Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Sen. Roland Gutierrez
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/5/2025

Number of Bills: 51

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Additional Primary Authored Bills

Author (1):
SR 29 Author: Gutierrez
Last Action: 01/31/2025 S Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Caption: Recognizing February 5, 2025, as Maverick County Day at the State Capitol.

Additional Primary Authors (50):
SB 142 Author: Menéndez | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to registration powers of volunteer deputy registrars.

SB 144 Author: Menéndez | Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.

SB 145 Author: Menéndez | Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Johnson | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter and to the repeal of certain criminal offenses concerning the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail.

SB 146 Author: Menéndez | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the voter registration of naturalized United States citizens.

SB 147 Author: Menéndez | Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Johnson | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain institutions of higher education.

SB 148 Author: Menéndez | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to participation in the countywide polling place program.

SB 150 Author: Menéndez | Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination; authorizing civil penalties.

SB 161 Author: Menéndez | Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the completion of sexual harassment prevention training and ethics training to register as a lobbyist.

SB 163 Author: Menéndez | Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Johnson
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption: Relating to funding for full-day prekindergarten programs under the Foundation School Program.

SB 164 Author: Menéndez | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to state, local, and court involvement in determining whether victims and witnesses to an offense and certain detained, arrested, or incarcerated persons are lawfully present in the United States.

SB 168 Author: Menéndez | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to unprofessional conduct by mental health providers who attempt to change the sexual orientation of a child.

SB 169 Author: Menéndez | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained.

SB 190 Author: Menéndez | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the repeal of statutes regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct and to the recognition of certain same-sex relationship statuses.

SB 255 Author: Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

SB 256 Author: Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.

SB 257 Author: Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.

SB 258 Author: Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to electronic voter registration.

SB 270 Author: Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Menéndez | Miles
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to a study of the costs and benefits of burying distribution power lines in certain metropolitan areas.

SB 271 Author: Cook | Alvarado | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Menéndez | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain retail electric customers for designation as critical care residential customers.

SB 285 Author: Miles | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption: Relating to the misuse of money received for an open-enrollment charter school to support an out-of-state school.

SB 308 Author: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Gutierrez | Johnson | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.

SB 348 Author: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination and postpartum or contraception-related medical treatment.

SB 349 Author: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption: Relating to requiring public schools to make reasonable accommodations for lactating students.

SB 350 Author: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to prioritization of a pregnant individual's health when providing health care treatments; authorizing an administrative penalty.

SB 351 Author: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan.

SB 353 Author: Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

SB 354 Author: Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education.

SB 355 Author: Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting certain persons from carrying certain firearms on the property.

SB 356 Author: Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful transfer of a firearm.

SB 357 Author: Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms.

SB 358 Author: Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of indecency with a child.

SB 359 Author: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the coverage and provision of abortion, contraception, and sterilization under Medicaid and certain health benefit plans.

SB 360 Author: Eckhardt | Cook | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to an advance directive and do-not-resuscitate order of a pregnant woman and information provided for an advance directive.

SB 481 Author: Alvarado | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to emergency preparedness and response plans for the continued care and safety of nursing facility and assisted living facility residents.

SB 483 Author: Alvarado | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the sharing and protection of certain utility proprietary customer information.

SB 484 Author: Alvarado | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to portable generator safety and warning labels.

SB 485 Author: Alvarado | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the duties of care of certain landlords regarding disasters.

SB 489 Author: Miles | Alvarado | Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to a requirement that a person provide or contribute to the cost of child care for the person's employees in order to be eligible to receive a limitation on the taxable value of the person's property for school district maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes.

SB 536 Author: Miles | Cook | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of nurses for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.

SB 561 Author: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Gutierrez | Miles
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Office of Environmental Justice within the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

SB 634 Author: Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to the authority of the governing body of a taxing unit to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead.

SB 973 Author: Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Middleton | Parker | West
Last Action: 01/29/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to the prohibition on posting on the Internet information held by an appraisal district regarding certain residential property.

SB 974 Author: Eckhardt | Bettencourt | Cook | Gutierrez | Parker | et al.
Last Action: 01/29/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of a person employed by a school district as a teacher to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district.

SJR 14 Author: Johnson | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Menéndez | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve to the people the powers of initiative and referendum.

SJR 20 Author: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Gutierrez | Johnson | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy.

SJR 24 Author: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the right to be free from governmental intrusion or interference into an individual's private life.

SJR 30 Author: Eckhardt | Gutierrez
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of an individual's residence homestead.

SR 14 Author: Middleton | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 01/28/2025 S Printed in full
Caption: In memory of Jesus "Jesse" Vargas.

SR 17 Author: Parker | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 01/28/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing January 28, 2025, as Sexual Assault Survivors Day.

SR 32 Author: Menéndez | Campbell | Gutierrez | Zaffirini
Last Action: 02/04/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing February 4, 2025, as UTSA and UT Health San Antonio Day at the State Capitol.

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