Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Robert Nichols
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/2/2025

Number of Bills: 15

SB 9 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.

SB 17 Author: Kolkhorst | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Coauthor: Hancock | Hughes | Nichols | Paxton
Sponsor: Hefner | Metcalf | Patterson | McQueeney | Spiller
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.

SB 23 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Meyer | Martinez Fischer | Bonnen | Hunter | Bernal
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.

SB 26 Author: Creighton
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Relating to public education, including the rights and compensation of public school educators and funding for teacher compensation under the Foundation School Program.

SB 28 Author: Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Blanco | Gutierrez | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Hughes | Johnson | 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.

SB 40 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.

SB 75 Author: Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Birdwell | Gutierrez | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al.
Sponsor: Wilson
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.

SB 229 Author: West
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Cook | Eckhardt | Hinojosa, Adam | et al.
Last Action: 05/01/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to prohibiting a retail seller of motor vehicles from imposing certain restrictions on the purchase of a motor vehicle.

SB 260 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Bonnen
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.

SB 1047 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Flores | Hagenbuch | King | Kolkhorst | et al.
Last Action: 02/12/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the notice provided by peace officers to victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.

SB 2093 Author: Cook
Coauthor: Nichols
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.

SJR 1 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Sponsor: Smithee | DeAyala | Little | Cook | Louderback
Last Action: 05/28/2025 H Failed of adoption
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances for illegal aliens charged with certain offenses punishable as a felony.

SJR 5 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Sponsor: Smithee | DeAyala | Louderback | Cook | Moody
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.

SJR 85 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Meyer | Martinez Fischer | Bonnen | Hunter | Bernal
Last Action: 05/22/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.

SR 367 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Campbell | Cook | Flores | Hughes | Nichols | et al.
Last Action: 05/01/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing The Texas A&M University System policy interns.

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