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AUSTIN (Nexstar) — After 140 days, Texas' 89th Legislative Session closed Monday with state lawmakers passing over 1,000 bills.

Senators and representatives filed 8,719 bills and 2,765 resolutions this session; by the session's end, 1,189 bills went to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott. In 2023, the legislature passed 1,222 of its 8,046 filed bills; Abbott vetoed 76 bills following the session.

Ahead of the 2025 Legislative Session, KXAN laid out which topics we would focus on — education, immigration, housing, AI, LGBTQ+ rights, and more.

KXAN and Nexstar journalists wrote hundreds of stories covering the 89th Legislative Session since bill filing open

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