be less than the amount they received for 2026-2027. The commissioner would also have to keep state and local financial support in line with federal special education law, so the local share of the cost would still matter.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 647Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your insurance covers prescription drugs, it would have to cover a medicine for perimenopause or menopause, including coverage you get through your job. If you are on Medicaid, the state program and its managed care program would be covered too. Plans already in place would not have to change until they are renewed on or after January 1, 2028. If a federal waiver is needed before a state agency can put part of the rule in place, that part could be delayed.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 305Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you use a state agency for forms, notices, or website information, the agency would not have to provide it in another language. State agencies here include public colleges and universities, the Legislature and its agencies, and state courts and the state bar. Cities and counties are not part of this definition, so their own language rules would not change. Any translation a state agency does offer would be labeled unofficial and nonbinding.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 537Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your health plan covers prescription drugs, it would have to cover this class of medication when it is used for obesity treatment, including coverage you get through work. If you are on Medicaid, the state program and its managed care program would be covered too. Plans already in place would not have to change until they are renewed on or after January 1, 2028. If a federal waiver is needed first, that part of the rule could be delayed.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 133Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your child's campus goes more than 30 straight instructional days without a nurse on site, you would get written notice. You might get it as a post on the campus website, which the bill allows if it is no more than three links from the home page. Schools would have to make a good faith effort to give the notice in a language other than English when that is your primary language. The rule starts with the 2027-2028 school year, so it would not apply during the school year now underway.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 240Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
When a utility buys a water or sewer system, your first bill could be set at the rates that were already in force, or at the rates the utility charges in another system it owns. Either way, no new rate case could start while the purchase was pending, so the starting prices would be set without one. The bill covers only purchases whose application is filed on or after September 1, 2027.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 613Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you sell a gun to a friend or hand one to a family member, a dealer would have to run the check first, which adds a step and a cost to the sale. Dealers would take on a new duty to run checks for private sellers and report the result back to the seller. The law would take effect September 1, 2027 if the Legislature passes it.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 201Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Renters would see the full cost of a lease in writing before signing, including any charges on top of rent. The bill does not stop landlords from charging fees, it requires them to disclose them and to put the details in the lease. Landlords and property managers would have to update their application and lease forms before January 1, 2028 if the Legislature passes it.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 180Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
The first place you would notice this is the DMV and your polling place: an automatic registration when you get a license or ID, and a chance to register and vote the same day if you show a Texas license or ID with your current address, or a utility bill dated within the last 30 days along with a license, passport, or military ID. Counties run the polls, so the new hours and drop boxes land on your county clerk: counties with 55,000 or more people would have to offer 12-hour weekdays in the final week of early voting, plus a 12-hour Saturday and a 6-hour Sunday, and counties could place ballot drop boxes at polling places or other sites the state approves. Your city, county, homeowners association, or property manager could no longer write rules that keep volunteers from knocking on doors to register voters or handing out campaign leaflets, though it could still set reasonable limits on the time, place, and manner of that activity. If voters approve the related constitutional amendments, a 14-member citizen commission would draw the districts for Congress, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education, starting with the 2030 census.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 921Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Developers of affordable housing would face one more barrier to tax credits in the covered school districts, which can mean fewer new affordable units in those areas. Nothing changes for application cycles that began before the 2028 plan. Whether your community is affected depends on which school districts the referenced Education Code section covers, and the bill is still at the introduction stage.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 181Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Counties that move prisoners out of state to save money would add a state review before the contract starts and reporting after it begins. Prisoners with a record of violence involving a deadly weapon, a pattern of violence while confined in Texas, or an escape would not be eligible for transfer without a waiver from the commission. The sending county could still end the contract with 90 days' notice, and the commission could direct it to end.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 1016Introduced; filed Nov. 10, 2026
