When we last reported on this subject right after the March 21 filing deadline, we were staggered by the sheer number of bills creating new or expanded legal duties, new causes of action, new or expanded civil and administrative penalties, new criminal penalties, new DTPA expansion, new statutory damages (including punitive damages), new attorney general enforcement authority, and new mandatory attorney’s fees and costs.
You can refer to our post on March 21 for the gory details, but for our current purposes we will try to assess the breadth of the liability landscape that emerged from this session. Let’s begin with a general perspective. In 2025, legislators filed a total of 9,014 bills and resolutions, about a 4.6% increase over 2023’s 8,616 (you can check my math on that). House members dropped 5,862 of these, Senators 3,162 (in 2023, the numbers were 5,619 and 2,726). Even though the members filed more bills, however, the number of bills that actually got through the process and to the governor’s desk, fewer passed than last time, 1,135 in 2025 (12.6%) to 2023’s 1,252 (14.5%). And whereas, in 2023, 751 House bills and joint resolutions and 508 Senate bills survived, this session the number of House bills finally passed dropped to 627, while the Senate number rose to 599. (I hope all these figures reconcile.)
It seems plausible, based on these numbers, that the very significant turnover in the membership of the House could be at least partly responsible for the uptick in House filings (perhaps as well as for the downtick in enrolled House bills). If we did a deeper dive into the number of House bills reported from House committees and the number of House bills that eventually died in Calendars, we might make a judgment on how the committees, many of whom had new chairs and a lot of new faces, functioned, but we’ll leave that for another day. Nevertheless, although the relative inexperience of the House (don’t forget we had a new speaker as well) might have played a role in the numbers, that does not hold equally true for the Senate. Only three of them enjoyed their first session, but everything else was status quo. We can only conclude that, in general, Senators (and the Lt. Governor) were even more active than usual in trying to control the legislative agenda.
So what does this have to do with new causes of action and the other things that come with them? If we break things down to attempt an apples-to-apples comparison between the two sessions, here is what we get:
- In 2023 about 356 new causes of action were filed. (Thus number shocked us at the time, but little did we know what lay in store two years later.) That comes to about 4.1% of the total bills filed. In 2025, however, 763 new causes were dropped, about 8.4% of the total. There is clearly something going on here.
- In 2023, 9 bills were filed expanding the DTPA. This session, the number jumped to 41, 5 of which passed as opposed to 1 in 2023.
- The same trend is true of new penalties. In 2023, we saw 150 filed and only 11 enrolled. This time we saw 218 filed and 37 enrolled.
- As to criminal penalties, there were 18 filed last time, only one of which passed. This time there were 87 introduced, 12 of which passed.
- How well did attorneys do this session in terms of recovering their fees (this includes the attorney general, who runs one of the biggest law firms in the world)? Somewhat better than in 2023, where 76 were filed but only 11 enacted. This time 185 were filed, 15 of which survived. The most disturbing thing in these numbers is the alarming regularity with which mandatory attorney’s fees appear almost as boilerplate language.
- Finally, how much bigger did we make the attorney general’s law firm? Last time, we created 8 new enforcement responsibilities versus 14 this time (out of 148 filed).
Remember that these numbers aggregate bills aimed at businesses, health care providers, and governmental entities. Remember also that these bills are for the most part targeted at specific industries or types of businesses, health care providers, and governmental entities. From our perspective, however, the big takeaway is that what used to be a pretty solid barrier against expanding liability in Texas has crumbled. When coupled with the unfortunate fact that nothing could be done to address noneconomic and medical damages, the commercial trucking loophole, and the threat of public nuisance lawsuits, we have finally arrived at the the destination we saw coming several sessions ago.
When about 16.6% of the total bills (5.6% in 2023) filed in a legislative session have one or more aspects that place a heavier compliance and liability burden on businesses (and in some cases put people completely out of business), pre-empt or restrict the independent judgment of health care providers, and penalize governmental entities and employees at the expense of taxpayers, we can be sure that a new day has dawned. There can no longer be any question that the Legislature has turned to a different model of regulation, one that substitutes unpredictable, erratic, and highly politicized retribution in place of collaboration and a predictable administrative process. We can sit here and say that it could have been worse, and, boy, it sure could’ve been. But “could’ve been worse” hasn’t been the legislative standard around here, at least not since 1993, when the Legislature and Governor began building a constructive partnership to make the Texas business climate the best in the world.
Texas is still a very attractive place to do business, but how attractive depends on what kind of business someone wants to do here. Undoubtedly, the Legislature favors some more than others, and to the Legislature’s credit, we don’t want some of the others, anyway. The problem is, when you put a target on a specific type of business or health care practice or governmental function, you can’t but help catching up a lot of innocent bystanders at the same time. Like it or not, when you’re the eighth largest economy in the world, you can’t just take one brick out of the house and expect the thing to hold up forever. Unlike in the past, this economy is more mobile than ever, and the kinds of business it involves can be done wherever. Texas may be hot right now (and that’s quite literally part of a problem to which we need to pay more attention), but the cumulative effect of an increasingly penal and arbitrary regulatory system should not be underestimated.
