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Texas Legislature 2023

Is it law yet? See how far some of the most consequential bills have made it in the 2023 Texas Legislature

A look at the status of the major bills making their way through the Texas Legislature.

by Texas Tribune Staff

Four squares with four icons: the top left icon is of the Texas capitol with a yellow question mark over it, the top right icon is of a bill with with a yellow question mark over it, the bottom left icon is of the Texas capitol with a red checkmark over it and the bottom right icon is of a bill with a green checkmark over it.
Credit: Illustration by Emily Albracht

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Editor's note: An earlier version of the bill tracker included SB 9, which would have given one-time bonuses to teachers according to their school district's enrollment size. However, we removed it from the tracker after a House committee removed teacher bonuses from the bill.

Texas lawmakers filed thousands of bills during the 2023 legislative session. However, most of those bills won’t become law. Lawmakers will spend the final weeks before the session ends on May 29 trying to push through their priorities. They will also try to stop certain bills from going through by delaying votes and letting them miss key deadlines. If a bill fails, it might still be revived as an amendment to other legislation. Most new laws take effect Sept. 1.

Here’s how the legislative process works:

Major bills at a glance

Bills that are still in the works

Bills that have been sent to Gov. Abbott

Bills that have been signed into law

Bills that failed or were vetoed by the governor

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