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Bill Statistics, 133rd Day, 89th R.S.

May 27

posted by TexasLRL in Bill statistics, 89th Session, Legislative process

Today is the 134th day of the 89th Regular Session. There are six days until the last day of session (Sine die).

Bill statistics comparing the 133rd day of the 89th and the 88th Regular Sessions are below. For information about what happens to a bill after it passes, please see our Legislative FAQ page.

 

Bill statistics for the period of November 12, 2024 — May 26, 2025, are below:

 

  House Bills (HBs) &
House Joint Resolutions (HJRs)		 Senate Bills (SBs) &
Senate Joint Resolutions (SJRs)
Filed 5,852 3,162
Reported out of committee 1,901 1,116
Passed by chamber of origin 1,178 1,004
Referred to committee in opposite chamber 1,004 996
Reported out of committee in opposite chamber 652 819
Passed opposite chamber 455 445
Sent to the Governor 235 277
Signed by the Governor 35 130
Filed without the Governor's signature 2 5
Vetoed by the Governor 1 0

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Bill Statistics, May 21, 2025

May 21

posted by TexasLRL in Bill statistics, 89th Session, Legislative process

Today is the 128th day of the 89th Texas Legislature. There are twelve days until sine die, the last day of session.

Bill statistics for the period of November 12, 2024 — May 20, 2025, are below.

 

 

  House Bills (HBs) &
House Joint Resolutions (HJRs)		 Senate Bills (SBs) &
Senate Joint Resolutions (SJRs)
Filed 5,852 3,161
Reported out of committee 1,901 1,112
Passed by chamber of origin 1,172 994
Referred to committee in opposite chamber 916 979
Reported out of committee in opposite chamber 287 676
Passed opposite chamber 175 267
Sent to governor (bills only) 102 190
Signed by the governor (bills only) 2 90

 

Previous bill statistics:

 

 

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Bill Statistics & Upcoming Deadlines, May 19, 2025

May 19

posted by TexasLRL in Bill statistics, 89th Session, Legislative process

As the 89th 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 26: Deadline for the last House Local & Consent Calendar with Senate bills (SBs) to be distributed.
  • Tuesday, May 27: Last day for the House to consider second reading Senate bills and Senate joint resolutions (SJRs) on the House Daily or Supplemental Calendar.
  • Wednesday, May 28: Last day for the 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 Supplemental Calendar.
    Last day for the Senate to consider all bills and joint resolutions on second or third reading.
  • Thursday, May 29: Deadline for Senate amendments to be distributed in the House.
  • Friday, May 30: Deadline for House copies of conference committee report (CCR) on the general appropriations bill to be distributed.
    Last day for the House to act on Senate amendments.
    Deadline for Senate copies of conference committee reports on tax, general appropriations, and reapportionment bills to be printed and distributed.
  • Saturday, May 31: Deadline for House copies of conference committee reports on joint resolutions and bills other than the general appropriations bill to be distributed.
    Deadline for Senate copies of all conference committee reports on joint resolutions and bills other than tax, general appropriations, and reapportionment bills to be printed and distributed.
  • Sunday, June 1: Last day for the House to adopt conference committee reports or discharge House conferees and concur in Senate amendments.
    Last day for the Senate to concur in House amendments or adopt conference committee reports.
  • Monday, June 2: Last day of the 89th Regular Session (Sine die); only corrections may be considered in the House and the Senate.

 

House and Senate calendars are available on Texas Legislature Online.

 

 

Bill statistics for the period of November 12, 2024 — May 16, 2025, are below.

 

 

  House Bills (HBs) &
House Joint Resolutions (HJRs)		 Senate Bills (SBs) &
Senate Joint Resolutions (SJRs)
Filed 5,852 3,160
Reported out of committee 1,901 1,108
Passed by chamber of origin 1,172 982
Referred to committee in opposite chamber 804 968
Reported out of committee in opposite chamber 208 607
Passed opposite chamber 92 215
Sent to governor (bills only) 55 178
Signed by the governor (bills only) 1 34

 

Previous bill statistics:

 

 

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Bill Statistics & Upcoming Deadlines, May 12, 2025

May 12

posted by TexasLRL in Bill statistics, 89th Session, Legislative process

As the 89th 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 19: First day the Senate can consider bills and resolutions the first day they are posted on the Senate Notice of Intent Calendar.
  • Wednesday, May 21: Deadline for the House to distribute its last House Local and Consent Calendar with local House bills (HBs).
  • Friday, May 23: Last day for the House to consider local House bills on Local and Consent Calendar on second and third reading.
  • Saturday, May 24: Last day for House committees to report Senate bills (SBs) and Senate joint resolutions (SJRs).
  • Sunday, May 25: Deadline for the House to distribute its last House Daily Calendar with Senate bills and Senate joint resolutions.

