Y’all, we can prepare now to do something in the 2025 Texas legislative session which starts in January. Texas rhetoric normalizes and Texas law legalizes harm to Black and Brown folks, women, LGBTQIA+ folks, immigrants, the environment, public education, voting rights, right to protest, criminal justice, consumer protections and more; what happens here then spreads across the country. We can start to prepare now by building knowledge, strategy, vision and stamina for another exhausting spring, and possible summer. We can make our voices heard in person, by phone, fax or email, by signing petitions, and by supporting organizations advocating for a more just Texas.

The 2025 legislative session runs from January 14 to June 2, 2025.

For a summary of the more than 1,000 pieces of legislation filed on the first day to file, which was November 12, 2024, click here. I will update this periodically as new legislation is proposed and as advocacy organizations announce their priorities so please check back regularly.

To find who represents you in the Texas legislature and their contact information click here.

For a primer on how proposed legislation becomes law in Texas click here and/or here and/or here and/or here and/or here.

To find organizations supporting efforts to make a better Texas for all Texans click here.

For ways to quickly transmit messages to your elected Texas and US officials click here and/or here

To track specific legislation as it moves through the Texas legislature: for all bills click here or here for environmental and climate change bills click here and here. For voting rights bills click here. For LGBTQIA+ bills click here and here and here. For healthcare-related bills click here. For Texas Library Association bill tracker click here. For housing-related bills click here. For developmental disability-related bills click here. For education-related bills click here For social workers legislative priorities click here

Legislative priorities for other topics with no bill tracker: Texas Appleseed

What else do we need to know? Please ask questions or provide information in the comments to this post.