The change would apply only to trials that start on or after September 1, 2027, so it would not reach cases already in court. A defense lawyer would have to give notice of the claim no later than the 30th day before trial, and a judge could order an examination by a court-appointed expert. Either side could request that expert, and the exam could not include an assessment of the risk of danger the defendant may pose.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 243Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Parents would receive a written disclosure from their child's center, including a copy of the commission's Early Childhood Intervention Developmental Checklist and the center's own policies on caring for children with disabilities. Centers would need training and new policies to meet the rules, and the Health and Human Services Commission would write the details. The bill sets a start date of September 1, 2027.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 167Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Data center operators would pay sales and use tax on the electricity they use, and cities with a local sales tax could collect more from that use, because the bill also takes these projects off the list of power uses that are exempt from city sales tax. Builders with projects already certified keep their tax break for now, so the effect would grow over time. Whether a data center's costs go up depends on how much power it uses and the tax rates where it is located.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 1075Introduced; filed Nov. 10, 2026
Homeowners who live in their home would see the operations part of their school tax bill go down, while school districts would get state money to cover the gap. For tax rate limits and debt service, districts and assessors would keep using the property values that apply without the new exemption. The change applies only to taxes starting on or after January 1, 2028, so this school year is not affected. The decision point is the statewide vote on the constitutional amendment.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 325Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your city collects a street repair sales tax, this bill could give your city a longer planning window for paving and drainage work instead of asking voters every four years. Money from the tax could also cover utility lines under city streets, where many water and sewer repairs happen. The reauthorization election is where voters decide how many years the tax lasts. Nothing changes until the Legislature passes the bill.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 360Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you have a four-year-old, your school district would have to offer a prekindergarten class and could not charge you tuition. Three-year-olds would keep priority in the districts that offer them, and a district could ask the education commissioner for an exemption if it would have to build new classrooms. Your district would not have to bus children to prekindergarten, though buses it does provide would count as part of its regular transportation funding. Districts could still charge tuition for prekindergarten classes for children who do not qualify under the new rules.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 338Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
The bill covers specific counties and the cities inside them, including counties of 2.5 million or more but under 4 million people, border counties under 300,000 people that contain a city of 200,000 or more, and counties next to those large counties with 190,000 or more people. In covered areas, a city or county could pay a developer back for roads and utility lines it built for a qualifying development. A county's share would cover only property in the unincorporated part of the county. Developers would have to offer units to veterans, active duty military, first responders, and school district employees, and to follow federal rules that protect tenants in the lease.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 730Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your utility is outside ERCOT, a new large customer could not quietly raise what your household pays on the bill. Utilities would have to post rules for big new loads by June 1, 2028, and customers would have to show they control the site and put up money before the power gets built. Large customers would have to tell the utility if they are chasing a similar project in another state, and competitively sensitive answers would stay confidential. The bill would take effect September 1, 2027.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 1037Introduced; filed Nov. 10, 2026
Extra sales tax is what you would feel at the register, and the revenue from it is the money a city uses for property tax relief. The change would move the decision about that rate from a ballot question to your city council, so the council could raise or lower what you pay at the store without asking voters. A related change would cancel a county sales tax election if the combined rate for the county and other local taxing units would go over two percent at any spot in the county. If your city annexes land and voters approve the annexation, the city would have to repeal that extra sales tax.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 151Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you work outdoors or in a hot building in Texas, your employer would have to plan for water, shade, rest, and training before the worst heat hits. A new advisory board with two heat safety experts, two construction workers, an employer, a worker safety nonprofit, and a construction union representative would recommend the standards. The rules would not start until March 1, 2028, and it would be illegal to retaliate against a worker for reporting heat illness or filing a complaint. The bill would take effect right away only with a two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise it would start September 1, 2027.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 179Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you work for the state, you could use up to 20 hours of a state fiscal year for prenatal care without losing pay, and you could take time to pump at work. If you work for a private employer or a city with five or more employees, you could take up to five days off after a pregnancy loss. That time would be unpaid unless you use leave you already have. Your employer could ask you to confirm the loss, but the bill would not let them ask what caused it or demand records about it.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 646Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If your family set aside money in one of these accounts for the 2026-2027 school year, the bill keeps the old rules in place for that money. Any money still sitting in the program fund would go to the general fund instead of staying with the program. The bill would take effect right away only if it gets a two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise it would start September 1, 2027. The bill would also narrow the confidentiality of misconduct records for staff of education providers and change required misconduct reporting to cover private schools.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 1007Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you or your child are dealing with family violence, you would not have to choose between a job and the steps you need to stay safe. Your employer would have to post a sign about the new leave, and the Texas Workforce Commission would set the design of that sign. The bill would protect you from being fired for taking the leave if you gave notice or proof, but you would not gain seniority for the time you were out.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 102Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