 

House and Senate calendars are available on the Texas Legislature Online.

 

Bill statistics for the period of November 12, 2024 — May 9, 2025, are below.

 

 

  House Bills (HBs) &
House Joint Resolutions (HJRs)		 Senate Bills (SBs) &
Senate Joint Resolutions (SJRs)
Filed 5,852 3,155
Reported out of committee 1,883 1,080
Passed by chamber of origin 729 893
Referred to committee in opposite chamber 524 832
Reported out of committee in opposite chamber 74 401
Passed opposite chamber 37 140
Sent to governor (bills only) 2 104
Signed by the governor (bills only) 0 6

 

Last week's bill statistics:

 

 

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Bill Statistics & Upcoming Deadlines, May 5, 2025

May 5

posted by TexasLRL in Bill statistics, 89th Session, Legislative process

As the 89th 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 12: Last day for House committees to report House bills (HBs) and House joint resolutions (HJRs).
  • Tuesday, May 13: Deadline for the House to distribute the last House Daily Calendar with House bills and House joint resolutions.
  • Wednesday, May 14: Deadline for the House to distribute the last House Local and Consent Calendar with consent House bills.
  • Thursday, May 15: Last day for the House to consider House bills and House joint resolutions on second reading on the House Daily or Supplemental Calendar.
  • Friday, May 16: Last day for the House to consider consent House bills on second and third reading on the Local and Consent Calendar and all third reading House bills or House joint resolutions on the House Supplemental Calendar.

 

House and Senate calendars are available on Texas Legislature Online.

 

Bill statistics for the period of November 12, 2024 — May 2, 2025, are below.

 

 

  House Bills (HBs) &
House Joint Resolutions (HJRs)		 Senate Bills (SBs) &
Senate Joint Resolutions (SJRs)
Filed 5,849 3,152
Reported out of committee 1,693 933
Passed by chamber of origin 477 770
Referred to committee in opposite chamber 207 769
Reported out of committee in opposite chamber 7 264
Passed opposite chamber 2 76
Sent to governor (bills only) 0 19
Signed by the governor (bills only) 0 3

 

 

 

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Bill Filing Deadline Statistics, 89th Legislature

Mar 18

posted by TexasLRL in Legislation, Bill statistics, 89th Session

Friday, March 14th marked the 60-day bill filing deadline for the 89th Regular Session. When the deadline passed, a total of 8,898 bills and joint resolutions had been filed. See below for a comparison of the 88th and 89th Regular Sessions and related historical bill filing deadline statistics.

 

 

 

Bills and Joint Resolutions 88th Regular Session
(Nov. 14, 2022 — March 10, 2023)		 89th Regular Session
(Nov. 12, 2024 — March 14, 2025)
House filed 5,497 5,792
Senate filed 2,656 3,106
Total filed 8,153 8,898
House referred to committee 2,482 2,468
Senate referred to committee 1,381 1,906
Total referred to committee 3,863 4,334
House scheduled for hearing 81 91
Senate scheduled for hearing 55 201
Total scheduled for hearing 136 292
House reported out of committee 13 5
Senate reported out of committee 13 94
Total reported out of committee 26 99

 

 

 

 

 

 

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First Day of Prefiling Statistics, 89th Regular Session

Nov 15

posted by TexasLRL in Bill statistics, 89th Session, Legislative process

In Texas, the House Rules (Rule 8, Section 7) and the Senate Rules (Rule 7.04(a)) allow legislators to prefile bills "beginning the first Monday after the general election preceding the next regular legislative session."

 

Prefiling for the 89th Texas Legislature began on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. A total of 1,511 bills and resolutions were filed in the House and Senate on November 12, a record number for the first day of the prefiling period.

 

Below are statistics comparing all bills and resolutions filed during the prefiling period for the 71st Legislature (1989) to the 89th Legislature (2025).

 

Chart comparing the number of bills and resolutions filed during the prefiling filing period from the 71st to the 89th legislative sessions.

 

For a general overview of bill prefiling, see our previous blog post, Bill Prefiling FAQs.

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, is the first day of the 89th Texas Legislature.

Friday, March 14, 2025, is the deadline for the unrestricted filing of bills and joint resolutions other than local bills, emergency appropriations, and emergency matters submitted by the governor.

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Bill Statistics After Signing/Veto Period, 88th Legislature, R.S.

Jun 22

posted by TexasLRL in Legislation, Bill statistics, 88th Session

Sunday, June 18, 2023 was the last day the governor could sign or veto an enrolled bill from the 88th Regular Session. If neither action was taken, the bill became law without his signature.

88th Legislature, R.S., Statistics

The following bill statistics were calculated on June 20, 2023, at 4 p.m.

