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Texas Legislature

Bills Cosponsored

Sen. José Menéndez
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/24/2026

Number of Bills: 29

Author:
VanDeaver | Kuempel | Buckley | Bonnen | Longoria
Sponsor:
Creighton
Cosponsor:
Hinojosa | West | Menéndez | Birdwell | Paxton | et al.
Last Action:
06/09/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program.
Author:
Slawson | Patterson | González, Mary | Burrows | Darby
Sponsor:
Hughes
Cosponsor:
Menéndez | Paxton | Blanco | Creighton | Bettencourt | et al.
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services and electronic devices, including the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school.
Author:
Bernal | Geren
Sponsor:
Hughes
Cosponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the evaluation of applications for certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
Author:
Bernal | Romero, Jr. | Garcia | Lujan
Sponsor:
Flores
Cosponsor:
Eckhardt | Blanco | Hinojosa | Menéndez
Last Action:
05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.
Author:
Patterson | Capriglione | Burrows | Canales | Lujan
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Cosponsor:
Menéndez | Hinojosa | Blanco
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the entitlement to and claims for benefits for certain first responders and other employees related to illness and injury.
Author:
Bowers | Rose | Reynolds | Sherman, Sr. | Buckley
Sponsor:
Miles
Cosponsor:
West | Whitmire | Blanco | Menéndez | Eckhardt
Last Action:
05/27/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.
Author:
Rose
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Cosponsor:
Menéndez | Blanco | LaMantia
Last Action:
06/10/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the statewide interagency aging services coordinating council.
Author:
Cook | Raymond | Lujan
Sponsor:
Middleton
Cosponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to local regulation to enforce child custody orders; authorizing a civil penalty.
Author:
Turner
Sponsor:
West
Cosponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to imposing requirements on the employment of or contracts for certain individuals providing services to individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability, including requiring certain facilities and Medicaid providers to conduct criminal history record information and employee misconduct registry reviews and to suspend the employment or contracts of individuals who engage in reportable conduct; providing administrative penalties.
Author:
Shaheen | Schatzline | Collier | Ordaz | Patterson
Sponsor:
Paxton
Cosponsor:
Bettencourt | Birdwell | Hughes | Menéndez | Parker | et al.
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the publication or distribution of sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet website; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Jetton | Bhojani | Allison | Lalani | Bernal
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Cosponsor:
West | Menéndez | Creighton
Last Action:
06/02/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to verification of excused absences from public school for the purpose of observing religious holy days.
Author:
Dutton
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Cosponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
06/02/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school.
Author:
Button | Murr | Talarico | Raney | Morales Shaw
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Cosponsor:
Blanco | Hinojosa | West | Menéndez
Last Action:
06/09/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to strategies to increase the availability of child-care and prekindergarten programs.
Author:
Capriglione | Rose | Thompson, Ed | Lalani
Sponsor:
Johnson
Cosponsor:
LaMantia | Hinojosa | Blanco | Zaffirini | Menéndez
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to training requirements for staff members of certain assisted living facilities that provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Author:
Buckley | Oliverson | Cook | Gerdes | Noble
Sponsor:
Hughes
Cosponsor:
Menéndez | Middleton
Last Action:
06/14/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the relationship between managed care plans and optometrists and therapeutic optometrists.
Author:
Leach | Noble | Jones, Venton | Collier | Thompson, Senfronia
Sponsor:
West
Cosponsor:
LaMantia | Menéndez | Hinojosa | Blanco
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a memorandum of understanding between the Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to assess the eligibility of certain inmates for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits on discharge or release from confinement.
Author:
Bhojani | Cunningham | Allen | Hinojosa | Jetton
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Cosponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the administration of assessment instruments to public school students on religious holy days.
Author:
Lujan
Sponsor:
Flores
Cosponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
06/10/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal.
Author:
Howard | Neave Criado | Guillen | Harless
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Cosponsor:
West | Menéndez
Last Action:
05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force and to compensation for task force members and certain other task force participants.
Author:
Howard
Sponsor:
Blanco
Cosponsor:
Hinojosa | Eckhardt | West | Menéndez | Alvarado
Last Action:
05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to a strategic plan for improving maternal health, including the consolidation and repeal of certain planning and reporting requirements.
Author:
Buckley | Rogers | Stucky | González, Mary | Garcia
Sponsor:
Hancock
Cosponsor:
Hall | Blanco | Zaffirini | Menéndez
Last Action:
06/11/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a service dog pilot program for certain veterans.
Author:
Cook | Frank | Noble | Capriglione | Slawson
Sponsor:
Hancock
Cosponsor:
LaMantia | Menéndez | Blanco
Last Action:
06/11/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting a maximum age or age differential for prospective adoptive parents.
Author:
Lujan | Talarico | Rogers | Thimesch | Cunningham
Sponsor:
Campbell
Cosponsor:
Menéndez | Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/17/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to designating October as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month.
Author:
Rose | Jetton
Sponsor:
LaMantia
Cosponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to standards for and services provided by prescribed pediatric extended care centers, including Medicaid reimbursement for those services.
Author:
Wilson
Sponsor:
Creighton
Cosponsor:
Paxton | Blanco | Menéndez
Last Action:
06/17/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness education in public schools.
Author:
Isaac | Flores | Frank | Buckley | Dutton
Sponsor:
Alvarado
Cosponsor:
LaMantia | Menéndez
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to Texas Fruit and Vegetable Day in public schools.
Author:
Meyer
Sponsor:
Hancock
Cosponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
06/11/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the required disclosure of prices by a veterinarian before providing emergency treatment to an ill or injured animal.
Author:
Noble
Sponsor:
Miles
Cosponsor:
Blanco | Menéndez
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain allegations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation, the making and investigation of complaints alleging violations of certain health facility licensing requirements, and the content of the employee misconduct registry.
Author:
Craddick | Dorazio | Allison
Sponsor:
Campbell
Cosponsor:
Menéndez | Paxton | Sparks | Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/28/2023 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of entrepreneur and philanthropist Red McCombs of San Antonio.
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