People who vote in person would dig through their wallet at the polling place to find an ID that fits the list. A voter who casts a provisional ballot because of ID problems would have six days after election day to show ID to the voter registrar or sign an affidavit. The bill would also say a voter who delivers a marked ballot in person during early voting must show ID, and it would take effect September 1, 2027. A voter who claims the disability exemption on a registration would need Social Security documentation or a Veterans Affairs disability rating of at least 50 percent, plus a statement that they do not have the required ID.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 162Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Your state representative, your state senator, and your member of Congress would come from districts drawn by this commission. The bill requires at least one member chosen by each chamber of the legislature to live in a county that is not part of a metro area. Each map would have to keep districts next to each other and close to equal in population, and the secretary of state would publish a report with population figures, maps, and spending. If the constitutional amendment fails, none of this changes, because the bill would have no effect.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HJR 54Proposing a constitutional amendment; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If you do not like a bill the legislature passed, this would let you gather signatures and put a repeal to voters, but the request has to be filed within 180 days of the session's final adjournment, it would have to cover a whole bill and not just part of one, and it would need the same five percent of votes cast for governor statewide and in every Senate district. The same machinery would work in the other direction, because a petition could propose a new state law or constitutional change, and a statute approved by voters could be changed or repealed within five years only by a two-thirds record vote of each house. None of it changes unless voters approve the amendment on November 2, 2027, and the amendment says lawmakers may write laws to help run the petition process.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 304Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Your county election clerk would handle these requests and mail the ballots, and the application would now ask for an ID number, which adds a step for staff and voters. If you want to vote early, you would no longer have to explain why, and if your address is protected through the state's address confidentiality program, you would still need to register in person to get a ballot. The new rules would apply only to elections ordered on or after September 1, 2027.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 808Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Starting January 1, 2028, new hires and current workers would start earning paid sick leave, and workers hired before then could begin using it 90 calendar days after that date. Small businesses in your city would have to track the hours, post a notice in English and Spanish at hiring, and keep records for at least three years. If your job already includes other paid leave at the same rate or better, the employer would already be in compliance, and a union contract can waive the rule in clear language. Workers can file a complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission, and an employer that breaks the chapter can face penalties and pay damages.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 387Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
If a capital case is tried in your county, prosecutors would no longer seek the death penalty, and the judge would tell jurors that life or life without parole is the sentence. Every district court in Texas would work under the new rules, so the change could reach a case filed years after the crime, as long as it is still open. The bill would take effect right away if it receives a two-thirds vote of all the members elected in each house, and on September 1, 2027 if it does not.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 218Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
The case would go to a district or county court in the county where you or the person lives, and local law enforcement would hold any firearms taken under the order. The bill says an unclaimed firearm cannot be destroyed or taken by the state, and if it is sold the money goes back to the owner minus the cost of running the program. For families worried about guns and mental health, this creates a court process that families, parents, and police can use, and the clerk would have to report the order to the Department of Public Safety within 24 hours.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 113Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
Much of this waits on the federal government, so state agencies would have to seek a waiver first and could hold off on parts of the bill until they get one. If you get Medicaid and choose a private plan instead, the state could give you a sliding scale subsidy for the premium plus extra help with copays and deductibles, and any leftover subsidy money could go into a health savings account for premiums and health care costs. If your child uses long-term Medicaid services, you could owe a fee, but missing it would not take away your child's coverage. The bill would also order studies of estate recovery and of income and asset limits for long-term care, with reports due by December 1, 2028, and it names relieving local tax burdens as one of its goals.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 376Introduced; filed Nov. 9, 2026
For families, the biggest change is that a district's state money would start from the number of students enrolled rather than the number of daily attendance counts recorded. Students with excused absences would count as attended for funding purposes, and the bill would remove the method that applied a district's attendance rate to hybrid and virtual campuses, so funding would instead be split in proportion when a student spends part of the year in a traditional campus and part in a hybrid or virtual campus. Local school boards would still set budgets and tax rates, but the state money they start with would come from a different count, and districts would follow new state rules for how programs earn full or half enrollment credit. Other local rules would use the new count too, including how single-member school trustee districts are drawn and which school district appoints one member of the board that runs a county water district.
