Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Gary VanDeaver
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/27/2025

Number of Bills: 50

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (30):
HB 18 Author: VanDeaver | Lambert | King | Johnson | Ashby
Sponsor: Perry
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties.

HB 1108 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/07/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to motorcycle profiling by peace officers.

HB 1109 Author: VanDeaver | Bell, Keith | Wharton
Sponsor: Hall
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to an exemption from certain motor fuel taxes for counties in this state.

HB 1115 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/07/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Caption: Relating to the employment of honorably retired peace officers as school district security personnel and the applicability to those officers of certain law governing private security.

HB 1117 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/07/2025 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Caption: Relating to an exemption to the fishing license requirement for certain residents engaged in fishing in public waters.

HB 1118 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/07/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Caption: Relating to the creation of a Texas Commission on Assessment and Accountability.

HB 1469 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/11/2025 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to the County Court at Law of Bowie County.

HB 1609 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder.

HB 1640 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 04/28/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to a customer guide to home solar energy devices.

HB 1833 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/14/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption: Relating to an honorably retired peace officer serving as an armed security officer at a public school.

HB 2109 Author: VanDeaver | Hefner | Luther | Dean | Martinez
Last Action: 05/10/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the removal of certain proposed reservoir sites from the state water plan.

HB 2110 Author: VanDeaver | King | Wilson | Ward Johnson | Kitzman
Last Action: 04/22/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to public higher education.

HB 2114 Author: VanDeaver | Hefner
Last Action: 03/14/2025 H Referred to Natural Resources: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption: Relating to the engineering feasibility and construction of a reservoir.

HB 2147 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 04/28/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to remotely conducting depositions, hearings, and other proceedings in juvenile cases.

HB 2195 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/14/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption: Relating to a public school campus's election under a campus turnaround plan to operate as a community school.

HB 2429 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/31/2025 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption: Relating to funding for certain commercial service airport projects.

HB 2431 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/01/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a permit authorizing the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container.

HB 2467 Author: VanDeaver
Sponsor: Hall
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the compensation and benefits for certain peace officers commissioned by the state fire marshal.

HB 2620 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/18/2025 H Referred to Natural Resources: Mar 18 2025 11:56AM
Caption: Relating to the inclusion of certain sources of water supply in regional water plans.

HB 2665 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 04/01/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to notification and disclosure of records and information concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to county or district attorneys.

HB 3354 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/05/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway.

HB 3395 Author: VanDeaver
Sponsor: Hughes
Last Action: 05/25/2025 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death.

HB 3484 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/01/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to agreements between border municipalities.

HB 3485 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/24/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 24 2025 2:16PM
Caption: Relating to the availability and instruction on the use of automated external defibrillators and a cardiac emergency response plan at public schools and certain private schools in this state.

HB 4058 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/27/2025 H Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption: Relating to self-settled asset protection trusts.

HB 4463 Author: VanDeaver
Sponsor: Parker
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to authorized activities of a brewer's or nonresident brewer's license holder; authorizing a fee increase.

HB 4783 Author: VanDeaver
Sponsor: Hancock
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to a report on governmental opioid antagonist programs to reverse and prevent opioid overdoses.

HB 5544 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 04/07/2025 H Referred to Human Services: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption: Relating to the provision of prosthetic devices to certain Medicaid recipients.

HR 80 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 02/19/2025 H Reported enrolled: Feb 19 2025 4:54PM
Caption: Recognizing February 19, 2025, as Northeast Texas Regional Alliance Day at the State Capitol.

HR 279 Author: VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/06/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 6 2025 2:18PM
Caption: In memory of former state representative Barry Bradford Telford of De Kalb.

Joint Author (20):
HB 25 Author: Hull | Frank | VanDeaver | Bucy | Pierson
Last Action: 04/28/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living; authorizing a civil penalty.

HB 42 Author: Wilson | Shaheen | Tinderholt | Howard | VanDeaver
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the permissible uses of that money.

HB 125 Author: Slawson | VanDeaver | González, Mary | King | Lambert
Last Action: 04/29/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Tarleton State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

HB 213 Author: González, Mary | Moody | VanDeaver | Garcia, Linda
Last Action: 04/22/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.

HB 221 Author: Landgraf | Metcalf | VanDeaver
Last Action: 02/27/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Feb 27 2025 11:13AM
Caption: Relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law.

HB 515 Author: Troxclair | VanDeaver | Ordaz | Harris Davila | Bowers
Last Action: 03/03/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 3 2025 2:24PM
Caption: Relating to public school policies regarding student use of personal electronic devices.

HB 850 Author: Lalani | VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/12/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to emergency cardiovascular care at public schools and certain private schools in this state.

HB 1249 Author: Zwiener | VanDeaver | Buckley | Metcalf | González, Mary
Last Action: 05/19/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption: Relating to authorizing the use of a writing portfolio assessment to assess writing performance for public school students.

HB 1274 Author: González, Mary | VanDeaver
Last Action: 03/10/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM
Caption: Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations.

HB 1335 Author: Gerdes | VanDeaver | Dean | Guillen | Morales, Eddie
Last Action: 03/17/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to underground facility safety.

HB 1431 Author: Gerdes | Kitzman | VanDeaver | Bell, Keith | Dean
Last Action: 05/14/2025 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to certain prohibited acts with respect to cell-cultured protein for human consumption.

HB 1503 Author: Noble | Oliverson | VanDeaver | Simmons | Johnson
Last Action: 04/30/2025 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee.

HB 1773 Author: Bhojani | VanDeaver | Lopez, Janie | Walle | Dutton
Last Action: 05/07/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board.

HB 1781 Author: González, Mary | VanDeaver | Geren | Harless | LaHood
Last Action: 05/07/2025 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the Texas Livestock and Rodeo Education and Continuation Grant Program.

HB 2684 Author: Swanson | Oliverson | VanDeaver | Bonnen | Leach
Last Action: 04/21/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty.

HB 3260 Author: Bell, Keith | Button | Longoria | Wilson | VanDeaver
Sponsor: Hancock
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Grant Program.

HB 3717 Author: Harris | Leach | Phelan | Orr | VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/12/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing the administration's approval as a medication for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy.

HB 3749 Author: Orr | Oliverson | Lalani | Howard | VanDeaver
Sponsor: Campbell
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the regulation of the provision of elective intravenous therapy.

HB 4539 Author: Johnson | Frank | VanDeaver | Bonnen | Howard
Last Action: 05/16/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the dispensing of certain drugs by physicians specializing in ophthalmology.

HB 5659 Author: Dean | VanDeaver | Hefner
Sponsor: Hughes
Last Action: 06/22/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

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