Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Angie Chen Button
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/1/2025

Number of Bills: 70

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (29):
HB 32 Author: Button | Geren | Moody | Smithee | Leach
Last Action: 05/12/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.

HB 112 Author: Button | Capriglione | Hunter | Bonnen | Ordaz
Sponsor: Parker
Last Action: 05/27/2025 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of a science park district in certain counties.

HB 135 Author: Button | Noble | Turner | Capriglione | Meyer
Sponsor: Campbell
Last Action: 05/13/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes for game animals and exotic animals.

HB 1268 Author: Button | Hull | Lujan | González, Mary | Fairly
Last Action: 05/09/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas technology and innovation program.

HB 1533 Author: Button | Noble | Turner | Bell, Keith
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 1648 Author: Button
Last Action: 03/12/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a county may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

HB 1681 Author: Button | Capriglione | Martinez Fischer | Gervin-Hawkins | Noble
Last Action: 04/21/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the applicability of sales and use taxes to certain services provided by a marketplace provider.

HB 1757 Author: Button | Plesa | Manuel
Last Action: 04/23/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy.

HB 1764 Author: Button | Cole | Richardson | Luther | Plesa
Last Action: 05/01/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the certification and regulation of certain out-of-state certified public accountants.

HB 2598 Author: Button | Buckley | Allen | Bernal | Kerwin
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code.

HB 2788 Author: Button | Bell, Keith | Longoria | Villalobos | Richardson
Sponsor: Johnson
Last Action: 05/22/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the disclosure of certain fraud detection information obtained in the administration of the unemployment compensation system.

HB 2791 Author: Button | Bell, Keith | Longoria | Lopez, Janie | Harris Davila
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to the procurement of goods and services for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services.

HB 3011 Author: Button
Last Action: 03/20/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that make certain employer child-care contributions.

HB 3191 Author: Button | Smithee | Plesa | Bell, Keith | Longoria
Last Action: 05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that make certain employer child-care contributions and a study on access to and availability of child care in this state.

HB 3258 Author: Button
Last Action: 04/24/2025 H Reported from s/c favorably with substitute
Caption: Relating to the imposition of a penalty for failure to timely file a rendition statement or property report with the chief appraiser of an appraisal district.

HB 3303 Author: Button
Last Action: 03/21/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 21 2025 9:52AM
Caption: Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for exotic animals.

HB 3976 Author: Button | Smithee | Plesa | Bell, Keith | Longoria
Last Action: 05/21/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the waiver of license renewal fees for certain instructors in high-demand fields at public institutions of higher education.

HB 4083 Author: Button | Capriglione | Gervin-Hawkins | Flores | Noble
Last Action: 04/28/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain perishable inventory held for sale at retail.

HB 4149 Author: Button | Smithee | Plesa | Bell, Keith | Longoria
Last Action: 03/27/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption: Relating to the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act.

HB 4850 Author: Button | Lujan | Meza | Hull | Smithee
Sponsor: King
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to programs to promote economic development in the Office of the Governor and to the repeal of the governor's broadband development council.

HJR 105 Author: Button
Last Action: 03/12/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a county may impose on the residence homesteads of persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

HJR 174 Author: Button
Last Action: 04/28/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation certain perishable inventory held for sale at retail.

HR 452 Author: Button
Last Action: 03/06/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 6 2025 1:07PM
Caption: Recognizing March 8, 2025, as International Women's Day.

HR 544 Author: Button
Last Action: 03/19/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 19 2025 1:36PM
Caption: Recognizing March 19, 2025, as Texas Small Business Development Center Day.

HR 755 Author: Button
Last Action: 06/01/2025 H Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
Caption: In memory of Janice S. Watson Cullum.

HR 756 Author: Button
Last Action: 06/01/2025 H Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
Caption: In memory of George L. Cullum III.

HR 909 Author: Button | Vo | Wu | Bhojani | Lalani
Last Action: 05/12/2025 H Reported enrolled: May 12 2025 12:57PM
Caption: Recognizing May 2025 as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

HR 1336 Author: Button
Last Action: 06/01/2025 H Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
Caption: In memory of Janice S. Watson Cullum.

HR 1337 Author: Button
Last Action: 06/01/2025 H Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
Caption: In memory of George L. Cullum III.

Joint Author (41):
HB 120 Author: Bell, Keith | Buckley | Ashby | Gates | Button
Sponsor: Schwertner
Last Action: 05/31/2025 H Signed in the House
Caption: Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.

HB 149 Author: Capriglione | Button | Bonnen | Orr | Bhojani
Sponsor: Schwertner
Last Action: 05/31/2025 H Reported enrolled: May 31 2025 9:43AM
Caption: Relating to regulation of the use of artificial intelligence systems in this state; providing civil penalties.

HB 517 Author: Harris Davila | Isaac | Troxclair | Button | Luther
Sponsor: Schwertner
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.

HB 1035 Author: Talarico | Button | Plesa
Last Action: 04/24/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the contents of an affidavit required to be included with an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility.

HB 2048 Author: Lujan | Button | Morales Shaw | Cook | Ordaz
Last Action: 05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to an incentive program to promote beverage container recycling.

HB 2271 Author: Walle | Button
Last Action: 05/12/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment information for certain day-care centers.

HB 2508 Author: Turner | Button | Cook | Cortez | Garcia, Linda
Sponsor: Hughes
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a qualifying condition or disease.

HB 2717 Author: Anchía | Rose | González, Mary | Button | Moody
Last Action: 03/18/2025 H Referred to Appropriations: Mar 18 2025 11:56AM
Caption: Relating to equalizing compensation for certain wrongfully imprisoned persons.

