Texas Legislative Session 2027: Jan. 12 to May 31 and Key Deadlines

The 90th Texas Legislature meets Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2027, and its last day is Monday, May 31, 2027, according to the Texas Legislative Reference Library (LRL). The Texas Constitution caps a regular session at 140 days, and those two dates are day 1 and day 140. The sections below count the rest of the calendar the way the library did in 2025, including the 60-day bill filing deadline, and line up last session’s deadlines against the same day numbers in 2027.

Texas legislative session 2027 dates

Milestone	2027 date	Source
Session begins (day 1)	Tue., Jan. 12	LRL: “The 90th Regular Legislative Session begins on January 12, 2027.”
Day 60, bill filing deadline	Fri., March 12 (computed)	Counted like the LRL’s 2025 notice
Last day (day 140)	Mon., May 31	LRL: “The last day of the 90th Regular Legislative Session is May 31, 2027.”
Governor’s deadline after adjournment	Sun., June 20 (computed)	Texas Constitution, Art. IV, Sec. 14
Default effective date	Mon., Aug. 30 (computed)	91 days after adjournment, unless a bill names a later date

May 31, 2027 is also Memorial Day, so the session’s final day falls on the federal holiday. On opening day, Jan. 12, the House elects its Speaker under Article III, Section 9 of the Texas Constitution.

How long can the Texas Legislature stay in session?

Article III, Section 24 says: “No regular session shall be of longer duration than one hundred and forty (140) days.” Counting Jan. 12 as day 1, day 140 is May 31. The same count gave the 89th Legislature Jan. 14 to June 2, 2025, according to the Texas State Law Library.

When is the Texas bill filing deadline in 2027?

The library called Friday, March 14, 2025 “the 60-day bill filing deadline for the 89th Regular Session” and reported that “a total of 8,898 bills and joint resolutions had been filed” by then. Jan. 14, 2025 was day 1, so March 14 was day 60. Starting from Jan. 12, 2027, day 60 is Friday, March 12, 2027. That date is our count with the library’s method, not a date the library has published for 2027. Article III, Section 5(b) of the constitution devotes the first 30 days to introducing bills.

Prefiling comes first. For the 89th Legislature it began Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, per the library. Prefiling for the 90th opened after the Nov. 3, 2026 election; the Texas Legislative Council lists the first prefiling day in its Dates of Interest calendar. For the vote itself, see the Texas election calendar for 2026.

What were the 2025 session deadlines, day by day?

The House and Senate adopt their rules after they convene, so the 2027 committee and floor deadlines are not set. The table gives each 2025 deadline from the library’s weekly notices, its day of session, and the date with the same day number in 2027. The 2027 column is an equivalent, not a published deadline. Weekdays match in both years.

Day	2025 deadline	2027 equivalent (not yet set)
60	Fri., March 14: bill filing deadline	Fri., March 12
119	Mon., May 12: last day for House committees to report House bills (HBs) and House joint resolutions (HJRs)	Mon., May 10
122	Thu., May 15: last day to consider HBs and HJRs on second reading on the House calendar	Thu., May 13
131	Sat., May 24: last day for House committees to report Senate bills (SBs) and Senate joint resolutions (SJRs)	Sat., May 22
134	Tue., May 27: last day for the House to consider second reading Senate bills	Tue., May 25
135	Wed., May 28: last day for the Senate to consider all bills and joint resolutions on second or third reading	Wed., May 26
139	Sun., June 1: last day for the House to adopt conference committee reports	Sun., May 30
140	Mon., June 2: last day of the 89th Regular Session (sine die)	Mon., May 31

Sources: LRL notices of May 5, May 12 and May 19, 2025. Day numbers and the 2027 column are our count from Jan. 14, 2025 and Jan. 12, 2027.

When does the governor act on bills, and when do new laws start?

Article IV, Section 14 gives the governor “ten days (Sundays excepted)” while the Legislature is in session and, if it adjourns, “within twenty days after such adjournment.” In 2025 the library wrote: “Sunday, June 22, 2025, is the last day the governor can sign or veto an enrolled bill,” 20 days after June 2. Twenty days after May 31, 2027 is Sunday, June 20, 2027.

For the effective date, the State Law Library said in 2025: “September 1st is when most new laws go into effect. Some emergency legislation may go into effect earlier.” Counting 91 days after May 31, 2027 gives Monday, Aug. 30, 2027. A bill without immediate effect takes effect on the 91st day after adjournment unless it names a later date, and many name Sept. 1. Check the bill text for its date.

Print the Texas Legislature 2027 tracker

The free one-page tracker lists opening day, day 60, the last day, the governor’s deadline and the effective date, each with a box to check off. Pair it with a January 2027 calendar or a yearly calendar. Another state’s legislature meets on a different schedule: Florida’s is in the Florida legislative session 2027 guide.