As the 86th Legislature draws to a close, a series of end-of-session deadlines begin to take effect. Below is a list of deadlines that occur next week:
- Monday, May 20: Deadline for house to distribute last House Local & Consent Calendar with senate bills.
- Tuesday, May 21: Last day for house to consider second reading senate bills and senate joint resolutions on the House Daily or Supplemental Calendar.
- Wednesday, May 22: 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 23: Midnight deadline for house to distribute senate amendments.
- Friday, May 24: 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 25: 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 conference committee.
- Sunday, May 26: Last day for house to adopt conference committee reports or discharge house conferees and concur in senate amendments. Last day for senate to concure in house amendments or adopt conference committee reports.
- Monday, May 27: 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 the Texas Legislature Online, and Senate agendas are available in hard copy from the library (Rm. 2N.3).
Bill statistics for the period of Nov. 12, 2018 - May 10, 2019 are below.
House Bills (HB) & Joint Resolutions (HJR) | Senate Bills (SB) & Joint Resolutions (SJR) | |
Filed | 4,912 | 2,629 |
Reported out of committee | 2,291 | 906 |
Passed by chamber of origin | 1,449 | 777 |
Referred to committee in opposite chamber | 1,179 | 736 |
Reported out of committee in opposite chamber | 313 | 419 |
Passed opposite chamber | 142 | 93 |
Signed by the Governor | 8 | 21 |