Which Texas laws and resolutions actually passed?

A bill number travels faster than its status. A resolution that was referred to committee and never adopted gets described as though Texas passed it; a signed law gets described by the press release that announced it rather than by its own text. This tracker keeps five measures straight: what kind of instrument each one is, what the Legislature's own history page says happened to it, and what the enrolled or introduced text does and does not do. Status verified against the official bill histories on September 23, 2026.

HB 4211 — enacted, 89th Legislature

HB 4211 adds Chapter 223 to the Property Code, covering residential arrangements in which a business entity owns the property and a membership or similar interest carries the right to occupy it. Section 223.003 requires disclosure that a buyer is acquiring an interest in an entity rather than the land itself, and restricts requiring that disputes be resolved somewhere other than a Texas or United States court. Section 223.004 addresses nondiscrimination. Section 223.005 governs transfer of the interest. Section 2 of the bill changes the scope of an existing religious-housing exemption. [1] [2]

What it does not do: the statute does not name Islam, Sharia or any religion as its subject, and it does not prohibit religious observance, religious advice or religious mediation generally. The governor's September 12, 2025 announcement describing “Sharia compounds” is publicity about the law, not the law, and it is not the date the law took effect. The scope question is worked through in our claim record on what HB 4211 actually restricted, and the dispute-forum question in religious arbitration and Texas courts.

SB 2 — enacted, 89th Legislature

SB 2 established an education savings account program in Texas. It was signed on May 3, 2025 and took effect on September 1, 2025. It is included here because families ask whether it applies to Islamic schools; that question turns on the program's own eligibility rules and on each school's decisions, neither of which this tracker resolves. It is not a measure about Islam. [3]

SB 11 — enacted, 89th Legislature

SB 11 allows a school district or charter board to adopt a period for prayer or reading a religious text. The enrolled text conditions it on board adoption, requires consent, and places the period outside instructional time. It is not a statewide requirement that students pray, and it is not specific to any one religion. Read the enrolled text before repeating a description of it. [4]

HCR 18 — introduced, not adopted, 89th Legislature

HCR 18 is a concurrent resolution recognising Muslim heritage in Texas, filed on November 12, 2024. Its introduced text recites an estimated 500,000 Muslims and more than 330 mosques and Islamic centers. The Legislature's history page records the last action as referral to the Culture, Recreation & Tourism committee on March 5, 2025. It was not adopted, and its recited figures are statements in a proposed document rather than a count. See what the Texas population estimates measure. [5] [6]

HCR 80 — introduced, not adopted, 88th Legislature

HCR 80 is the earlier version of the same idea, from the 2023 session, citing more than 338 mosques and Islamic centers. Its last recorded action was on April 27, 2023, left pending in committee. It was not adopted. [7] [8]

What this tracker is not

It does not score legislators, predict outcomes or list every measure that touches religion in Texas. Court challenges are tracked separately, on the EPIC City public-record timeline, because a filed lawsuit, an interim order and a final judgment are three different things. Where a measure has pending litigation whose current status we have not verified, we leave it out rather than publish a stale posture.