# Refiled Bill Tracking for Texas Bills | USLege > See whether a bill is a comeback. USLege flags possible prior filings and related policy on every Texas bill page, with how each earlier attempt ended. Canonical: https://www.uslege.ai/refiled-bills --- Refiled Bills # Know when a bill is _a comeback_, before the hearing USLege shows every earlier time Texas tried to pass the same policy. Open any Texas bill and see its possible prior filings, how each one ended, and the other bills fighting over the same issue. [Book a demo](/demo) [See the full platform](/platform) Live for Texas billsSOC 2 Type IIPossible, never presumed Preview with example bills. Possible refiles cover Texas bills only for now. Trusted by Fortune 500 teams, lobby firms, associations, law firms, and government The problem ## Is this the first attempt, or the fourth? Legislators bring bills back all the time. A bill dies, and the same member refiles it next session, sometimes four or five sessions in a row. Without the history, you walk into the hearing not knowing this is the fourth attempt, or that the same idea passed once and was vetoed. See it in the product ## The history of a bill, on the bill page A Similar legislation section shows possible prior filings, ordered by session, and related policy in a separate group. Similar legislation, Texas bill pageExample data Possible prior filing HB 100 Relating to a state fee schedule. Possible prior filing 88th Regular HB 87 Relating to a state fee schedule. Possible prior filing 87th Regular Outcome of each earlier bill, such as passed, failed, or vetoed, is shown beside it. Possible related policy SB 450 A different bill on the same issue. Possible related policy 89th Regular Illustration with fictional bills. Real matches are inferred from bill text, are labeled possible, and link to the original bill. How it works ## The history of a bill, already on the bill STEP 1 ### Open any Texas bill A Similar legislation section sits on the bill page. There is nothing to set up and nothing to switch on. STEP 2 ### See the possible prior filings Earlier bills that look like comebacks, ordered by session so the chain of attempts is easy to read, with how each one ended. STEP 3 ### Check the related policy Different bills on the same fight: other bills that touch the same part of the law, whether they passed or failed. Before and after ## From digging through past sessions to seeing the chain The job Before With USLege Is this a comeback? Dig through past sessions by hand Possible prior filings on the bill page How did it end last time? Open each old bill to find out The outcome is shown beside each one Same fight, different bill Search the same subject across sessions Related policy in its own group What's included ## Built to be trusted, not just to be fast ◆ ### Possible prior filings Bills that look like a comeback of something filed before, found by comparing the language of each bill with earlier ones. ◆ ### How each attempt ended Every earlier bill shows its outcome, passed, failed, or vetoed, instead of a stale last action. ◆ ### Related policy, kept separate Other bills on the same issue appear in their own group, so a different bill on the same fight is never mistaken for the same bill again. ◆ ### Labeled as possible, on purpose These are inferred matches, so USLege says Possible prior filing and Possible related policy. It never claims a bill is definitely a refile, or what its author intended. ◆ ### The chain, in order Prior filings are sorted by session, so a bill filed in 2021, 2023, and 2025 reads as the story it is. ◆ ### Regular and special sessions Matching covers the regular and special sessions of the 89th Legislature, with candidates going back to 2021. ◆ ### Every new bill checked New Texas bills are run through matching as they are filed, so the history shows up with the bill. ◆ ### One step back to the earlier bill Each match opens that bill's own page, which has its own Similar legislation section, so you can walk the chain back. Before the hearing ## The questions it _answers_ Every one of these used to mean digging through past sessions by hand. Is this the same bill the author filed last session? Did this idea ever pass, and did the Governor veto it? How many times has Texas tried this? Who else is filing on this issue right now? Possible matches are inferred from bill text and labeled that way. Every match links to the original bill. Who it is for ## For teams that walk into hearings prepared [Lobbyists](/for/lobbyists)[Lobby firms](/for/lobby-firms)[Legislative offices](/for/legislative-offices)[Trade associations](/for/trade-associations) Questions ## Refiled bills, answered What is a refiled bill? + A refiled bill is a bill that comes back in a later session after an earlier version did not become law, often from the same author and often with the same or similar language. How does USLege find possible refiles? + USLege compares the language of each bill with bills from earlier sessions, ignoring boilerplate, and checks close candidates with AI. Related policy is found separately, by looking at which parts of the law bills touch. Why does USLege say possible? + A match is an inference from the text, not a statement of what the author intended. Labeling it possible keeps USLege from presenting a guess as a fact, and every match links to the original bill so you can judge for yourself. Which states and sessions are covered? + Texas is live, covering the regular and special sessions of the 89th Legislature with candidates going back to 2021, and new Texas bills are matched as they are filed. More states are next. Does it show how an earlier bill ended? + Yes. Each possible prior filing shows its outcome, such as passed, failed, or vetoed, so you can tell whether the idea has ever made it through. Is a possible refile the same as a companion bill? + No. A companion is the same bill filed in the other chamber in the same session. A possible prior filing is a comeback across sessions, and related policy is a different bill on the same issue. See it on a bill you know ## Know the history _before the hearing_ Open a Texas bill you have followed for years. In a few minutes we will show you the chain of earlier attempts. 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