HB 3085 Author: Bowers | Button | Garcia, Linda
Last Action: 03/20/2025 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Caption: Relating to a local option election on the sale of alcoholic beverages in certain areas of a municipality and the local regulation of premises in those areas.

HB 3133 Author: Bhojani | Button | Talarico | Harris Davila | Fairly
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 05/31/2025 H Signed in the House
Caption: Relating to user reports of explicit deep fake material on social media platforms.

HB 3177 Author: Anchía | Meyer | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra | Button
Last Action: 05/20/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the office of inspector general in certain municipalities and the investigators of those offices.

HB 3208 Author: Anchía | Button | Bumgarner | González, Jessica
Last Action: 05/14/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the installation by the Texas Department of Transportation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions.

HB 3260 Author: Bell, Keith | Button | Longoria | Wilson | VanDeaver
Sponsor: Hancock
Last Action: 05/23/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Grant Program.

HB 3287 Author: Bell, Keith | Button | Hefner | Romero | Leach
Last Action: 05/05/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to construction contract trust funds.

HB 3288 Author: Bell, Keith | Button | Kitzman | Barry | Anchía
Last Action: 05/02/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the application of funds under certain construction contracts.

HB 3344 Author: Curry | Dean | Bell, Keith | Button | Longoria
Last Action: 05/08/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the regulation and licensing of reroofing contractors by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; providing administrative and civil penalties; authorizing fees.

HB 3458 Author: Patterson | Meyer | Turner | Ordaz | Button
Last Action: 05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty.

HB 3605 Author: Ordaz | Button
Last Action: 05/07/2025 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that employ certain apprentices in broadband utility engineering or construction jobs.

HB 3684 Author: Capriglione | Button | Garcia, Linda
Last Action: 04/28/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the exclusion of certain securities transaction payments from the total revenue of a taxable entity that is a registered securities market operator.

HB 3807 Author: Harris Davila | Ordaz | Button | Morales Shaw
Last Action: 05/14/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

HB 4022 Author: Lujan | Button
Last Action: 03/27/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption: Relating to the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act.

HB 4115 Author: Meyer | Button | Anchía | Capriglione
Last Action: 05/05/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the submission and approval of certain proposals by shareholders of nationally listed corporations.

HB 4124 Author: Darby | King | Button
Last Action: 04/14/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the charging of swipe fees on certain electronic payment transactions; authorizing a civil penalty.

HB 4487 Author: Bhojani | Luther | Ordaz | Richardson | Button
Last Action: 05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to prohibitions in connection with certain sales of clothing on an Internet website or software application; providing a civil penalty.

HB 4531 Author: Bhojani | Button | Ordaz | Longoria | Richardson
Last Action: 05/14/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.

HB 4558 Author: Anchía | Lujan | Button | Longoria
Last Action: 04/30/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the filing or recording of documents or instruments conveying or purporting to convey an interest in real or personal property.

HB 4560 Author: Anchía | Lujan | Button | Longoria
Last Action: 04/30/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to recording requirements for certain instruments concerning real property.

HB 4582 Author: Bell, Keith | Capriglione | Button | Bumgarner | Plesa
Sponsor: Paxton
Last Action: 05/26/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to reimbursement of infrastructure costs incurred by a developer of certain housing developments by certain municipalities and counties.

HB 4735 Author: Ashby | Button | King
Sponsor: Perry
Last Action: 05/13/2025 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to rural development funds and insurance tax credits for certain investments in those funds; authorizing fees.

HB 4901 Author: Fairly | Patterson | González, Mary | Button | Hunter
Last Action: 04/15/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.

HB 4903 Author: Harris Davila | Ordaz | Button
Sponsor: Birdwell
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission.

HB 5122 Author: Harris Davila | Ordaz | Button | Morales Shaw
Last Action: 05/14/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to certain duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to child-care resources.

HCR 127 Author: Lujan | Button | Ordaz | Paul | Bhojani
Sponsor: Parker
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Expressing support for the strengthening of our partnership with Taiwan.

HJR 1 Author: Meyer | Bonnen | Button | Martinez Fischer | Bernal
Sponsor: Bettencourt
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.

HJR 4 Author: Meyer | Button | Vasut | Moody | Anchía
Sponsor: Parker
Last Action: 05/05/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions.

HJR 133 Author: Turner | Button | Cook | Cortez | Garcia, Linda
Sponsor: Hughes
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed under federal law to have been service-connected.

HR 52 Author: Wu | Button | Bhojani | Lalani | Vo
Last Action: 01/29/2025 H Reported enrolled: Jan 29 2025 11:56AM
Caption: Commemorating the Lunar New Year on January 29, 2025.

HR 314 Author: Lalani | Button | Bhojani | Wu
Last Action: 02/20/2025 H Reported enrolled: Feb 20 2025 12:28PM
Caption: Recognizing February 24, 2025, as AAPI Day of Action at the State Capitol.

HR 602 Author: Lalani | Button | Wu | Bhojani
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 25 2025 4:06PM
Caption: Recognizing March 25, 2025, as Desi Day of Action at the State Capitol.

HR 868 Author: Lujan | Longoria | Button | Bhojani | Richardson
Last Action: 05/16/2025 H Reported enrolled: May 16 2025 12:53PM
Caption: Honoring the longstanding relationship between the Province of Québec and the State of Texas.

HR 1402 Author: Ashby | Lujan | Button | Bhojani
Last Action: 06/01/2025 H Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
Caption: Commending the members of the inaugural cohort of The University of Texas System Texas Legislative Fellowship Program for their service during the 89th Legislative Session.

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