New Causes of Action (general) (6): SB 1333 (squatter enablers); HB 783 (online impersonation); SB 1198 (drone operators); SJR 34 (parental rights); HB 4281 (fraudulent crowdfunding); SB 2373 (phishing);
New Causes of Action Against Businesses or Employers/Legal Duties Giving Rise to Tort/Contract Liability (41): SB 243 (migrant labor housing facilities); SB 823 (shrimp sellers/restaurants); SB 261 (cell-cultured protein); SB 1238 (insurers); HB 2221 (insurers); HB 2663 (oil and gas operators); HB 119 (lobbyists); HB 2963 (digital electronic equipment manufacturers); HB 3229 (renewable energy component recyclers); HB 3805 (money services businesses); HB 3806 (state trust companies); HB 3809 (battery storage facilities); SB 2337 (proxy advisors); HB 4179 (landlords); HB 4211 (managing entities of residential arrangements); HB 4215 (delivery network companies); SB 2368 (ERCOT market participants); HB 130 (genome sequencing); SB 3 (consumable hemp products); HB 149 (AI); SB 441 (AI); SB 512 (money services business) SB 790 (landlords); HB 3159 (oil and gas producers); SB 1036 (solar retailers); SB 1254 (professional employer services providers); SB 1313 (tobacco product sellers); SB 1316 (e-cigarette sellers); SB 1806 (disposal wells); SB 1791 (auto insurers); SB 1802 (landlords); SB 2371 (skimmers); SB 2420 (app stores/developers); SB 3388 (surplus lines); SB 815 (utilization review); SB 1236 (PBMs); SB 926 (HMOs); SB 1238 (insurers); HB 2221 (life and health insurers); SB 493 (health plan issuers); SB 17 (foreign entities)
New Civil or Administrative Penalties Against Business and Employers (31): SB 3; SB 243; SB 261; HB 2663; HB 3229; HB 2368; HB 3159; SB 1036; SB 823; HB 145; HB 4215; HB 581; HB 1403; HB 3611; SB 512; SB 1333; HB 5560; SB 2221; SB 2371; SB 2373; HB 119; HB 149; SB 441; SB 1236; SB 815; SB 3388; SB 926; SB 1238; HB 2221; SB 493; SB 17
New Criminal Penalties Against Businesses (8): HB 449(AI); SB 3 (manufacturers and sellers of consumable hemp products); SB 1806 (oil and gas) SB 2024 (app stores); SB 1313 (e-cigarettes); SB 127 (report child abuse); SB 1316 (e-cigarettes); SB 17 (foreign entities)
New Causes of Action Against Health Care Providers (10): HB 216 (health care providers); HB 742 (retaliation for reporting human trafficking); SB 984 (informed consent for individualized investigational treatments); HB 2038 (supervision of physician graduates); HB 3441 (vaccine manufacturers); SB 2167 (massage establishments and schools); HB 4076 (health care providers); HB 130 (genome sequencing); HB 4454 (patient solicitation); SB 1188 (medical facilities and practitioners)
New Civil or Administrative Penalties Against Health Care Providers (5): HB 130; HB 216; HB 742;HB 3749; HB 4454
New Criminal Penalties Against Health Care Providers (2): HB 2510; HB 4454
New Causes of Action Against Governmental Entities and Employees (7): SB 33 (abortion); SB 1035 (political subdivisions); HB 3373 (school administrators); SB 40 (political subdivisions); SB 840 (cities and counties); HB 4623 (public schools); SB 1851 (cities)
New Civil or Administrative Penalties Against Governmental Entities/Employees (1): HB 3372
New Criminal Penalties Against Governmental Entities/Employees (1): SB 127
Waiver of Sovereign Immunity (2): HB 4623; SB 33
New DTPA Actions (5): HB 2963 (digital electronic equipment manufacturers); SB 2420 (app stores); SB 2337 (proxy advisors); HB 4211 (managing entities of residential arrangements); SB 441 (AI)
New Statutory Penalties/Punitive Damages (4): HB 483; HB 130 (lifts cap on punis); HB 4623; HB 4281
New Attorney’s Fees/Costs (15): HB 783; SB 1035;HB 2963; HB 4281; HB 4623; HB 130; SB 40; SB 512; SB 2371; SB 2373; HB 119; SB 3411; SB 33; SB 1333; HB 149
New Attorney General Enforcement Power (14): HB 119; HB 2187; SB 33; HB 149; SB 1188; HB 1403; HB 2963; HB 130; SB 512; HB 3159; SB 1851; SB 2371; SB 2373; SB 17
License Refusal/Disciplinary/Revocation Authority (3): HB 149; SB 916; SB 3
Texas legislators have filed hundreds of new causes of action and penalties against business through March 21, 2025.
Brief bill summaries are available on our weekly tracking report at https://tcjl.com/tcjl-tracking-report-4-17-25/
New Cause of Action Tracker
March 21, 2025
