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

Number of Bills: 55

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Additional Primary Authored Bills

Author (6):
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 272 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.

SB 566 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.

SB 759 Author: Cook
Last Action: 01/10/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord.

SB 882 Author: Cook
Last Action: 01/23/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to certain rights and duties of residential tenants and landlords; increasing the amount of civil penalties.

Additional Primary Authors (49):
SB 41 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.

SB 45 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.

SB 46 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.

SB 52 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.

SB 75 Author: Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.

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 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 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 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 276 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.

SB 277 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.

SB 282 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.

SB 283 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.

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 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 361 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.

SB 362 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.

SB 365 Author: Eckhardt | Cook | Flores | Menéndez | Parker
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
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.

SB 482 Author: Alvarado | Blanco | Cook | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of assault and harassment committed against certain employees or agents of a utility and committed in a disaster area or evacuated area.

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 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 564 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.

SB 637 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.

SB 885 Author: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Cook | Miles
Last Action: 01/23/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to who may request a public hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant.

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.

SB 1046 Author: Parker | Cook | Hall | Perry
Last Action: 01/31/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to the composition of the Health and Human Services Commission Executive Council.

SJR 6 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.

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 32 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.

SJR 33 Author: Miles | Cook
Last Action: 01/08/2025 S Filed
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit additional uses of certain dedicated general revenue transferred each fiscal year to the state highway fund.

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 16 Author: Miles | Alvarado | Cook | West
Last Action: 01/29/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing January 29, 2025, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day.

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