As the 85th Legislature draws to a close, a series of end-of-session deadlines begins to take effect. Below is a list of deadlines that occur next week:
- Monday, May 22: Deadline for house to distribute last House Local & Consent Calendar with senate bills.
- Tuesday, May 23: Last day for house to consider second reading senate bills and senate joint resolutions on the House Daily or Supplemental Calendar.
- Wednesday, May 24: Last day for house to consider local and consent senate bills on second and third reading, and all third reading senate bills and senate joint resolutions on the House Supplemental Calendar. Last day for senate to consider all bills and joint resolutions on second or third reading.
- Thursday, May 25: Midnight deadline for house to distribute senate amendments.
- Friday, May 26: Last day for house to act on senate amendments. Midnight deadline for senate to print and distribute senate copies of conference committee reports on tax, general appropriations, and reapportionment bills.
- Saturday, May 27: Midnight deadline for house to distribute house copies of all conference committee reports. Midnight deadline for senate to print and distribute senate copies of all conference committee reports on bills other than tax, general appropriations, and reapportionment bills, and all house amendments to senate bills and joint resolutions that did not go to a conference committee.
- Sunday, May 28: Last day for house to adopt conference committee reports or discharge house conferees and concur in senate amendments. Last day for senate to concur in house amendments or adopt conference committee reports.
- Monday, May 29: Last day of the 85th Regular Session (sine die); only corrections may be considered in house and senate.
House and Senate calendars are available on Texas Legislature Online, and Senate agendas are available in hard copy from the library (Rm. 2N.3).
Bill statistics for the period of Nov. 14, 2016 - May 14, 2017 are below. For information about what happens to a bill after it passes, please see our Legislative FAQ page.
| House Bills (HB) & Joint Resolutions (HJR) | Senate Bills (SB) & Joint Resolutions (SJR) | |
| Filed | 4,444 | 2,356 |
| Reported out of committee | 1,915 | 1,003 |
| Passed by chamber of origin | 1,017 | 846 |
| Referred to committee in opposite chamber | 842 | 757 |
| Reported out of committee in opposite chamber | 160 | 339 |
| Passed opposite chamber | 82 | 88 |
| Sent to the Governor (bills only) | 21 | 55 |
| Signed by the Governor (bills only) | 1 | 5 |
