Employment laws and bills in Texas
Every bill in the Texas Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.
- Bills in scope
- 168bills in scope
- Past committee
- 54past committee
- Most recent action
- 3 September 2025most recent action
Employment bills in Texas
23Enacted
31Past committee
114Introduced or inactive
168 bills in scope
Enacted
23
HB 762Relating to severance pay for political subdivision employees and independent contractors.22 June 2025EnactedHB 2187Relating to hospital staffing report and complaint processes and to retaliation and mandatory overtime protections for nurses.20 June 2025EnactedHB 2488Relating to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas workers' compensation system by remote communication.20 June 2025EnactedHB 2513Relating to a paid leave of absence for public employees serving as fire protection personnel who are engaged in certain military service.20 June 2025EnactedHB 252Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.20 June 2025EnactedHB 2760Relating to judicial review of a Texas Workforce Commission decision in an unemployment compensation proceeding.20 June 2025EnactedHB 2788Relating to the disclosure of certain fraud detection information obtained in the administration of the unemployment compensation system.20 June 2025EnactedHB 3153Relating to hiring and employment requirements for persons in direct contact with children at certain facilities.20 June 2025EnactedHB 3260Relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Grant Program.20 June 2025EnactedHB 3699Relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system.20 June 2025EnactedHB 4205Relating to compensation and employment benefits for law enforcement personnel in certain counties.20 June 2025EnactedHB 4464Relating to the provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage for certain Texas Task Force 1 members and intrastate fire mutual aid system team and regional incident management team members, including the removal of coverage for nongovernment members.20 June 2025EnactedSB 1254Relating to the regulation of professional employer organizations.20 June 2025EnactedSB 1455Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.20 June 2025EnactedSB 2237Relating to severance pay for certain political subdivision employees.20 June 2025EnactedSB 243Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.20 June 2025EnactedSB 264Relating to discontinuing group self-insurance coverage and dissolving the Texas self-insurance group guaranty fund and trust fund under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.20 June 2025EnactedSB 777Relating to compensation and employment condition standards by municipal charter or collective bargaining agreement and to impasse resolution in collective bargaining with certain political subdivisions.20 June 2025EnactedSB 2448Relating to the establishment of the Rural Workforce Development Grant Program.30 May 2025EnactedHB 198Relating to periodic health screenings for firefighters.29 May 2025EnactedHB 3698Relating to participation in reemployment services as a condition of eligibility for unemployment benefits.29 May 2025EnactedHB 331Relating to certain presumptions applicable to claims for benefits or compensation for certain medical conditions brought by certain first responders.24 May 2025EnactedSB 65Relating to the adoption of uniform rules for hours of work for certain county employees.19 May 2025Enacted
Past committee
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Showing the 25 furthest along of 168. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Texas Legislature's own page.
What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation
In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.
Tracker scopes are model-drafted, not attorney-reviewed.
Employment legislation in other jurisdictions
52 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- New Jersey473
- Congress414
- New York325
- Massachusetts194
- California178
- Connecticut166
- Washington152
- Maryland151
- Virginia144
- Oregon136
- Illinois135
- Pennsylvania135
- Michigan133
- Hawaii132
- Iowa128
- Missouri124
- Kentucky118
- West Virginia104
- Oklahoma102
- Minnesota99
- Rhode Island86
- Maine79
- Montana77
- Mississippi75
- Wisconsin74
- North Carolina73
- Vermont71
- Arizona68
- Florida65
- Indiana56
- Nebraska48
- Utah48
- New Mexico44
- Georgia42
- Ohio40
- Alaska39
- Colorado35
- New Hampshire35
- Idaho34
- Tennessee33
- Kansas28
- Delaware25
- Louisiana25
- Nevada25
- South Carolina21
- Wyoming14
- Arkansas13
- Alabama10
- South Dakota9
- North Dakota7
- District of Columbia1
- Puerto Rico1
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