Use the keyword search to find Texas state bills by topic.

Basic steps involved in passing a bill into law. Links to information available on the Texas Legislature Online are provided to aid in following these steps.

This link provides a list of all legislation filed in the Texas 88th legislative session. The list includes the latest bill actions.
LegiScan is keyword searchable.

National Conference of State Legislatures policy research and legislation database.

An independent agency of the Legislature that performs research for Texas legislators, their staff, and legislative committees. The library also assists the public and other state agencies with legislative research.

The Texas Tribune is a member-supported publication covering public policy, politics, and government state-wide.

Use the keyword search to find federal bills by topic.

Search CRS by topic to find reports from 2018 and forward on major policy issues. Reports include research and analysis to support Congress' legislative, oversight, and representational duties. All reports adhere to the core values of CRS; they are authoritative, objective and nonpartisan. Reports range in length from several pages to more than one-hundred pages and cover the full breadth of topics of interest to Congress.

CRS does not provide direct public access to its reports published prior to 2018. This site is not affiliated with the Congressional Research Service, but aims to provide integrated, searchable access to many of the full-text CRS reports that have been available at a variety of different web sites since 1990. The information on this site is compiled and made available as a public service by the Government Documents Department at the UNT Libraries.

Search regulations.gov for federal rules, comments, adjudications or supporting documents. Regulations guide the implementation of new laws. You can also use regulations.gov to comment publicly on regulations.