August 15, 2025 -

Leadership

Governor: Greg Abbott -  Vetoes

Lieutenant Governor: Dan Patrick

Speaker of the House: Dustin Burrows 

Special Session Topics

 Proclamations   Messages

• Consider and act upon legislation further protecting unborn children and their mothers from the harm of abortion. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation making it a crime to provide hemp-derived products to children under 21. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation prohibiting taxpayer-funded lobbying, including the use of tax dollars to hire lobbyists and payment of tax dollars to associations that lobby the Legislature. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation protecting women's privacy in sex-segregated spaces. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation reducing the property tax burden on Texans and legislation imposing spending limits on entities authorized to impose property taxes. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation that protects law enforcement officers from public disclosure of unsubstantiated complaints in personnel files. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation that provides a congressional redistricting plan. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation that strengthens the Attorney General's authority to investigate and prosecute state election crimes. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation to comprehensively regulate hemp-derived products, including limiting potency, restricting synthetically modified compounds, and establishing enforcement mechanisms, all without banning lawful hemp-derived products. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation to eliminate the STAAR test and replace it with effective tools to assess student progress and ensure school district accountability. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation to ensure and enhance youth camp safety. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation to evaluate and streamline rules and regulations to speed preparedness and recovery from natural disasters. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation to improve early warning systems and other preparedness infrastructure in flood-prone areas throughout Texas. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation to provide relief funding for response to and recovery from the storms which began in early July 2025, including local match funding for jurisdictions eligible for FEMA public assistance. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation to strengthen emergency communications and other response infrastructure in flood-prone areas throughout Texas. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation, similar to Senate Bill No. 1253 from the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, that authorizes political subdivisions to reduce impact fees for builders who include water conservation and efficiency measures. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation, similar to Senate Bill No. 1278 from the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, that protects victims of human trafficking from criminal liability for non-violent acts closely tied to their own victimization. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation, similar to Senate Bill No. 2878 from the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, relating to the operation and administration of the Judicial Department of state government. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Consider and act upon legislation, similar to Senate Bill No. 648 from the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, that provides strengthened protections against title theft and deed fraud. [Fri Aug 15, 2025]
• Legislation relating to a groundwater study of East Texas aquifers by the Texas Water Development Board prior to the issuance of permits or permit amendments by certain groundwater conservation districts. [Wed Aug 20, 2025]
• Legislation to authorize a person to purchase Ivermectin at a pharmacy. [Wed Aug 20, 2025]
• Legislation to impose penalties or punishments for legislators who willfully absent themselves during a session. [Wed Aug 20, 2025]
• Legislation authorizing contracts with sheriffs and constables for the provision of law enforcement services and legislation relating to the appropriation or transfer of funds to or from a law enforcement agency. [Mon Aug 25, 2025]
• Legislation to prohibit same day voter registration in Texas. [Mon Aug 25, 2025]
• Legislation relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices. [Tue Aug 26, 2025]
• Legislation that protects law enforcement officers from public disclosure of unsubstantiated complaints and other information maintained in law enforcement agency files. [Tue Aug 26, 2025]

Journals

The House Journal and Senate Journal for the 89th 2nd Called Session are available online.

Rules
House Rules (89th R.S.)
Senate Rules (89th R.S.)