89th Legislature (2025)

Committees

Committees decide which bills get a hearing. 53% of referrals this session never got one, and Public Education reported out just 18% of the bills sent to it.

Session

Committee referrals

10,530

across 42 committees

Heard

4,974

47% of referrals

Reported out

4,316

87% of those heard

Busiest committee

Public Education

678 referrals

Committee workload and gatekeeping

Bills referred to each standing committee and how many it heard and reported out. The lightest band is legislation that died without a hearing.

ReferredHeardReported outHouseSenateReport rateMedian days

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Committee workload
Committee	Chamber	Referred	Heard	Reported	Report rate	Median days to report
Public Education	House	678	129	119	18%	32
State Affairs	House	637	229	188	30%	20
Business & Commerce	Senate	589	270	234	40%	23
State Affairs	Senate	569	247	231	41%	21
Health & Human Services	Senate	541	243	213	39%	27
Local Government	Senate	496	290	253	51%	15.5
Education	Senate	494	211	177	36%	25
Criminal Justice	Senate	427	193	182	43%	23
Ways & Means	House	409	197	151	37%	22
Public Health	House	408	164	139	34%	25
Criminal Jurisprudence	House	388	217	166	43%	32
Homeland Security & Public Safety	House	323	141	125	39%	19
International Relations & Economic Development	House	296	122	107	36%	24
Human Services	House	277	124	107	39%	19
Elections	House	263	98	83	32%	23
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence	House	255	164	138	54%	21.5
Transportation	House	246	180	148	60%	28
Higher Education	House	224	110	102	46%	18.5
Transportation	Senate	218	112	108	50%	16
Intergovernmental Affairs	House	217	133	120	55%	22
Natural Resources	House	216	131	106	49%	21
Finance	Senate	214	76	68	32%	15.5
Insurance	House	202	102	83	41%	23
Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs	Senate	183	113	104	57%	18.5
Culture, Recreation & Tourism	House	181	112	104	57%	19.5
Economic Development	Senate	173	98	91	53%	23
Delivery of Government Efficiency	House	172	87	81	47%	17
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services	House	163	77	67	41%	20
Licensing & Administrative Procedures	House	149	99	90	60%	19
Land & Resource Management	House	147	102	83	56%	18
Natural Resources	Senate	118	53	47	40%	14
Environmental Regulation	House	114	50	38	33%	29
Jurisprudence	Senate	102	52	48	47%	22
Corrections	House	89	45	39	44%	20
Energy Resources	House	72	49	38	53%	16.5
Appropriations	House	69	17	13	19%	21
Administration	Senate	68	62	60	88%	6
Agriculture & Livestock	House	48	32	30	63%	15.5
Veteran Affairs	Senate	46	29	23	50%	19
Border Security	Senate	22	14	12	55%	16
House Administration	House	21	0	0	0%	—
Redistricting	House	6	0	0	0%	—

Not shown, with no referrals this session: Agriculture & Livestock, Business & Commerce, Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education Select, Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education Select, Congressional Redistricting Select, Corrections, Criminal Jurisprudence, Culture, Recreation & Tourism, Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select, Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select, Elections, Environmental Regulation, General Aviation Select, General Investigating, General Investigating Committee on the July 2025 Flooding Events, General Investigating Committee on the July 2025 Flooding Events, Governmental Oversight Select, Health Care Affordability Select, Higher Education, Homeland and Border Security Select, Human Services, Insurance, Land & Resource Management, Legislative Budget Board, Legislature Sunset Advisory Commission, Natural Resources, Nominations, Pensions, Investments & Financial Services, Public Education, Public Health, Religious Liberty Select, Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting, State Affairs, Transportation, Transportation, Veteran Affairs Select, Ways & Means.

Upcoming hearings

From committee meeting notices on Texas Legislature Online.

No hearings are posted right now

Committees post notices on Texas Legislature Online at least a few days ahead. Outside a session, hearings are rare; the 90th Legislature convenes on Jan 12, 2027.