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Texas Legislature

Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored

Sen. Joan Huffman
87th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/26/2026

Number of Bills: 36

Sponsor (36):
Author:
Murr | Kacal
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/31/2021 H Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
Caption:
Relating to rules for fixing the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a bail bond or personal bond, to related duties of certain officers taking bail bonds and of a magistrate in a criminal case, to charitable bail organizations, and to the reporting of information pertaining to bail bonds.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Shine | Morales, Eddie | González, Jessica
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/18/2021 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to requirements for human trafficking awareness and prevention in commercial lodging establishments; authorizing a civil penalty.
Author:
Shaheen | Leach | Hull | Thierry | Bowers
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving one or more child victims.
Author:
Shaheen | Patterson | Capriglione
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the sale of fireworks before and during the Diwali holiday.
Author:
Walle | Coleman | Morales Shaw | Hernandez
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective on 1/1/22
Caption:
Relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a floodplain.
Author:
Hernandez
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the authority of certain municipal employees to request the removal and storage of certain abandoned or illegally parked vehicles.
Author:
Leman | Collier | Johnson, Ann | Smith | Hunter
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the requisites of a bail bond given by certain defendants and to conditions of release on bond for certain defendants.
Author:
Harless
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the requirement for a deputy sheriff, reserve deputy sheriff, deputy constable, or reserve deputy constable to take an official oath.
Author:
Ashby | Price | Rose | Minjarez | Stucky
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/09/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the allocation of certain revenue from mixed beverage gross receipts and sales taxes.
Author:
Johnson, Ann | White | Wu | Guillen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to methods to send applications and orders for sealing juvenile records.
Author:
Johnson, Ann | Metcalf | Bonnen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the imposition of consecutive sentences for certain offenses arising out of the same criminal episode.
Author:
Huberty
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to procurement by a political subdivision of a contingent fee contract for legal services.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Parker | Burrows | Bell, Keith | Morales, Christina
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to regulation of certain facilities and establishments with respect to, civil remedies for certain criminal activities affecting, and certain criminal offenses involving health, safety, and welfare; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.
Author:
Bonnen | Johnson, Ann | Shaheen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/07/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.
Author:
Neave | Leach | Button | Howard | Swanson
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to a specialty court program to provide victim services in sexual assault cases.
Author:
Goldman | Metcalf | Bonnen | Raymond | Button
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/01/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to municipalities that adopt budgets that defund municipal police departments.
Author:
Darby | Rogers | Johnson, Jarvis | Morales Shaw | Herrero
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to enrollment of certain retirees in the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program.
Author:
Hunter
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to certain statutes and governmental actions that relate to the federal census.
Author:
Johnson, Julie | Patterson | Vo
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the definition of close relative of a deceased victim for purposes of certain laws relating to the release of an inmate on parole or to mandatory supervision.
Author:
Leman | Meyer | Thierry | Jetton | Hefner
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/07/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to taxpayers' suits.
Author:
Johnson, Ann
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the extension or amendment of deed restrictions in certain older subdivisions.
Author:
Turner, John | Rose | Meyer | Minjarez | Sanford
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the forfeiture of contraband relating to the criminal offense of racing on a highway.
Author:
Parker | White | Johnson, Jarvis | Moody | Guillen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to an educational and vocational training pilot program for certain state jail felony defendants and certain inmates released on parole; changing parole eligibility.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to antique outboard motors.
Author:
Smith | Metcalf | Frullo
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to creating the criminal offense of boating while intoxicated with a child passenger; changing the eligibility for deferred adjudication community supervision.
Author:
Johnson, Ann | Thompson, Senfronia | Bonnen | Howard | Leach
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to resources provided to human trafficking victims and the establishment of the trafficked persons grant program.
Author:
Johnson, Julie
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered mental health services must be filed.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to a commercial landlord's or tenant's remedies regarding certain unlawful activities in a multiunit commercial property.
Author:
Smith
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the composition of and actions transferred by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation.
Author:
Stephenson | Jetton | Reynolds
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to entitlement of certain municipalities to receive tax revenue from certain establishments located near a hotel and convention center project.
Author:
Hunter
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the definition of coercion for purposes of trafficking of persons.
Author:
Leach | Moody | Metcalf | Landgraf | Cook
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.
Author:
Anchia
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the funding of public retirement systems.
Author:
Johnson, Ann
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the representation of a community supervision and corrections department in cases in which a person under the supervision of that department challenges the fact or duration of the supervision.
Author:
Leach
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/01/2021 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 3774.
Author:
Kacal | Price | Lambert | Murr
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/30/2021 H Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of a violent or sexual offense or of continuous trafficking of persons.
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