New Causes of Action (general) (66): SJR 51/HJR 25/HB 179 (eliminates limitation on sexual abuse claims); HB 235 (intimate visual material); HB 270 (false reports to law enforcement); HB 414/HB 1076/SB 465/HB 2105/HB 2131/HB 2454/HB 3274/HB 4031/HB 4299 /HB 4223/ SB 1333/HB 4467 (squatter enablers); HB 729 (housing discrimination); HB 783 /SB 2682(online impersonation); HB 1127 (breast feeding); HB 1196 (all-terrain vehicles); HB 1375 (obscenity); HB 1601 (sex discrimination); HB 1980 (extends child support obligation to date of conception); HB 2022/HB 4785/SB 1167/SJR 51/SB 2905 (no limitations for child sexual abuse claims; retroactive application); HB 2146 (sexual misconduct); HB 2241 (gun manufacturers/sellers); HB 2258 (aiding social transitioning); HB 2843 (sexual assault offenders); HB 3478 (anyone who encourages gender affirming care); HB 3777 (dog owners); HB 4012/SB 2579 (qui tam action for insurance fraud); HJR 27 (right to clean environment); HJR 28 (parental rights); HJR 120 (retroactive civil action for child sexual abuse); SB 534 (adverse possession); SB 880/HB 2285/HB 4960 (mass text message campaigns); SB 946 (lenders); SB 949/HB 4333/SB 2492 (financial institutions); SB 1009 (easement owners); SB 1198 (drone operators); SJR 12/HJR 92 (parental rights); SJR 24 (right to privacy); SJR 34/HJR 112 (parental rights); SB 1691 (material showing racial or ethic bias); SB 1960/HB 3950 (unauthorized digital replicas); SB 1995 (property owners); HB 4281 (fraudulent crowdfunding); HB 4327 (expands wrongful death actions); HB 4595 (transporting minor for abortion); SB 2373 (phishing); HB 4982 (civil liability for hate crimes); SB 2880/HB 5510 (abortion drugs);
New Causes of Action Against Businesses or Employers/Legal Duties Giving Rise to Tort/Contract Liability (366): HB 164/SB 243 (migrant labor housing facilities); HB 186 (social media platforms); HB 239/SB 240 (same sex bathrooms); HB 302/SB 361 (employers); HB 317 (employers); HB 383 (employers); HB 421 (AI generators); HB 499 (social media platforms); HB 699 (cosmetics manufacturers); HB 715 (discrimination in public accommodation/unlawful employment practice/discrimination in housing); HB 719 (cosmetics manufacturers); HB 722 (insurers); HB 735 (meat sellers); HB 736 (environmental permits); HB 778 (group health plans); HB 798 (landlords); HB 822 (mandatory paid sick leave); HB 841/HB 1298/HB 1880 (employers); HJR 65/HB 823 (employers); HB 854 (residential property insurers); HB 872 (ESG); HB 946 (auto insurers); HB 921 (social media platforms); HB 938/HB 1075 (drag performances); HB 943 (employers); HB 988 (corporate directors); HB 949 (employers); HB 970 (PBMs); HB 991 (abortion drugs); HB 1069 (employers/contractors); HB 1121 (AI); HB 1099/HB 2900 (landlords); HB 1111 (gender discrimination); HB 1164 (discrimination in public accommodation); HB 1171 (landlords); HB 1177 (diverting surface water); HB 1191/HB 2466 (employers); HB 1375 (shareholder liability for obscenity); HB 1184 (landlords); HB 1185 (landlords); HB 1206 (landlords); HB 1247 (landlords); HB 1351 (employers); HB 1369 (landlords); HB 1431 (cell-cultured protein); HB 1474/SB 566 (dietary supplements); HB 1549/SB 2399 (obscene devices); HB 1609 (employment discrimination against volunteer firefighter); HB 1709 (AI/employers/social media platforms/ISPs); HB 1809/SB 1238 /HB 4392 (insurers); HB 1812 (homeowners’ associations); HB 1860 (landlords); HB 1907/HB 2403/HB 2409 (local government contractors); HB 1947 (damage to critical infrastructure facilities); HB 2031 (landlords); HB 2043 (earned wage access service providers); HB 2093 (restaurants); HB 2094 (restaurants); HB 2155 (hemp sellers); HB 2186 (contractors/elevator mechanics); HB 2197 (mothers and health care providers); HB 2221 (insurers); HB 2244 (electric vehicle manufacturers); HB 2254 (PPOs and exclusive provider benefit plans); HB 2270 (railroads); HB 2305 (electric utilities); HB 2343 (restaurants/school districts/shrimp sellers); HB 2352 (wireless telephone service providers/mobile device manufacturers); HB 2472 (employers); HB 2491 (algorithmic devices for residential rent); HB 2493 (eviction services); HB 2515 (insurers); HB 2527 (lobbyists); HB 2628 (foreign owners of real property); HB 2663 (oil and gas operators); HB 2691 (lobbyists); HB 2753 (employers); HB 2831 (covered entities); HB 2840 (sellers of milk products); HB 2870 (construction contractors); HB 2872 (vaccine records sellers); HB 2874 (social media platforms); HB 2891 (RRC regulated entities); HB 2912/SB 1845/HB 119 (lobbyists); HB 2928/HB 3843/SB 2562 (referral agencie for assisted nursing facilities); HB 2968 (corporate owners of rental properties); HB 2901 (landlords); HB 2903 (landlords); HB 2904 (landlords); HB 2905 (landlords); HB 2907 (landlords); HB 2963 /HB 3682 (digital electronic equipment manufacturers); HB 2976/SB 1484 (food service establishments); HB 3021 (insurers); HB 3042 (laboratory claim integrity programs); HB 3060 /HB 4256(antitrust actions); HB 3137 (herbicide sellers/distributors/applicators + food/beverage sellers); HB 3155 (landlords); HB 3195 (senior independent living communities); HB 3213 (excavators); HB 3229/SB 2659 (renewable energy component recyclers); HB 3244 (power generators); HB 3265 (drug manufacturers/distributors); HB 3273 (property owners); HB 3428 (bars, restaurants, and other businesses); HB 3454 (insurers); HB 3465; HB 3519 (farmers); HB 3542 (health plans); HB 3569 (insurers); HB 3611/SB 284 (commercial advertisers); HB 3621/SB 1820 (primary and secondary market ticket sellers); HB 3694 (websites and apps); HB 3740 (ag chemical applicators); HB 3755/SB 2490 (AI); HB 3772 (e-cigarettes); HB 3787 (manufacturers/retailers of unsafe or counterfeit lighters); HB 3805 (money services businesses); HB 3806 (state trust companies); HB 3809/SB 1824 (battery storage facilities); HB 3837 (autonomous vehicles); HB 3845 (health insurers); HB 3862 (social media platforms); HB 3863 (HMOs/insurers); HB 3922 (businesses with shareholders); HB 3958 (museums); HB 3969 (insurers); HB 3980/SB 2752 (fantasy games); HB 3982 (employers); SB 4012 (owners of residential buildings; HB 4028/SB 2441 (chemical plants); HB 4041 (propane distribution system retailer); HB 4061/SB 2056 (credit card issuers); HB 4079 (proxy advisors); HB 4087/SB 1626 (social media platforms); HB 4092 (insurers); HB 4124/SB 2026 (payment card networks/credit card issuers); HB 4169 (fire remediators); HB 4179 (landlords); HB 4189 (ISPs); HB 4200 (electronic media platforms); HB 4205/SB 2957 (residential real estate service agreements); HB 4207 (railroads); HB 4211 (managing entities of residential arrangements); HB 4215/SB 2154 (delivery network companies); HB 4232 (oil and gas operators); HB 4242 (hemp producers/sellers); HB 4243 (consumer reporting agencies); HB 4250 (landlords); HB 4251 (employers); HB 4294 (app developers/app store owners); HB 4297 (sellers of goods and services); HB 4298/SB 2421 (electronic device manufacturers); HB 4305 (landlords); HB 4235 (lawyers); HB 4388 (social media platforms); HB 4340 (social media platforms); B/SB 2368/Hb 131 (ERCOT market participants); HB 4363 (battery energy storage facilities); HB 4362 (manufacturers of electronics-enabled farm equipment); HB 4423 (biometric identifiers); HB 4456 (social media platforms); HB 4516 (biometric date storage); HB 4561 (auto manufacturers); HB 4562 (businesses); HB 4572 (oil and gas operators); HB 4610 (retailers); HB 4612 (oil and gas companies); HB 4633 (retail distribution centers); HB 4636 (sensitive data controllers); HB 4681 (HMOs, health insurers); HB 4723 (businesses); HB 4777 (kennels, animal shelters); HB 4778 /SB 2906 (financial institutions); HB 130/SB 1429 (genome sequencing); HB 4899 (telephone solicitors); HB 4976 (digital service providers); Hb 5073 (landlords); HB 5144 (veterans assistance); HB 5118 (employers); HB 5227 (actors’ unions); HB 28 (consumable hemp products); HB 149 (AI); HB 5212; HB 5373 (employers); HB 5400/SB 2868 (employers); HB 5425 (employers); HB 5510/SB 2880 (abortion drugs); HB 5517 (social media platforms); HB 5495 (controllers); HB 5496 (businesses using AI); HB 5505 (multiunit complexes); HB 5543 (bad faith patent infringement); HB 5594/SB 2971 (MLS, real estate brokers)HB 3191 (employers)
SB 3 (manufacturers and sellers of consumable hemp products); SB 82 (third party criminal acts on business premises); SB 91 (employers); SB 122 (food sellers); SB 115 (health plan issuers); SB 213 (insurers); SB 220 (employers); SB 229 (auto dealers); SB 230 (consumer reporting agencies); SB 278 (employers of former TCEQ employees); SB 312/HB 4807 (investment managers/proxy advisors); SB 315 (DNA); SB 324/HB 1308/HB 1488/HB 2744/HB 3681/ SB 2650/HB 3210 (employers E-Verify); SB 340/HB 3198 (landlords); SB 381/HB 2547 (remote vehicle disabling technology); SB 405/HB 3592 (out-of-state PACs); SB 441 (AI); SB 442 (AI); SB 443 (corporate owners of short term rentals); SB 473 (telephone solicitation); SB 484 (manufacturers/sellers of portable generators); SB 485 (landlords); SB 493 (health plan issuers); SB 501/HB 1335 (excavation activities); SB 512/SHB 1516 (money services business); SB 578 (exterior surveillance cameras low income housing); SB 584 (consumer reporting agency); SB 585 (consumer reporting agency; SB 591 (clothing sales on internet); SB 593 (insurers); SB 603 (landlords); SB 606/SB 695/HB 5434 (consumer reporting agency); SB 655 (sports agents); SB 668 (AI); SB 726 /HB 3285 (smart phone manufacturers and operators); SB 754 /HB 3472(coercing health care services); SB 790 (landlords); SB 701 (health plan issuers); SB 782/HB 3159 (oil and gas producers); SB 838/HB 860/HB 2859 (subscription services); SB 851/HB 2037 (landlords)/SB 908 (firearms dealers); HB 2173 (social media platforms); SB 934 (electric utilities); SB 945 (insurers); SB 948/HB 2223 (disclosure of confidential eviction information); SB 959 (health plans); SB 1000/HB 880/HB 2478 (consumer reporting agencies); SB 1009 (easement holders); SB 1034 (retail public utilities); SB 1036 (solar