Session Pulse

The 89th session, in motion

The rhythm of the 89th Regular Session — how much moved each week, the bills that surged fastest, and how it all resolved. A retrospective read of the recorded action history.

Bills

8,716

Recorded actions

133,889

Active weeks

Signed or passed

24%

Legislative activity, week by week

Recorded actions per 7-day period · busiest stretch (May 22–May 28) drew 15,033 actions.

Nov 7Jun 19

Biggest movers — peak actions in a single week

01SB 1 — General Appropriations Bill.peak Apr 10–Apr 16892/wk
02SB 2 — Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.peak Jan 30–Feb 5128/wk
03SB 25 — Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.peak May 22–May 2890/wk
04SB 17 — Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.peak May 8–May 1483/wk
05SB 10 — Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.peak May 22–May 2864/wk
06SB 12 — Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools.peak May 22–May 2859/wk
07HB 2 — Relating to public education and public school finance.peak Apr 10–Apr 1658/wk
08HB 500 — Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.peak Apr 10–Apr 1653/wk
09HB 6 — Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.peak May 22–May 2850/wk
10SB 30 — Relating to recovery of health care-related damages in certain civil actions.peak May 22–May 2848/wk
11SB 13 — Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.peak May 22–May 2846/wk
12SB 6 — Relating to the planning for, interconnection and operation of, and costs related to providing service for certain electrical loads and to the generation of electric power by a water supply or sewer service corporation.peak May 22–May 2843/wk

How the session resolved

Signed1,186
Passed a chamber936
In committee776
Died / failed5,818
Other0

Source: Texas Legislature Online · Recorded action history for the 89th Regular Session (Nov 2024 – Jun 2025).

Data source: Texas Legislature Online