Bills affecting Person with a disability in Texas — 2026 session

Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.

Relating to 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.

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

Relating to the provision of information regarding a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents or guardians of certain special education students.

Relating to a parental right to information concerning a public school special education program and certain requirements for persons serving as special education representatives and hearing officers at impartial due process hearings; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the referral of certain students receiving special education services to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority for services or public benefits.

Relating to the establishment of a work group to study and make recommendations on certain services needed by individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability.

Relating to the preservation and release of video surveillance recordings of special education settings.

Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability.

Relating to reporting by school districts regarding special education legal proceedings in which a certain amount of legal fees has been incurred by the district.

Relating to measures to support kindergarten readiness and early literacy and numeracy skills for public school students, including an early childhood parental support program and prekindergarten programs in public schools, and to funding under the Foundation School Program for certain school districts and to support those measures.

Relating to the inspection of residential and day placement facilities for special education students.

Relating to the withdrawal or revocation of an athletic scholarship by a public institution of higher education on the basis of a student athlete's injury, illness, or disability.

Relating to allowing a therapy or facility dog to accompany a child or a person with a disability during testimony in certain criminal cases.

Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing or carrying certain weapons in certain facilities or residences providing services to individuals with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability.

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

Relating to 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.

Relating to access to universal changing facilities in places of public accommodation and public buildings.

Relating to the accessibility of results from the state assessment.