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Texas Legislature

Bills Coauthored

Sen. Kelly Hancock
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/14/2026

Number of Bills: 22

Author:
Creighton | Bettencourt | Campbell | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | et al.
Coauthor:
Birdwell | Flores | Hancock | Schwertner | Sparks
Sponsor:
Buckley | Frank | Hunter | Harris | Bonnen
Last Action:
05/03/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.
Author:
Huffman
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
06/16/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Coauthor:
Hancock | Hughes | Nichols | Paxton
Sponsor:
Hefner | Metcalf | Patterson | McQueeney | Spiller
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Flores | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Huffman | King | et al.
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Birdwell | Creighton | Hall | Hancock | et al.
Sponsor:
Capriglione
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.
Author:
Bettencourt
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | et al.
Sponsor:
Meyer | Martinez Fischer | Bonnen | Hunter | Bernal
Last Action:
06/16/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.
Author:
Hughes
Coauthor:
Hagenbuch | Hancock | Schwertner
Sponsor:
Meyer | Leach | Schofield | Anchía | Longoria
Last Action:
05/14/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the formation, governance, and internal management of domestic entities.
Author:
Bettencourt | Parker
Coauthor:
Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | Hagenbuch | Hancock | et al.
Last Action:
04/22/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Apr 22 2025 3:20PM
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income and a franchise tax credit for the payment of certain related ad valorem taxes.
Author:
Huffman
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
06/16/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.
Author:
Huffman
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor:
Bonnen
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.
Author:
Perry
Coauthor:
Hancock | Kolkhorst | Middleton | Sparks
Sponsor:
Gerdes | Kitzman | VanDeaver | Bell, Keith | Dean
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties.
Author:
Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Hancock
Sponsor:
Spiller
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers.
Author:
Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Hagenbuch | King | et al.
Coauthor:
Flores | Hall | Hancock | Hinojosa, Adam | Schwertner
Sponsor:
Buckley
Last Action:
05/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to public school accountability, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement and public school performance ratings under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
Author:
Creighton | Bettencourt | Campbell | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | et al.
Coauthor:
Hall | Hancock | Kolkhorst | Sparks
Last Action:
04/17/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 17 2025 2:29PM
Caption:
Relating to a policy prohibiting the use of personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time.
Author:
Bettencourt
Coauthor:
Hancock | Hinojosa, Adam | Kolkhorst | Middleton
Sponsor:
Troxclair
Last Action:
05/22/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the vote required by the governing body of a taxing unit to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate or authorize the issuance of tax bonds.
Author:
Blanco
Coauthor:
Hancock
Sponsor:
Capriglione
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a limitation on civil liability of business entities in connection with a breach of system security.
Author:
Creighton
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Hagenbuch | Hancock | Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/16/2025 H Referred to Public Education: May 16 2025 2:37PM
Caption:
Relating to certain accountability-related policies and procedures related to public schools, the availability of information regarding a board of trustees of a school district or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school, and the approval by the Texas Education Agency of training provided to a member of a board of trustees of a school district.
Author:
Hinojosa, Adam
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Sponsor:
Longoria | Gámez | Canales | Tepper | Harris
Last Action:
05/15/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources.
Author:
Huffman
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Sponsor:
Smithee | DeAyala | Louderback | Cook | Moody
Last Action:
06/02/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.
Author:
Bettencourt
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | et al.
Sponsor:
Meyer | Martinez Fischer | Bonnen | Hunter | Bernal
Last Action:
05/22/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.
Author:
Parker | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Cook | et al.
Coauthor:
Hancock | Menéndez | Zaffirini
Last Action:
03/27/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 27, 2025, as CASA Day.
Author:
Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | et al.
Coauthor:
Hagenbuch | Hancock
Last Action:
03/27/2025 S Printed in full
Caption:
In memory of Gordon Robert Johnson of Austin.
Author:
King
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Hall | Hancock | Kolkhorst | Middleton | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the ninth class of Governor William P. Clements Jr. Scholars.
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