retailers); SB 1040 (property owners); SB 1065 (government contractors); SB 1103 (hemp sellers); SB 1179/HB 2824 (chemical facilities); SB 1182 (sellers of tobacco products); SB 1254 (professional employer services providers); SB 1275 (crisis nursery facilities); SB 1310 (senior independent living communities); SB 1313 (tobacco product sellers); SB 1314 (e-cigarette retailers); SB 1315/HB 3965 (tobacco sellers); SB 1316/HB 2735 (e-cigarette sellers); SB 1360/HB 3522 (honey producers); SB 1411/SB 1820 (health plans/utilization review agents); SB 1429 (insurers); SB 1460 (occupational licensees); SB 1472 (assisted living facilities); SB 1488 (pathogen researchers), SB 1585/HB 129 (information or communications technology or services vendors); SB 1652 (pet stores); SB 1698/HB 3771 (e-cigarettes); SB 1806 /HB 3707(disposal wells); SB 1791 (auto insurers); SB 1802 (landlords); SB 1811/HB 1641 (HMOs/health insurers); SB 1865/HB 4087 (electric bicycle sellers); SB 1917/SB 3859 (automobile manufacturers/distributors); SB 1960 /HB 3950 (online service providers); SB 1971 (real estate brokers and agents); SB 1973 (human body acquisition services); SB 2130 (veterinary services consolidators, private equity entities); SB 2149 (electric utilities); SB 2267 (insurers/HMOs); SB 2340/HB 4852/Hb 4716 (foreign entities); SB 2371 /HB 4358 (skimmers); SB 2420/HB 4901 (app stores/developers); SB 2524 /HB 5241(landlords); SB 2567 (use of AI to set prices); SB 2610 (cybersecurity breach); SB 2637 (social media platforms); SB 2738 (bot accounts); SB 2661/HB 5560 (groundwater district customers); SB 2530 (TWIA); SB 2881 (digital service providers); SB 2991 (AI use by employers); SB 3003 (online sales of obscene devices); SB 1235 (information blocking)
New Civil or Administrative Penalties Against Business and Employers (121): HB 239/SB 240; HB 822; HB 970; HB 1069; HB 1111; HB 1474/SB 566; HB 1549/SB 2399; HB 1709; HB 1907/HB 2403/HB 2409; HB 2031/SB 340/HB 3198; HB 2043; HB 2244; HB 2527; HB 2663; HB 2870; HB 2872; HB 2874; HB 2891; HB 2968; HB 2905; HB 2912/SB 1845/HB 119; HB 2928/HB 3843/SB 2562; HB 2976/SB 1484; HB 3137; HB 3155; HB 3213; HB 3229/SB 2659; HB 3244; HB 3265; HB 3427; HB 3611/SB284; HB 3755/SB 2490; HB 3787; HB 3845; Hb 3958; HB 3969; HB 3980/SB 2752; HB 3982; HB 4041; HB 4147; HB 4200; HB 4205/SB 2957 ; HB 4207; HB 4232; SB 278; SB 405/HB 3592; SB 443; SB 512/HB 1516; SB 591; SB 655/SB 838/HB 860/HB 2859; HB 4250; SB 3; SB 782/HB 3159; SB 880; SB 1036; SB 1065; SB 1182; SB 1254; SB 1275; SB 1411; SB 1460; SB 1488; SB 1585/HB 129; SB 1652/HB 3458; SB 1698/HB 3772; SB 2026/HB 4124; SB 2130; HB 4284; HB 4298/SB 2421; HB 4378/SB 2368/HB 131; SB 2267; HB 4456; HB 4561; SB 2340/HB 4716; HB 4633; HB 4681; SB 2371/HB 4853; HB 2373; HB 130/SB 4249; HB 4960/HB 2285; SB 2524/HB 5234; SB 2637; SB 2738; SB 2661; SB 2530; HB 5144; HB 5277; HB 149; SB 2991; HB 3191
New Criminal Penalties Against Businesses (61): HB 387 (AI); HB 401/SB 893/HB 2795 (AI); HB 418 (AI); HB 449/SB 1108/HB 2551 (AI); HB 556 (AI); HB 733 (homebuilders); HB 1092 (AI); HB 1121 (AI); HB 1177; HB 1185; HB 1674/SB 886 (PFAS); HB 1434 (obscenity); HB 1849/HB 2536 (sales of real property to foreign entities); HB 1717 (AI); HB 1907/HB 2403/HB 2409; HB 1947; HB 2030 (obscenity); HB 2155; HB 2351; HB 2472; HB 2691; HB 2733 (attorneys);HB 3519 (farmers); HB 3681 (employers); HB 3694; HB 3771; HB 4061/SB 2056; HB 4205/SB 2957; SB 3 (manufacturers and sellers of consumable hemp products); SB 228 (AI); SB 315 (DNA); SB 908; SB 1103; SB 1179/HB 2824; SB 1181 (combative event promoters); SB 1316; SB 1585/HB 129; SB 1698; SB 1806/HB 3707; SB 2130; HB 4516; SB 2340/HB 4716/HB 4852; SB 2421; HB 28; HB 5510/SB 2880 (abortion drugs); HB 5505; SB 3003; SB 1235
New Causes of Action Against Health Care Providers (160): HB 607 (discrimination); HB 742 (retaliation for reporting human trafficking); HB 943 (coercing COVID vaccine); HB 964 (clinical labs); HB 975/SB 984 (manufacturers of individualized investigational treatments); HB 991 (abortion drugs); HB 1084 (IVF); HB 1088 (gender transitioning); HB 1132 (health care facilities); HB 1199 (nursing homes); HB 1219/SB 350 (health of pregnant individual); HB 1265 (AI mental health professionals); HB 1356/HB 3392 (health care providers); HB 1365/SB 168 (mental health professionals); HB 1467 (nursing homes); HB 1652 (treatment of minors); HB 1685/HB 2038/SB 881 (supervision of physician graduates); HB 1869 (alternate board certification); HB 1771 (pharmacists); HB 1791 (prescribers of opioids); HB 1792 (reproductive health protected health care information); HB 1869/SB 902 (health care facilities); HB 2072 (physicians and hospitals); HB 2072 (health care providers); HB 2187/SB 2356 (hospitals); HB 2197 (health care providers); HB 