@FLange,

The answer to1st question was in my previous post.   "Texas franchise returns will be supported by Proseries for individual, corporate, s-corp, partnership and fiduciary filers as in previous years."

This means 1040, 1120, 1120S, 1065 and 1041 filers will be able to file the Texas Franchise product.

As for your 2nd question, we understand the inconvenience preparers encounter regarding the unavailability of the Texas product. I don't have any more information about a release date that is not already published in the link below.  Due to their May 15 filing deadline, Texas does not quite follow the same timetables as other jurisdictions.  

https://form-status.app.intuit.com/tax-forms-availability/formsavailability?product=PROSERIES&bu=PRO...