Bills affecting your community in Texas (2026 session)

Prohibited discrimination by health care providers based on an individual's age, race, disability, immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression

The provision of services for individuals experiencing homelessness at certain locations

An exception from requirements to assist or cooperate with federal immigration officers for matters regarding activities that occur at a domestic violence shelter

Establishing a minimum base wage for certain direct care workers under Medicaid

Paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or adoption of a child

Student loan repayment assistance for certain nurses employed by a long-term care facility

The creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

An exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of a property other than a residence homestead that is the primary residence of an adult who has an intellectual or developmental disability and who must be related to the owner or trustee of the property within a certain degree by consanguinity

The creation of tenant legal services offices by local governments to assist low-income residential tenants in eviction cases and in cases involving discrimination based on the tenants' disabilities

The prohibition of housing discrimination on the basis of veteran status and to the enforcement of that prohibition

The continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments, and the Windham School District

Measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care

Parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for public school students

Required reintegration therapy coursework and training for certain mental health professionals

The minimum wage and a requirement for a biennial study and report on the living wage in this state, expanding access to childcare, and providing paid parental leave

Establishing a minimum base wage for certain personal attendants under Medicaid and other programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission

Peer support specialists for certain individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability and peer services for those individuals under Medicaid

The exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran

Establishment and enforcement of school safety zones; providing a civil penalty

Discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools

The regulation of new HUD-code manufactured housing