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Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Sen. Molly Cook
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/14/2026
Number of Bills: 198

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Additional Primary Authored Bills

Author (97):
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.
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.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to electric utility planning and cost recovery for enhancing service reliability for vulnerable customers.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the prohibited retail sale and provision to minors of certain over-the-counter weight loss drugs and dietary supplements; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/07/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/13/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to certain rights and duties of residential tenants and landlords; increasing the amount of civil penalties.
Author:
Cook | Johnson
Last Action:
02/28/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the capacity of minors to consent to contraception-related examination or medical treatment.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/28/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/28/2025 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a grocery access investment fund program.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/28/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age.
Author:
Cook | Blanco | Hughes | Perry | Sparks
Sponsor:
Vo
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a biennial health coverage reference guide developed by the Texas Department of Insurance.
Author:
Cook | Alvarado
Last Action:
02/28/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the development by certain entities providing electric service in the ERCOT power region of a communication plan for use during a weather emergency.
Author:
Cook | Alvarado | Kolkhorst
Last Action:
02/28/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the frequency of the notice provided to a retail electric customer by certain electric utilities.
Author:
Cook | Alvarado
Last Action:
05/16/2025 H Referred to Human Services: May 16 2025 2:37PM
Caption:
Relating to senior retirement communities.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/28/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to a pilot program for the establishment of disaster relief hub houses.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/28/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the disconnection of electric service by certain entities during an extreme weather emergency.
Author:
Cook
Sponsor:
Cunningham
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to prohibited signs, logos, and designs in advertising or marketing cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or other tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/22/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Apr 22 2025 3:20PM
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on certain e-cigarette products.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/28/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to county and municipal authority to prohibit the sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products near certain locations.
Author:
Cook
Sponsor:
Cunningham | Johnson | Frank | Simmons | Olcott
Last Action:
05/21/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/28/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to limitations on the age of individuals allowed to enter the premises of a smoke shop; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/06/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public schools.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
05/06/2025 H Referred to Public Education: May 6 2025 9:01PM
Caption:
Relating to the availability of automated external defibrillators at public schools.
Author:
Cook | Alvarado
Last Action:
03/13/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to accountability interventions for certain school districts with low-performing campuses.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/13/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a task force to evaluate the housing needs of senior citizens who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/13/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to a study by the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies nursing advisory committee on school nurse staffing.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/13/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to the employment of full-time registered nurses at public schools.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/13/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to a health impact assessment for certain transportation projects of the Texas Department of Transportation.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/13/2025 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the use of state money for high-speed rail operated by a private entity and to the construction of certain high-speed rail.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/13/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to the accommodation of pedestrians, bicyclists, persons with disabilities, children, senior citizens, users of public transportation, movers of commercial goods, and motorists on streets and highways.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/24/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to establishing a highway construction mitigation program for certain highway construction projects.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/24/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to expedited credentialing of certain federally qualified health center providers by managed care plan issuers and Medicaid managed care organizations.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/24/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a higher education plan for human papillomavirus education and prevention.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/24/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in property tax appraisal records.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/24/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the time period for conducting a pretrial hearing after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the definition of ectopic pregnancy.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the definition and provision of an abortion-inducing drug.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to housing finance corporations.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to removing certain tax exemptions for leasehold or other possessory interests in public facilities granted by public facility corporations.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: May 14 2025 12:07AM
Caption:
Relating to the disclosure and posting of certain information regarding multifamily residential developments that receive certain tax exemptions and the eligibility of those developments to receive those exemptions.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to a restriction on the authority to disburse money paid into the tax increment fund for a tax increment financing reinvestment zone to pay certain project costs for the zone.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/28/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to regulation by municipalities and certain counties of and certain prohibited state agency regulation of automated external defibrillators.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to certain duties regarding county jail prisoners confined in out-of-state correctional facilities.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the collection and reporting of information regarding mental health jail diversion.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to preventing discrimination in foster care.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to a seller's disclosure regarding real property located within a certain distance of a state or federal superfund site.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to prohibited steering or directing use of certain facilities for emergency care under certain health benefit plans.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to abolishing Confederate Heroes Day.
