89th Legislature (2025)
Committees
Committees decide which bills get a hearing. 52% of referrals this session never got one, and Finance reported out just 32% of the bills sent to it.
Committee referrals
4,260
across 15 committees
Heard
2,063
48% of referrals
Reported out
1,851
90% of those heard
Busiest committee
Business & Commerce
589 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.
- Business & Commerce58940%23
- State Affairs56941%21
- Health and Human Services54139%27
- Local Government49651%15.5
- Education49436%25
- Criminal Justice42743%23
- Transportation21850%16
- Finance21432%15.5
- Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs18357%18.5
- Economic Development17353%23
- Natural Resources11840%14
- Jurisprudence10247%22
- Administration6888%6
- Veteran Affairs4650%19
- Border Security2255%16
View as table
| Committee | Chamber | Referred | Heard | Reported | Report rate | Median days to report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business & Commerce | Senate | 589 | 270 | 234 | 40% | 23 |
| State Affairs | Senate | 569 | 247 | 231 | 41% | 21 |
| Health and 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 |
| Transportation | Senate | 218 | 112 | 108 | 50% | 16 |
| Finance | Senate | 214 | 76 | 68 | 32% | 15.5 |
| Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs | Senate | 183 | 113 | 104 | 57% | 18.5 |
| Economic Development | Senate | 173 | 98 | 91 | 53% | 23 |
| Natural Resources | Senate | 118 | 53 | 47 | 40% | 14 |
| Jurisprudence | Senate | 102 | 52 | 48 | 47% | 22 |
| Administration | Senate | 68 | 62 | 60 | 88% | 6 |
| Veteran Affairs | Senate | 46 | 29 | 23 | 50% | 19 |
| Border Security | Senate | 22 | 14 | 12 | 55% | 16 |
Not shown, with no referrals this session: Business and Commerce, Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education Select, Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select, General Investigating Committee on the July 2025 Flooding Events, Higher Education, Homeland and Border Security Select, Nominations, Religious Liberty Select, Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting, Transportation, Veteran Affairs Select.
Upcoming hearings
From committee meeting notices on Texas Legislature Online.
No hearings are posted right now