Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Cecil Bell
89th Legislature First Called Session
Report Date: 8/3/2025

Number of Bills: 19

Report Sections:

Author (19):
HB 13 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/30/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Jul 30 2025 9:03AM
Caption: Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.

HB 33 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/14/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.

HB 97 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/15/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to the authority of the legislature or a state court to declare certain federal actions to be unconstitutional federal actions, including the effect and enforcement of such a declaration.

HB 103 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/16/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to state preemption of certain municipal and county regulation.

HB 104 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/16/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to municipal and county financial requirements.

HB 154 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/21/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to a requirement that an appraisal review board rely on an appraisal of residential real property prepared by an appraiser and submitted to the board by the property owner to determine a protest regarding the value of the property.

HB 155 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/21/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to use public money for an environmental project.

HB 156 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/21/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to the allocation and deposit of certain surplus state revenue to the property tax relief fund for use in reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes.

HB 157 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/21/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

HB 219 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/28/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain criteria in a local governmental agency contractor selection process.

HB 240 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/31/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 242 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/31/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to flood safety and disaster preparedness.

HB 243 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/31/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to the selection of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district; authorizing a fee.

HB 252 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 08/01/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.

HCR 2 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/15/2025 H Filed
Caption: Directing the Texas Department of Public Safety to consider opening a Driver License Mega Center in Magnolia.

HJR 19 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/21/2025 H Filed
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

HJR 30 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/31/2025 H Filed
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

HJR 31 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 08/01/2025 H Filed
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.

HR 2 Author: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 07/14/2025 H Filed
Caption: In memory of Kenneth Allen Griffin of Katy.

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