New Texas laws taking effect July 1, 2026
1 law takes effect July 1, 2026.
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.
Government (1)
HB 2844 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to the regulation of food service establishments, including retail food stores and mobile food vendors; requiring an occupational license; imposing fees; authorizing an administrative penalty.
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
This Act takes effect July 1, 2026, except Section 437B.004, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, takes effect September 1, 2025.
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
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, 2026 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