Author:
Cook | West | Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a municipality to alter speed limits.
Author:
Cook | Menéndez
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to Holocaust Remembrance Week in public schools.
Author:
Cook | Alvarado
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of abortion and related matters, including infant supportive palliative care and exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits in relation to newborn children.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for the treatment of obesity and certain diabetes prevention program services.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the preliminary examination of a person transported to a general hospital's emergency department.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board of directors of a municipal utility district.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to public involvement procedures for the statewide transportation improvement program.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to the election of certain participating entities to participate in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to consideration of education-related income in determining eligibility of applicants for residential tenancies.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to the screening of, services for, and educational programs for children with visual impairments; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that the board of directors of certain tax increment reinvestment zones utilize the services of the legal department of the municipality that created the zone.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that the board of directors of certain tax increment reinvestment zones have conducted by the office of the city controller of the municipality that created the zone an annual financial audit.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to high school deputy voter registrars.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to unreasonable noise near a private residence.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the inclusion of additional printed languages for election materials in certain political subdivisions.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the release of an inmate on medically recommended intensive supervision.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the duration of a child's detention following a detention hearing and a study on the effects of detention orders in a juvenile court proceeding.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to certain proceedings and supervision following certain adjudications occurring in a criminal case.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the authority of certain health care facilities to cooperate with officers engaged in immigration-related duties.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility for financial assistance of persons following certain drug-related convictions.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to benefits provided to eligible survivors of certain public safety employees.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the sale of a manufactured home community.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the renewal of certain leases in manufactured home communities.
Author:
Cook
Sponsor:
Bell, Keith
Last Action:
05/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to information provided to a purchaser of a manufactured home regarding the ability to elect to treat the home as real property or personal property.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the treatment of a manufactured home as real property.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to public housing authorities.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to public facility corporations.
Author:
Cook | Eckhardt
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to certain health care services, increasing access to health care, and repealing or replacing medically unnecessary and outdated health care restrictions.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the prohibited exclusion of certain individuals requiring specialized care from inpatient mental health facilities.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to equitable representation in decision making for transportation planning.
Author:
Cook | Johnson | Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of child life services and the coverage of child life services under Medicaid and health benefit plans; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the consideration of water conservation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality when determining whether to grant or deny a petition for the creation of a municipal utility district.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the temporary sales and use tax exemptions for certain tangible personal property related to data centers and large data center projects.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of state agency grievance procedures for state agency employees.
Author:
Cook
Sponsor:
Orr | Frank | Pierson | Bucy
Last Action:
05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Caption:
Relating to a wildlife corridor action plan developed by the Parks and Wildlife Department and certain other duties of the department relating to wildlife corridors.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency regarding recommended standards for school district facility maintenance and custodial services.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads.
Author:
Cook | Hall | Miles
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to a highway toll exemption for public school buses.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the statewide intellectual and developmental disability coordinating council.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the adoption of a water conservation program by a county.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the provision of certain nursing services under the case management for children and pregnant women program.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to design considerations of transportation projects by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/25/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Memorial Park in Houston on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Author:
Cook | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action:
03/04/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Nurse Day.
Author:
Cook | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Mark Garcia for his 25 years of service as Texas Senate auditor.
Additional Primary Authors (101):
Author:
Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor:
Meyer | Martinez Fischer | Bonnen | Hunter | Turner
Last Action:
06/16/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.
Author:
Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
05/06/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses.
Author:
Zaffirini | Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting certain transfers, purchases, and possession of assault weapons; creating criminal offenses.
Author:
Zaffirini | Cook
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.
Author:
Zaffirini | Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry.
Author:
Zaffirini | Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to excused absences from public school for a student's mental or behavioral health.
Author:
Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor:
Wilson
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Author:
Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to electronic voter registration.
