Texas Legislature
Bills Cosponsored
Sen. Paul Bettencourt
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/2/2025

Number of Bills: 15

HB 2 Author: Buckley | Bernal | Guillen
Sponsor: Creighton
Cosponsor: Bettencourt | West | Paxton | Blanco | Hagenbuch | et al.
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to public education and public school finance.

HB 6 Author: Leach | Harris | Buckley | Metcalf | Hull
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: Sparks | Hancock | Campbell | Bettencourt | Hall | et al.
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.

HB 33 Author: McLaughlin | Guillen | Moody | Leo Wilson | Louderback
Sponsor: Flores
Cosponsor: Miles | West | Bettencourt | Blanco | Hagenbuch | et al.
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies.

HB 34 Author: Metcalf | Hefner | Bonnen | Capriglione
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Kolkhorst | Hagenbuch | Bettencourt | Parker
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the investment of state money in certain countries and in certain private business entities in those countries.

HB 46 Author: King | Moody | Oliverson | Plesa | Lalani
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: Blanco | Menéndez | Campbell | Flores | Alvarado | et al.
Last Action: 06/02/2025 H Signed in the House
Caption: Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration.

HB 127 Author: Wilson | Hefner | Shaheen | Howard | Lambert
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Middleton | Paxton | Bettencourt | Parker | Hinojosa, Adam | et al.
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to measures to protect institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 493 Author: Shaheen | Capriglione | Metcalf
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Bettencourt | Hagenbuch
Last Action: 06/02/2025 H Signed in the House
Caption: Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher.

HB 621 Author: Patterson
Sponsor: Hinojosa, Adam
Cosponsor: Kolkhorst | Cook | Menéndez | Eckhardt | Bettencourt
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the assembly, association, and speech of property owners or residents related to governmental officials or candidates for political office.

HB 2703 Author: Raymond | Bell, Cecil | Hunter | Hinojosa | Bryant
Sponsor: Hall
Cosponsor: Hinojosa, Adam | Bettencourt | Flores | Hagenbuch | Sparks | et al.
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to designating July as American Patriotism Month.

HB 3772 Author: Craddick | Campos
Cosponsor: Cook | Kolkhorst | Miles | Bettencourt
Last Action: 05/27/2025 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Relating to the sale of certain e-cigarettes in this state and a directory of e-cigarette manufacturers and their products; authorizing fees; authorizing administrative and civil penalties; creating a criminal offense.

HB 4623 Author: Little | Dutton | Leo Wilson
Sponsor: Paxton
Cosponsor: Hagenbuch | Middleton | Campbell | Hall | King | et al.
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students.

HB 4751 Author: Capriglione | Bonnen | Raymond | Lalani | Kitzman
Sponsor: Parker
Cosponsor: Schwertner | Bettencourt
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Quantum Initiative.

HCR 35 Author: Ordaz | Bonnen | Paul | Morales, Eddie | Lopez, Janie
Sponsor: Hinojosa, Adam
Cosponsor: Bettencourt | Blanco
Last Action: 05/13/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds.

HJR 2 Author: Geren | McQueeney | Meyer | Metcalf
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: Kolkhorst | Bettencourt | Hinojosa, Adam | Birdwell | Creighton
Last Action: 05/14/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift.

HJR 133 Author: Turner | Button | Cook | Cortez | Garcia, Linda
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Alvarado | Hancock | Bettencourt | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed under federal law to have been service-connected.

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