Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Joan Huffman
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/2/2025

Number of Bills: 24

SB 7 Author: Perry | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Birdwell | Huffman
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.

SB 19 Author: Middleton | Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Coauthor: Huffman
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.

SB 23 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Meyer | Martinez Fischer | Bonnen | Hunter | Bernal
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
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.

SB 25 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Hull | Frank | VanDeaver | Bucy | Pierson
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.

SB 26 Author: Creighton
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Relating to public education, including the rights and compensation of public school educators and funding for teacher compensation under the Foundation School Program.

SB 31 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Geren | Johnson | Howard | Hull | Orr
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.

SB 75 Author: Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Birdwell | Gutierrez | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al.
Sponsor: Wilson
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.

SB 79 Author: Hall | Middleton | Perry
Coauthor: Huffman
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses.

SB 324 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Hagenbuch | Hall | et al.
Last Action: 05/02/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: May 2 2025 2:03PM
Caption: Relating to requiring state contractors, political subdivisions of this state, and private employers to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.

SB 400 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Campbell | Creighton | Flores | Hagenbuch | Hall | et al.
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Relating to requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by a school district employee.

SB 568 Author: Bettencourt | Creighton | Flores | Menéndez | Middleton | et al.
Coauthor: Alvarado | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | Hagenbuch | et al.
Sponsor: Buckley
Last Action: 06/02/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program.

SB 990 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Creighton | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Huffman | et al.
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 05/21/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder.

SB 1073 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Campbell | Flores | Hagenbuch | Hall | Hinojosa, Adam | et al.
Sponsor: Cain | Vasut | Metcalf
Last Action: 05/23/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.

SB 1212 Author: Paxton
Coauthor: Alvarado | Huffman | Middleton | Parker
Sponsor: Kerwin | Schatzline | Hopper | Troxclair | Louderback
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons; increasing a criminal penalty.

SB 1377 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Blanco | Campbell | Flores | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | et al.
Last Action: 04/02/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties.

SB 1798 Author: Middleton | Schwertner
Coauthor: Campbell | Hagenbuch | Hall | Huffman | Hughes | et al.
Last Action: 05/26/2025 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the resident status, tuition rates, certain financial support, and certain documentation requirements for students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, including students not lawfully present in the United States.

SB 2051 Author: Birdwell
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Flores | Hall | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Huffman | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Apr 24 2025 5:02PM
Caption: Relating to the impeachment or removal from office of certain public officers, including procedures governing the impeachment, trial on impeachment, and disqualification of state officers, and to the grounds for which certain public officers may be removed from office.

SB 2373 Author: Johnson
Coauthor: Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Huffman | King | et al.
Sponsor: Capriglione
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to financial exploitation or financial abuse using artificially generated media or phishing communications; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

SB 2611 Author: West
Coauthor: Huffman | Miles
Sponsor: Anchía
Last Action: 05/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the status of certain documents or instruments concerning real or personal property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations for those offenses; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions; increasing a criminal penalty.

SB 2722 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Huffman
Sponsor: DeAyala | Cunningham | Hull | Jones, Jolanda | Paul
Last Action: 05/22/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the use of certain tolls and charges imposed by certain counties; authorizing a civil penalty and limiting the counties' authority to adopt an ad valorem tax rate.

SB 2943 Author: Hagenbuch
Coauthor: Creighton | Flores | Hall | Hinojosa, Adam | Huffman | et al.
Last Action: 05/14/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: May 14 2025 9:51PM
Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain actions by a state agency against an applicant for or holder of an occupational license.

SCR 13 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.

SJR 68 Author: Birdwell
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Flores | Hall | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Huffman | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Apr 24 2025 5:02PM
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to clarify and implement certain provisions governing the impeachment, trial, removal from office, and disqualification of public officers.

SJR 85 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.

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