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90TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE BEGINS JANUARY 12, 2027
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Session opens January 12, 2027 at noon Texas time.
2027 legislative session
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Official government data
Latest Verified-Source Updates
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Watchdog investigations
Bill Impact Reports
Before publishing an analysis, verify the bill text, fiscal note, author, current status, and any documented legal concerns. A bill's proposed costs are not necessarily its enacted costs.
This is a research hub, not a published finding about any particular bill.
Transparency
Sources, Corrections & Privacy
Official records are linked whenever available. Commentary and petitions are identified separately from government documents. We do not treat an allegation as a proven fact.
If you identify an error, send the relevant document and a correction request through our community Facebook group. Verified corrections should be clearly noted alongside the original report.
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Know your representatives
Find Officials & Check Their Records
Find your Texas legislators by address, then review official membership, committee assignments, recorded votes, and campaign-finance disclosures. These are official research links, not automatically compiled profiles.
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Find Your District
Use the official address-based lookup to identify your Texas House and Senate representatives.
Who Represents Me? ↗02
House Members & Committees
Find representatives, contact details, and committee assignments.
Texas House directory ↗03
Senators & Committees
Find senators, their offices, and committee information.
Texas Senate directory ↗Official voting records
Who Voted How?
Look up a bill's history and recorded votes in Texas Legislature Online. Not every legislative action is a recorded roll-call vote; distinguish committee actions from floor votes.
Bill History & Votes
Search a bill number, open its history, and follow available vote records.
Official bill lookup ↗House Record Votes
Check the House's official legislative information for recorded votes and journals.
Texas House ↗Senate Records
Review Senate journals and official bill actions.
Texas Senate ↗No voting scores or legislator rankings are generated by this website at this stage.
Public financial records
Follow the Money
Research reported campaign contributions, lobbying disclosures, fiscal notes, and proposed state spending. A contribution or lobbying disclosure does not by itself prove improper influence.
Campaign Contributions
Look up candidate and political committee financial reports through the Texas Ethics Commission.
Texas Ethics Commission ↗Lobbying Disclosures
Research registered lobbyists and required state disclosures.
Lobbying records ↗Fiscal Notes & State Spending
Compare official legislative fiscal analyses with state budget information.
Legislative Budget Board ↗Research directory only. No automated donor-to-bill relationships or financial allegations are generated.
Constitutional rights and legislation
Conservative Alert!
Follow priority bills, proposed changes, and constitutional provisions that may warrant review. Includes links to official Texas legislative records.
Official daily filing reports
Bills filed today
Open the official Texas Legislature Online reports. These reports reflect the legislature's current reporting context and are not a permanent archive or a verified count for a selected session.
Today's House filings ↗Official House filing reportToday's Senate filings ↗Official Senate filing report
Archived filing snapshot
Dated capture of official bill references. This is not proof that every bill was filed on this date.
Verify the session and report date on the official page. A filed bill is not an enacted law.
Legislation tools
Search & Track Texas Bills
Search recent official RSS updates, look up any bill on Texas Legislature Online, and save bill numbers on this device. Recent feeds are not a complete bill database.
Bill Explainer Pages
Open a bilingual, shareable page for any Texas bill. It checks the official history and links directly to bill text and analysis. If official data cannot be verified, it says so.
My Saved Bills
Saved only in this browser. No account or database. Open each official bill page for its current status.
Executive branch accountability
Governor Watch
Follow official executive orders, proclamations, vetoes, appointments, and agency rulemaking. Track Gina Hinojosa's transition announcements separately from legally issued actions.
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Executive Orders & Vetoes
Search the Texas Legislative Reference Library by governor, document type, date, and keyword. The archive is not comprehensive.
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Texas Register
Review official state agency rulemaking, emergency rules, governor appointments, and published notices.
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Governor's Office
Check official announcements, press releases, appointments, directives, and other executive actions.
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Hinojosa Transition Watch
Campaign pledges and transition announcements are not executive orders. Verify each action against a signed or published official document.
Source directory only. This section does not yet automatically ingest or verify new orders. Publication dates and legal effects must be checked in the original documents.
Community petition
Enforce Immigration Law Now!
Explore the Enforce Immigration Law Now! petition and decide whether you want to add your signature. This is an independent petition, not an official Texas government action.
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Civic action
Make Your Voice Heard
Contact your Texas House representative, state senator, and governor. Ask about a bill, explain your position, and request a response.
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Find Your Legislators
Enter your Texas address in the official Who Represents Me? directory to identify your House and Senate districts.
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Texas House
Find your representative's office, phone number, and available email contact form.
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Texas Senate
Find your state senator and their office contact details.
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Governor's Office
Send your opinion using the official Governor's Office form, or call the opinion hotline at (512) 463-1782.
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Speak at a Hearing
Check committee schedules, read hearing notices, and follow the chamber's instructions for testimony or written comments.
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What to Say
State your name and district, identify the bill number, say whether you support or oppose it, explain why, and politely request a response.
Tip: Contact your own district legislators for constituent assistance. Confirm hearing procedures and deadlines with the relevant committee. Messages to the Governor's Office may be subject to public disclosure.
Official legislative feeds
Texas Legislature RSS
Choose a feed to read the latest official updates here. Updates are loaded from Texas Legislature Online.
Verify the evidence
Official public records
Start with the original documents, not headlines or social posts.
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