90th Regular Session (2027) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 15Signed into law; effective September 1, 2025
Builders can fit more houses on the same land, which is aimed at lowering the price of a starter home. Expect new subdivisions on the edge of cities like Dallas, Houston, and Fort Worth to have narrower lots and smaller yards.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 18Signed into law; effective immediately
If you live outside a metro area, this is aimed at keeping the nearest emergency room and maternity ward from closing. Families in rural counties may face shorter drives for childbirth and emergency care where a hospital uses the money to reopen a service line.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 6Signed into law; effective immediately
The rules are meant to keep the cost of new transmission lines off household bills and to protect homes during a grid emergency. Large new facilities near your city must show they can power down before they are allowed to power up.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 24Signed into law; effective September 1, 2025
Housing and commercial projects clear city council with a simple majority more often. If you want to fight a rezoning near your home, you need far more of your neighbors signed on than before, and you should speak at the public hearing.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 9Signed into law; approved by voters in November 2025
If you own a shop, salon, food truck, or small office, most of your equipment now falls below the taxable line and you may drop off the appraisal roll entirely. Cities and counties collect less from small business accounts, which shows up in local budget debates.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 186Passed the House; died in the Senate
Nothing changed for your family yet. The bill drew heavy attention and its authors have said they will file it again, so age checks on social apps are likely to come back up in the next session.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 229Signed into law; effective September 1, 2025
Driver license records, birth records, and other state paperwork use the sex listed at birth. For transgender Texans, that means state documents may not match the gender they live as, which can complicate travel, benefits, and job paperwork.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 17Signed into law; effective September 1, 2025
Title companies and real estate agents now run extra checks at closing, which can add paperwork to some sales. Legal residents and US citizens are not covered by the ban, but buyers with foreign business ties should expect questions before a deal closes.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 13Signed into law; effective September 1, 2025
Your district library list is now public, so you can look up any title your child can borrow. Book approvals move slower because the board votes on them, and a parent petition can create an advisory council in your town.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 12Signed into law; effective September 1, 2025
If you have a child in a Texas public school, you can ask the district for teaching materials and records and expect a response under set deadlines. Districts across the state have closed DEI offices, renamed staff positions, and rewritten club policies to comply. Some student clubs now need a parent permission form.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 2Signed into law
If you have school-age kids, you have a new option to weigh and a new application deadline to track. Local districts watch this closely because state funding follows student enrollment, so districts with many departures may see budget pressure over time.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → HB 2Signed into law
Teachers in your district may see a raise, and campuses may add reading or math staff. Because much of the money is earmarked for specific uses, your district still has to budget carefully for everyday costs like buses, utilities, and buildings.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 10Signed into law; challenged in federal court
Your childs classroom may look different this year, and your district may be spending staff time on compliance or legal questions. Court rulings could change what districts are required to do, so the practical outcome is not settled.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → SB 3Vetoed by the governor
Stores that sell hemp-derived THC products stayed open, but the rules around them are still shifting. If you buy or sell these products, expect further changes from state agencies rather than a single settled law.
89th Regular Session (2025) · StatewideContact your rep → 