2218 (nursing homes); HB 2264 (health care professionals); HB 2324 (assisted living facilities); HB 2374 (long-term care facilities); HB 2375 (nursing facilities); HB 2376 (nursing facilities); HB 2586 (pregnancy resource centers); HB 2653 (veterinarians); HB 2710 (medical providers); HB 2747/SB 1595/HB 4408 (health care entities); HB 2831 (covered entities); HB 2872 (health care providers); HB 3176/SB 1983 (vaccines); HB 3304 (schools and health care facilities); HB 3321 (health care entities and systems); HB 3415/HB 3431/SB 2181 (physicians/practitioners/mental health providers); HB 3441 (vaccine manufacturers); HB 3455 (drug manufacturers/sellers); HB 3560 (hospitals); HB 3588 (health care facilities and practitioners); HB 3589 (group homes); HB 3595 (assisted living facilities); HB 3708 (hospitals); HB 3737 (vaccines); HB 3749 (medical spas); HB 3865 (residential facilities); HB 3945/SB 2167 (massage establishments and schools); HB 3957 (health care providers); HB 3979 (naturopaths); HB 4076 (health care providers); HJR 91 (vaccines); HB 4100/SB 2043 (health care facilities); HB 4224 (covered entities); HB 4250 (assisted living and nursing facilities); HB 4454 (health facilities); HB 4500 (health care providers); HB 4586 (pharmaceutical advertisers); HB 4593 (abortion drugs); HB 4595/SB 2352 (assisting unemancipated minor travel); HB 4726 (homeless services); HB 4756 (prescription drug advertising); HB 130/SB 2429 (genome sequencing);HB 5510/SB2880; HB 3318 (investigational treatments); HB 2819 (outpatient behavioral health); HB 251/SB 1219
SB 95 (vaccines); SB 115 (gender modification); SB 116 (gender transitioning); SB 120 (hospital providers); SB 125/HB 5090 (direct blood donations); SB 128 (hospital reports to DFPS); SB 315 (DNA); SB 407/HB 1468 (health care facilities); SB 481 (nursing homes); SB 669/HB 216/SB 1270 (itemized bills); SB 699/HB 5396 (in-patient rehab facilities); SB 754/HB 3472 (coercing health care services); SB 761/HB 1953 (health care facilities/sexual assault victims); SB 916/HB 4054 (EMS provider); SB 961 (health care providers); SB 1010/HB 2945 (freestanding emergency facilities); SB 1038 (Medicaid fraud); SB 1139 (senior independent living centers); SB 1159 (health care providersHB 436 (governmental entities); SB 1188 (medical facilities and practitioners); SB 1204 (health care providers); SB 1275 (crisis nursery facilities); SB 1368 (assisted living and nursing facilities); SB 1411 (health care providers); SB 1488 (pathogen researchers);SB 1777 (health care providers); SB 1782 (group homes); SB 1887/HB 5022 (vaccines); SB 1986 (opioid labeling); SB 2267 (insurers/HMOs); SB 2447 (assisted reproductive technology providers); SB 2769; SB 1684 (pregnancy resource centers)
New Civil or Administrative Penalties Against Health Care Providers (48): HB 1084; HB 1219/SB 350; HB 1356/HB 3392; HB 1467 (nursing homes); HB 1791; HB 2218/HB 2224; HB 2374; HB 2586; HB 2653; HB 2747/SB 1595/HB 4408; HB 2872; HB 3372; HB 3415/SB 2181; HB 3588; HB 3595; HB 3708; HB 3865; HB 3945/SB 2167; HB 3957; HB 3979 ; SB 128; SB 315; SB 699/HB 5396; SB 761/HB 1953; SB 1038/HB 2886; SB 1139; SB 1159; SB 1275; SB 1368; SB 1411; SB 1488; HB 4500; HB 4586; HB 4595/SB 2352; HB 130/SB 2429; SB 2447; SB 1684
New Criminal Penalties Against Health Care Providers (17): HB 2072, HB 2197; HB 2510; HB 2710; HB 2773; HB 3431; HB 3945/SB 2197; HB 3979; SB 1204; SB 1777; SB 1782; HB 4595/SB 2352; HB 5510/SB 2880; SB 1684
New Causes of Action Against Governmental Entities and Employees (171): HB 167 (DEI); HB 320 (landlords); HB 323 (E-Verify); HB 468 (school districts); HB 585 (limiting access to reproductive treatment); HB 653 (restricting access to contraception); HB 909 (police misconduct); HB 991 (judges); HB 1014 (school districts) HB 1167 (judges and magistrates); HB 1228 (cities); HB 1279 (school districts); HB 1280 (anti-discrimination standards); HB 1281 (governmental entities); HB 1479/SB 306 (expressive rights on college campuses); HB 1619 (school bus arms); HB 1645 (campus police and local governments for crimes committed by illegal immigrants); HB 1654 (discrimination against injured employee); HB 1792 (reproductive health protected health care information); HB 1797 (state/local governments drug testing); HB 1895 (electric co-ops/municipal utilities wind projects); HB 1907/HB 2403/HB 2409 (local government contracts with China); HB 1910 (cities); HB 1919 (denial of health care services); HB 1937 (comptroller); HB 1964/SB 1035 (political subdivisions); HB 2062/HB 2704 (state and local governments); HB 2083 (governmental entities); HB 2012 (public schools, institutions of higher ed, and students) HB 2138 /SB 2265 (state); HB 2149 (cities); HB 2156/SB 1008 (cities); HB 2169 (State Bar); HB 2175 (cities); HB 2235 (schools); HB 2242 (constables); HB 2244 (state agencies); HB 2248 (governmental entities); HB 2260 (state elected officials); HB 2287/SB 2047 (judges); HB 2311 (universities and colleges); HB 2330 (governmental entities); HB 2333 (higher ed institutions); HB 2342/SB 810 (school districts); HB 2343 (school districts); HB 2565 (school districts); HB 2566 (local entities); HB 2595 (ISDs and higher education institutions); HB 2687 (cities); HB 2690 (government agencies/public officials); HB 2770 (cities); HB 2821 (counties); HB 2826 /HB 3661/SB 2044(school teachers); HB 2831 (covered entities); HB 2846/SB 86/HB 4002 (school districts); HB 2872 (health authorities); HB 3075 (state agencies); HB 3160 (ISDs, public libraries); HB 3225 (municipal public libraries); HB 3244 (publicly-owned electric utilities); HB 3292/HB 3736/HB 4787/HB 5548 (school districts); HB 3373 (school administrators); HB 3411 (school teachers); HB 3427 (political subdivisions); HB 3456 (school districts); HB 3573 (governmental entities); HB 3582 (school districts); HB 3616 (school districts/government entities); HB 3711 (city and county employees, ISD board members); HB 3742 (higher ed); HB 3842 (governmental entities/employees); HB 3933 (state and local governments); HB 3958 (museums); HB 4040 (ISDs); HB 4100/SB 2043 (state or local government); HB 4183 (ISDs, teachers); SHB 4195 (ISDs); HB 4283 (cities); HB 4314/SB 2236 (cities/counties); HB 4313/SB 2235 (political subdivisions); HB 4381 (ISDs); HB 4348 (cities); HB 4349 (higher ed institutions); HB 4415 (governmental entities); HB 4448 (ISDs); HB 4496 (cities); HB 4547 (state agencies); HB 4452 (governmental entities); HB 4561 (ISDs, educators); HB 4263 (ISDs, school employees); HB 4777 (kennels, animal shelters); HB 4788 (higher ed institutions); HB 5135 (governmental entities); HB 5158 (political subdivisions); HB 5510/SB 2880; HB 5460 (libraries); HB 5541 (state agencies); HB 5612/SB 3016 (cities and counties); HB 3323 (ballot tabulation supervisors); HB 3491 (election officials)
SB 19/ HB 3257/HB 3615/HB 4860 (political subdivisions); SB 40 (political subdivisions); SB 123 (executive director of Texas Medical Board); SB 126 (school districts); SB 239/HB 309/HB 1189/HB 1294; SB 317;HB 3227 (removal of statues); SB 324/HB 1308/HB 1488/HB 2744/HB 3210 (E-Verify); SB 382 (AI); SB 589 (public employers); SB 618/HB 2773 (election officials); SB 673 (cities); SB 730/HB 1806 (logistical support for abortions); SB 840/HB 3404 (cities and counties); SB 844 (cities); SB 854/ HB 3172 (cities); SB 983 /HB 3548 (school districts); SB 965/HB 717 (school districts); SB 1005/HB 5602/HB 1554 (governmental entities); SB 1073 / HB 2969 (State Bar); SB 1224/HB 2206 (superintendents); SB 1276 (risk pools); SB 1291 (governmental bodies); SB 1299/HB 2892 (state and local governments); SB 1310 (senior independent living facilities); SB 1420 (cities, counties, ISDs); SB 1488 (higher ed institutions); SB 1847 (governmental entities); SB 1851/HB 4097 (taxing units); SB 1993 (cities); SB 1999 (ISDs, higher ed institutions, public employers); SB 2101 (city libraries); SB 2233 (higher ed institutions); SB 2277 (ISDs); SB 2489/HB 4943 (cities); SB 2574 (officials and employees); SB 2627; SB 2653 (cities, special districts); /sb 2742 (public employees/officers); SB 2742 (higher ed institutions); SB 2821 (ISCs, higher ed); SB 2943 (state licensing agencies); SB 2946 (higher ed institutions); SB 1524/HB 1403 (HHSC)
New Civil or Administrative Penalties Against Governmental Entities/Employees (49): HB 1014; HB 1654; HB 1895; SB 317; HB 3227; SB 618/HB 2773; SB 293/HB 1761 (judges); HB 2004 (school district employees); HB 2062/HB 2704; HB 2083; HB 2284; HB 2287/SB 2047; HB 2566; HB 2595; HB 2826/HB 3661/SB 4044; HB 2872; HB 3075; HB 3225; HB 3244; HB 3373; HB 3958; HB 4040; HB 4195; SB 840/HB 3404 (cities and counties: loss of tax revenue); SB 844 (cities and counties: loss of tax revenue); SB 936 (ISD board and superintendent); SB 1276 (risk pools); SB 1310; SB 1488; SB 2101; HB 4283; SB 2233; HB 4381; SB 2653; SB 2742; SB 2821; HB 5612/SB 3016; SB 1524/HB 1403; HB 3323; HB 3491
New Criminal Penalties Against Governmental Entities/Employees (9): HB 1167; HB 1279; HB 1280; HB 2333; HB 2595; HB 3711; SB 1224/HB 2206; HB 4183
Waiver of Sovereign Immunity (40): HB 909; HB 1167; HB 1228; HB 1394; HB 1479/SB 306; HB 1654; HB 1910; HB 1919; HB 2062/HB 2704; HB 2093; HB 2149; HB 2260; HB 2287; HB 2047; HB 2330; HB 2595; HB 2687; HB 2690/HB 3427; HB 3582; HB 3842; HB 4183; SB 317; SB 673; SB 840/HB 3404; SB 844; SB 854/HB 3172; SB 936; SB 1299/HB 2892; SB 1488; SB 2079; HB 4418; HB 4547; HB 4632; HB 4777
