New Texas laws taking effect July 1, 2025
3 laws take effect July 1, 2025.
Of the 1,207 bills enacted since 2025, 1,206 have an effective date and 1 doesn't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 4:20 p.m. EDT.
Taxes (1)
HB 1109 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to an exemption from certain motor fuel taxes for counties in this state.
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Technology (1)
SB 1405 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet services.
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Published by the legislature:
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Traffic (1)
SB 1902 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to the administration of the dealer-issued license plates database and to the removal and transfer of license plates.
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Published by the legislature:
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 1, 2025
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Enacted, but not yet dated (1)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect July 1, 2025 too; the record doesn't say.
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- SB 5ContingentRelating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.SJR 3 (Proposition 14) was approved at the election of November 4, 2025, but its canvass isn't certified (a court challenge), so the amendment, and the act, haven't taken effect