15-05-2025
Thousands of Texas House bills ‘die' at key midnight deadline
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — At 12 a.m. Friday, thousands of bills in the Texas House of Representatives will meet their end.
As of 5 p.m. Thursday, the House passed 1,067 bills, with each passing three rounds of voting. House representatives filed 5,852 bills this session, which puts the House's 'death toll' at around 81.7% of its bills.
Some of the bills that could die at midnight include:
HB 1375, which would have prohibited books with certain content
HB 1449, which would have eased food truck permitting requirements
HB 3817, which would have created a criminal offense targeting transgender people
HB 5151, which would have increased air quality permitting requirements for rock crushing plants
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KXAN reported on several House bills that already passed in the chamber this session, including ones to legalize fentanyl test strips, end STAAR testing, ban minors from social media, and create education savings accounts.
TxLege data: How long do sessions last and how many bills are typically passed?
The next critical deadline during the 89th Legislative Session is May 24, the last day that the House can advance Senate bills out of its committees.
As of 5 p.m. Thursday, the House received 971 bills from the Senate. House committees already passed 389 of those bills to the House floor for consideration.
What are the Texas Legislature's session deadlines?
So far, state legislators have sent only 173 bills to the governor, just 1.9% of the 8,958 bills filed this session.
KXAN reported in 2023 that the 88th Legislative Session sent 1,246 bills to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. He signed 1,038 of those bills outright. Abbott vetoed 76 bills in 2023, which set a new personal record across the governor's four prior legislative sessions while in office.
The legislative session ends June 2.
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