New DTPA Actions (41): HB 186 (social media platforms); HB 495 (sick animals); HB 852 (zero emissions labeling); HB 1651 (Internet sales of abortion drugs); HB 2491 (residential rent algorithms); HB 2493 (eviction services); HB 2963 /HB 3682/SB 2428 (digital electronic equipment manufacturers); HB 3081 (raises penalties); HB 3265; HB 3321; HB 3694; HB 3837; HB 3862; SB 484 (labeling of portable generators); SB 949/SB 2492/HB 4333; SB 1036; SB 1698/HB 3771; SB 1865/HB 4087; HB 4169; HB 4205/SB 2957; HB 4211; HB 4305; HB 4340; HB 4362; HB 4456; HB 4500; HB 4562; HB 4756; HB 4899; SB 2420/HB 4901; SB 2567; SB 2738; HB 5144; HB 5496
New Statutory Penalties/Punitive Damages (56): HB 270; HB 783/SB 2682; HB 921; HB 938/HB 1075;HB 943; HB 991; HB 1127; HB 1167; HB 1247; HB 1369; HB 1654; HB 1797; HB 1947; HB 2241; HB 2258; HB 2330; HB 2831; HB 2904; HB 2909; HB 3060/HB 4256; HB 3081; HB 3273; HB 3411; HB 3455; HB 3845; HB 4087/SB 1626; SB 95; SB 473; SB 512/SB 1516; SB 754/HB 3472; HB 4012/SB 2579; HB 948/HB 2233; SB 949/SB 2492/HB 4333; SB 1299/HB 2892; SB 1960/HB 3950; SB 1995; HB 4305; HB 4547; HB 4777; HB 130/SB 2429; SB 2421; HB 4982; HB 5073; HB 5212; HB 5425
New Attorney’s Fees/Costs (185: HB 167; HB 170; HB 186; HB 239/SB 240; HB 270; HB 414/HB 1076//HB 4223/HB 2105/HB 2454/HB 3274/HB 4031/HB 4299/HB 4467; SB 1333; HB 421; HB 585; HB 783/SB 2682; HB 822; HB 852; HB 909; HB 938/HB 1075; HB 943; HB 991; HB 1050; HB 1111; HB 1127; HB 1164; HB 1128; HB 1247; HB 1279; HB 1280; HB 1281; HB 1369; HB 1375; HB 1474/SB 566; HB 1479/SB 306; HB 1601; HB 1797; HB 1812; HB 1910; HB 1964/SB 1035; HB 2031; HB 2062; HB 2083; HB 2146; HB 2244; HB 2258; HB 2330; HB 2566; HB 2687; HB 2690; HB 2747/SB 1595/HB 4408; HB 2805; HB 2928/HB 3843/SB 2562; HB 2846/SB 86/HB 4002; HB 2963/HB 3682/SB 2428; HB 3060/HB 4256; HB 3137; HB 3225; HB 3273; HB 3287/SB 1612; HB 3372; HB 3427; HB 3411; HB 3455; HB 3582; HB 3647; SB 19/ HB 3257/HB 3615; HB 3777; HB 3842; HB 3845; HB 3958; HB 4205/SB 2957; HB 4207; HB 4250; SB 40; SB 91; SB 95; SB 239/HB 309/HB 1189/HB 1294; SB 291; SB 312/HB 4807; SB 315; SB 340; SB 443; SB 473; SB 484; SB 512/HB 1516; SB 754/HB 3472; SB 730/HB 1806; SB 673; SB 840/HB 3404; SB 844; SB 854/HB 3172; HB 3708; HB 4012/SB 2579; HB 4179; SB 936; SB 948/HB 223; SB 949/HB 4333/SB 2492; SB 1065; SB 1291; SB 1299/HB 2892; SB 1420; SB 1585; SB 1691; SB 1698/HB 3772; SB 1730; SB 1960/HB 3950; SB 1995; SB 2043/HB 4100; SB 2130; HB 4284; HB 4305; HB 4500; HB 4547; HB 4555/SB 2748; HB 4562; HB 4595; HB 4613; HB 4632; SB 2371/HB 4853; SB 2373; HB 4723; HB 4777; HB 4778/SB 2906; HB 130/SB 2429; HB 4825; SB 2420/HB 4901; SB 2489/HB 4943; HB 4969; HB 4982; HB 5050; SB 2574; HB 5073; SB 2742; HB 5227; HB 149; HB 5245; HB 5212; HB 5425; HB 5510/SB 2880; HB 5517; HB 5543; SB 1684
New Attorney General Enforcement Power (148): HB 186; HB 191/HB 402/HB 1566/HB 1849/HB 2536/SB 307/HB 2752/SB 17(foreign acquisition of real property); HB 239/SB 240; HB 243; HB 354; HB 970; HB 943; HB 1004/SB 846; HB 1014; HB 1164; HB 1280; HB 1281; HB 1467; HB 1474/SB 566; HB 1709; HB 1907/HB 2403/HB 2409; HB 2031; HB 2062/HB 2704; HB 2187/SB 2356; HB 2566; HB 2653; HB 2747/SB 1595/HB 4408; HB 2770; HB 2821; HB 2831; HB 2912/SB 1845/HB 113; HB 2928/HB 3843/SB 2562; HB 2968; HB 2963/HB 3682/SB 2428; HB 3060/HB 4256; HB 3137; HB 3225; HB 3372; HB 3427; HB 3772; SB 315; SB 512/HB 1516; SB 317/HB 3227; SB 3616; HB 3777; HB 3787; HB 3865; HB 3958; HB 3979; HB 3980/SB 2752; HB 4012/SB 2579; SB 591; SB 618/HB 2773; SB 655; SB 668; SB 730/HB 1806; SB 838/HB 860; SB 754/HB 3472; HB 3708; HB 4250; SB 782/HB 3159; SB 844; SB 936; SB 949/HB 4333/SB 2492; SB 983/HB 3548; HB 3842; HB 4040; SB 1065; SB 1159; SB 1291; SB 1310; SB 1585/HB 129; SB 1691; SB 1698/HB 3772; SB 1851; SB 2056/HB 4061; SB 2130; SB 2149; HB 4283; HB 4284; HB 4298/SB 2421; SB 2233; HB 4349; HB 4456; HB 4516; HB 4555/SB 2748; HB 4562; HB 4595/SB 2352; SB 2340/HB 4716/HB 4852; HB 4633; SB 2371/HB 4853; SB 2373; HB 4723; HB 130/SB 2429; SB 2637; SB 2738; SB 2742; HB 5227; HB 149; HB 5266; HB 5212; SB 2821; HB 5510/SB 2880; SB 1684; SB 1524/HB 1403; HB 3323; HB 3491; SB 1235
License Refusal/Disciplinary/Revocation Authority (43): HB 994 (foreign medical schools); HB 997/SB 471 (telehealth providers); HB 1709 (AI); HB 1791 (prescribers of opioids); HB 1869/SB 902 (health care facilities); HB 2284 (music therapists); HB 2586; HB 2826/HB 3661/SB 2044; SB 381/HB 2547; HB 3411; HB 3427; HB 3588; HB 3589; HB 3708; HB 3957; HB 3979; HB 3980/SB 2752; HB 4215/SB 2154; SB 473; SB 481; SB 669/HB 216/SB 1270 (health care providers); SB 474 (prosecuting attorneys); SB 916/HB 4054 (emergency services providers); SB 1159 (health care providers); SB 1188 (medical facilities and practitioners); SB 1360 (honey manufacturers); SB 1460 (occupational licensees); SB 1698/HB 3772; HB 4561; HB 4595/SB 2352; HB 4726; SB 2421