Author:
Miles | Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption:
Relating to air quality permits for concrete crushing facilities and concrete plants located in certain areas.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption:
Relating to the consideration of certain local government actions before the renewal of air permits for certain concrete plants.
Author:
Miles | Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours.
Author:
Miles | Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Texas African American Heritage Commission.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Author:
Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Menéndez
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition of employment discrimination on the basis of reproductive decisions and certain employment agreements limiting reproductive decisions.
Author:
Eckhardt | Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B.
Author:
Eckhardt | Cook | Flores | Menéndez | Parker
Sponsor:
Howard | Lalani | Ward Johnson | Shofner | Wilson
Last Action:
05/06/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the period for which an applicant for admission as an undergraduate student to a public institution of higher education is entitled to an academic fresh start.
Author:
Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Sponsor:
Harless
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the offenses of assault, harassment, and interference with public duties committed against certain employees or agents of a utility.
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.
Author:
Miles | Cook | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Last Action:
04/28/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of nurses for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.
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.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to the removal of a conservator, board of managers, or other alternative management of a campus or school district in certain circumstances.
Author:
Johnson | Cook
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.
Author:
Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Miles
Last Action:
02/13/2025 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption:
Relating to who may request a public hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant.
Author:
Eckhardt | Bettencourt | Cook | Gutierrez | Parker | et al.
Sponsor:
Turner
Last Action:
06/22/2025 E Vetoed by the Governor
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; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Parker | Cook | Hall | Perry
Last Action:
02/24/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the Health and Human Services Commission Executive Council.
Author:
Alvarado | Cook
Last Action:
03/06/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to written protocols for certain nonprescription drugs under Medicaid and civil liability related to those protocols.
Author:
Gutierrez | Alvarado | Cook | Eckhardt | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al.
Last Action:
03/11/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Gutierrez | Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action:
03/11/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to regulating certain firearm transfers, possession of certain firearms, and protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
Author:
Alvarado | Cook | Eckhardt
Last Action:
03/13/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to coverage for screening mammograms, diagnostic imaging, and supplemental breast examinations under certain health benefit plans.
Author:
Miles | Cook
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the development of a severe weather adaptation plan by certain entities.
Author:
Parker | Cook | Hinojosa, Adam | Paxton | Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the implementation of a statewide homeless data sharing network to share real-time data on homelessness.
Author:
Menéndez | Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Cook
Last Action:
04/14/2025 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption:
Relating to air quality permits for certain concrete plants and crushing facilities.
Author:
Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor:
Meyer | Martinez Fischer | Bonnen | Hunter | Turner
Last Action:
05/22/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district.
Author:
Zaffirini | Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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.
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.
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.
Author:
Johnson | Cook
Last Action:
02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Author:
Miles | Cook
Last Action:
02/07/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit additional uses of certain dedicated general revenue transferred each fiscal year to the state highway fund.
Author:
Perry | Alvarado | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | et al.
Last Action:
03/10/2025 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes and insurance premium taxes to the Texas water fund.
Author:
Middleton | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
01/28/2025 S Printed in full
Caption:
In memory of Jesus "Jesse" Vargas of Brazoria County.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Cook | West
Last Action:
01/29/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing January 29, 2025, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day.
Author:
Alvarado | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | Flores | et al.
Last Action:
02/18/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 18, 2025, as Texas Music Advocacy Day.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Cook | et al.
Last Action:
02/11/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 11, 2025, as University of Houston Day.
Author:
Huffman | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
02/13/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Senator Judith Zaffirini on the occasion of her birthday.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action:
02/25/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
In memory of U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston.
Author:
West | Alvarado | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action:
02/24/2025 S Printed in full
Caption:
In memory of Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Cook | Creighton | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al.
Last Action:
02/19/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing State Representative Harold V. Dutton, Jr., on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Cook | Flores | et al.
Last Action:
02/26/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 26, 2025, as University of Houston-Downtown Day.
Author:
Creighton | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Cook | Flores | et al.
