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

Number of Bills: 19

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 4 Author: Buckley | Bernal | Ashby | Frank | Cook
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Cosponsor: Hinojosa, Adam | Sparks | Parker | King | Kolkhorst
Last Action: 05/29/2025 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.

HB 9 Author: Meyer | Bonnen | Hickland | Martinez Fischer | Bernal
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Cosponsor: Kolkhorst | Birdwell | Alvarado | Gutierrez | Hinojosa, Adam | et al.
Last Action: 05/22/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income.

HB 166 Author: Capriglione
Sponsor: Hancock
Cosponsor: King
Last Action: 05/24/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to committing the criminal offense of endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual by engaging in certain conduct involving a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

HB 186 Author: Patterson | Fairly | González, Mary | Bell, Keith
Sponsor: Hinojosa, Adam
Cosponsor: Sparks | Hughes | Middleton | Kolkhorst | King
Last Action: 05/27/2025 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by children.

HB 229 Author: Troxclair | Swanson | Slawson | Hull | Leach
Sponsor: Middleton
Cosponsor: Kolkhorst | King | Campbell | Hancock | Hagenbuch | et al.
Last Action: 05/30/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex.

HB 1106 Author: Shaheen | Wharton | Barry | Capriglione | Luther
Sponsor: Hall
Cosponsor: Sparks | Hinojosa, Adam | King | Kolkhorst | Middleton | et al.
Last Action: 05/30/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect.

HB 1661 Author: Vasut | Schofield | Swanson | Cain | Wilson
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Cosponsor: Kolkhorst | King
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

HB 2000 Author: Ashby | Holt | Bumgarner | Guillen | González, Jessica
Sponsor: Nichols
Cosponsor: Paxton | Parker | King | Hinojosa, Adam
Last Action: 05/24/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming.

HB 2073 Author: Hull
Sponsor: Huffman
Cosponsor: King
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking.

HB 2081 Author: Bucy | Kitzman | Howard | Bonnen | Ashby
Sponsor: Menéndez
Cosponsor: Blanco | King
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Building Better Futures Program to support educational and occupational skills training opportunities and support services for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at public and private institutions of higher education.

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 3225 Author: Alders | Hefner | Metcalf | Leo Wilson
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Hagenbuch | Kolkhorst | King | Sparks | Middleton | et al.
Last Action: 05/28/2025 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the restriction of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty.

HB 4429 Author: McQueeney | Shofner | Troxclair | Cook | Craddick
Sponsor: Hancock
Cosponsor: Campbell | King | Kolkhorst
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Blanco and Burnet Counties as the Muckleroy Family Memorial Highway.

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 5115 Author: Shaheen | Patterson | McQueeney | Fairly | Leo Wilson
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: King | Hagenbuch | Parker | Kolkhorst | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 05/30/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 5138 Author: Shaheen | Metcalf | Leach | Noble | Hull
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Kolkhorst | King | Middleton | Hinojosa, Adam | Hagenbuch
Last Action: 05/29/2025 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

HCR 40 Author: Gerdes | DeAyala | Metcalf | Guillen | Bumgarner
Sponsor: Creighton
Cosponsor: Kolkhorst | Hinojosa, Adam | King | Campbell
Last Action: 05/27/2025 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for border security costs incurred under Operation Lone Star.

HJR 1 Author: Meyer | Bonnen | Button | Martinez Fischer | Bernal
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Cosponsor: Kolkhorst | Birdwell | Alvarado | Blanco | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 05/20/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.

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