2020 in Texas

The following is a list of events of the year 2020 in Texas.

Incumbents

State government

City governments

Mayor of Houston: Sylvester Turner
Mayor of San Antonio: Ron Nirenberg
Mayor of Dallas: Eric Johnson
Mayor of Austin: Steve Adler
Mayor of Fort Worth: Betsy Price, Mattie Parker
Mayor of El Paso: Dee Margo
Mayor of Arlington: Jim Ross
Mayor of Corpus Christi: Joe McComb
Mayor of Plano: Harry LaRosiliere
Mayor of Lubbock: Daniel Manning Pope

Events

January 16 - Killer nurse Genene Jones is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a baby boy in San Antonio in 1981. The new conviction came as a result of attempts to prevent Jones from leaving prison.
January 17 - Winter Storm Jacob: Widespread snowfall and freezing rain across the Midwest leads to travel disruption, with rare snowfall being recorded on the Texas Panhandle.
January 24 - 2020 [Houston explosion]: Two people are killed and 18 injured in a warehouse explosion in Houston.
February 3 - A shooting at a dormitory at Texas A&M University–Commerce, leaves two dead and one wounded.
February 5 - Winter Storm Kade brings heavy snowfall to much of the United States, with 14 inches of snow recorded as far south as Texas.
April 26 - A survivor of the terrorist mass shooting that occurred at El Paso in August 2019 dies after nine months of hospitalization, raising the death toll to 23.
May 21 - Naval Air Station Corpus Christi attack: A motorist opens fire and attempts to breach the perimeter of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, injuring a security guard, before being shot and killed. FBI officials determine the incident to be terrorism-related and say a second person of interest may be at large. The shooter is later identified as a Syria-born man who expressed support for ISIS and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
May 29 -
* In Houston, at least 137 people are arrested, eight police officers are hospitalized, and 16 police vehicles are vandalized in a riot.
* A SpaceX Starship prototype is destroyed in a large explosion during static fire testing at the SpaceX South Texas Launch Site.
June 3 - Texas State University President Denise Trauth announces on social media that a 20-year-old African-American student protestor, Justin Howell, had been critically injured by a bean bag round fired by Austin police on Sunday. Police maintain that Howell was not the intended target.
September 4 - Five people die in Texas during Hurricane Laura.
September 17 - Texas governor Greg Abbott eases COVID-19 restrictions on retail stores, gyms, and restaurants. Bars, however, remain closed.
October 10 - Over 700,000 power outages are reported in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi due to Hurricane Delta.