Last Action:
02/26/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 26, 2025, as Orange and Maroon Legislative Day.
Author:
Gutierrez | Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action:
02/27/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 27, 2025, as Texas Majority to End Gun Violence Advocacy Day.
Author:
West | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
02/27/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 2025 as Black History Month.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Cook | Eckhardt | West
Last Action:
03/04/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Cook | Eckhardt | Hinojosa, Adam | et al.
Last Action:
03/04/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Texas Southern University Day.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Birdwell | Cook | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action:
03/04/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
In memory of William A. Lawson of Houston.
Author:
Menéndez | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
06/01/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
In memory of former state Senator and Representative Joe J. Bernal of San Antonio.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
03/13/2025 S Printed in full
Caption:
In memory of U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner of Houston.
Author:
Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Johnson | et al.
Last Action:
06/01/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing members of the Hindu faith who are celebrating Holi on March 14, 2025.
Author:
King | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
03/19/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day.
Author:
Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Johnson | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Extending best wishes to all those participating in the festivities of Holi.
Author:
Parker | Birdwell | Blanco | Cook | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 17, 2025, as Profound Autism Awareness Day.
Author:
Johnson | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Cook | et al.
Last Action:
03/25/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 19, 2025, as Texas Small Business Development Center Day.
Author:
Parker | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Cook | et al.
Last Action:
03/27/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 27, 2025, as CASA Day.
Author:
Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action:
03/27/2025 S Printed in full
Caption:
In memory of Gordon Robert Johnson of Austin.
Author:
Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Flores | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action:
03/31/2025 S Printed in full
Caption:
In memory of Carole Stewart Keeton of Austin.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Cook | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | West
Last Action:
04/07/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing April 7, 2025, as Jack and Jill of America Day.
Author:
Gutierrez | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | Flores | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Deb Manley and Cathy Hoyt on their discovery of a new plant species at Big Bend National Park.
Author:
Eckhardt | Cook | Gutierrez | Miles
Last Action:
04/15/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing April 15, 2025, as Blue Ribbon Lobby Day.
Author:
Hancock | Birdwell | Campbell | Cook | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing April 29, 2025 as Donate Life Texas Day.
Author:
Creighton | Campbell | Cook | Eckhardt | Huffman | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the National Conference of State Legislatures on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Author:
Eckhardt | Cook | Flores | Johnson | Miles | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Austin Habitat for Humanity on the occasion of its 40th anniversary and on its collaboration with the 2025 Carter Work Project.
Author:
Paxton | Birdwell | Campbell | Cook | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing May 2025 as Jewish American Heritage Month.
Author:
Menéndez | Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action:
05/21/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the members of the 13th class of the Senator Gregory Luna Legislative Scholars and Fellows Program.
Author:
Miles | Cook | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Hinojosa, Adam | et al.
Last Action:
05/20/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the Texas Legislative Internship Program Class of the 89th Legislature.
Author:
Paxton | Bettencourt | Campbell | Cook | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Summer Willis for her advocacy on behalf of survivors of sexual violence.
Author:
Miles | Birdwell | Cook | Hancock | Johnson | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Baylor College of Medicine on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Cook | Johnson
Last Action:
05/21/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the 2025 University of Houston Hobby School Fellows.
Author:
Campbell | Birdwell | Cook | Flores | Hancock | et al.
Last Action:
05/23/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the Boerne Little League All-Stars for advancing to the Little League Baseball World Series championship game.
Author:
Eckhardt | Cook | Johnson | Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/27/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the LOVB Austin Volleyball Women's professional team's championship win at the LOVB Pro Finals.
Author:
Hughes | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
06/02/2025 S Printed in full
Caption:
In memory of Joshua Daniel King of Weatherford.
Author:
Zaffirini | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
06/01/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Secretary of the Senate Patsy Spaw and her staff for their valuable contributions and service.
Author:
Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
05/30/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Returning Senate Bill No. 293 to the House for further consideration.
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