 

  House Bills (HBs) &
House Joint Resolutions (HJRs)		 Senate Bills (SBs) &
Senate Joint Resolutions (SJRs)
Filed 5,619 2,726
Reported out of committee 2,200 866
Passed by chamber of origin 1,594 816
Referred to committee in opposite chamber 1,520 812
Reported out of committee in opposite chamber 871 631
Passed opposite chamber 769 513
Sent to the Governor 744 502
Signed by the Governor 629 409
Filed without the Governor's signature 92 39
Signed by the Governor/line item veto 1 0
Vetoed by the Governor 22 54

 

 

House Bills (HBs) & Senate Bills (SBs)
Filed 8,046
Sent to the Governor 1,246
Signed by the Governor 1,038
Filed without the Governor's signature 131
Signed by the Governor/line-item veto 1
Vetoed by the Governor 76
House Joint Resolutions (HJRs) & Senate Joint Resolutions (SJRs)
Filed 299
Filed with the Secretary of State 13
House Concurrent Resolutions (HCRs) & Senate Concurrent Resolutions (SCRs)
Filed 185
Filed with the Secretary of State 14
Sent to the Governor 86
Signed by the Governor 85
Filed without the Governor's signature 1
Vetoed by the Governor 0

 

To see how these statistics have changed, please view our previous bill statistics blog posts:

 

You can also view lists of bills by the governor's action on Texas Legislature Online (TLO).

1. On TLO's homepage, click on the "Reports" link under Additional Searches.

 

 

2. Then click on the "General Reports" tab to see the lists of bills by the governor's action.

 

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Bill Statistics, Two Weeks After Sine Die, June 12, 2023

Jun 13

posted by TexasLRL in Legislation, Bill statistics, 88th Session

Sunday, June 18, 2023, is the last day the governor can sign or veto an enrolled bill. If neither action is taken, the bill becomes law without his signature.

 

88th Legislature, R.S., Statistics

The following bill statistics were calculated on June 13, 2023, at 8:45 a.m.

 

  House Bills (HBs) &
House Joint Resolutions (HJRs)		 Senate Bills (SBs) &
Senate Joint Resolutions (SJRs)
Filed 5,619 2,726
Reported out of committee 2,200 866
Passed by chamber of origin 1,594 816
Referred to committee in opposite chamber 1,520 812
Reported out of committee in opposite chamber 871 631
Passed opposite chamber 769 513
Sent to the Governor 744 502
Signed by the Governor 459 236
Filed without the Governor's signature 51 24
Vetoed by the Governor 1 1

 

 

House Bills (HBs) & Senate Bills (SBs)
Filed 8,046
Sent to the Governor 1,246
Signed by the Governor 695
Filed without the Governor's signature 75
Vetoed by the Governor 2
House Joint Resolutions (HJRs) & Senate Joint Resolutions (SJRs)
Filed 299
Filed with the Secretary of State 13
House Concurrent Resolutions (HCRs) & Senate Concurrent Resolutions (SCRs)
Filed 185
Filed with the Secretary of State 14
Sent to the Governor 86
Signed by the Governor 61
Filed without the Governor's signature 1
Vetoed by the Governor 0

Previous bill statistics posts:

 

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Updated Bill Statistics, June 5, 2023

Jun 5

posted by TexasLRL in Bill statistics, 88th Session, Legislative process

Sunday, June 18, 2023, is the last day the governor can sign or veto an enrolled bill. If neither action is taken, the bill becomes law without his signature.

 

88th Legislature, R.S., Statistics

The following bill statistics were calculated on June 5, 2023, at 10:50 a.m.

 

  House Bills (HBs) &
House Joint Resolutions (HJRs)		 Senate Bills (SBs) &
Senate Joint Resolutions (SJRs)
Filed 5,619 2,726
Reported out of committee 2,200 866
Passed by chamber of origin 1,594 816
Referred to committee in opposite chamber 1,520 812
Reported out of committee in opposite chamber 871 631
Passed opposite chamber 769 513
Sent to the Governor 742 501
Signed by the Governor 110 226
Filed without the Governor's signature 5 24
Vetoed by the Governor 1 1

 

 

House Bills (HBs) & Senate Bills (SBs)
Filed 8,046
Sent to the Governor 1,242
Signed by the Governor 336
Filed without the Governor's signature 29
Vetoed by the Governor 2
House Joint Resolutions (HJRs) & Senate Joint Resolutions (SJRs)
Filed 299
Filed with the Secretary of State 13
House Concurrent Resolutions (HCRs) & Senate Concurrent Resolutions (SCRs)
Filed 185
Filed with the Secretary of State 14
Sent to the Governor 86
Signed by the Governor 47
Filed without the Governor's signature 1
Vetoed by the Governor 0

Previous bill statistics posts:

 

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