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

Number of Bills: 17

Report Sections: Sponsored Bills | Joint Sponsored Bills

Sponsor (12):
SB 627 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: VanDeaver
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

SB 918 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: VanDeaver
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of orthotists and prosthetists.

SB 1113 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/24/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to certain retail sales of motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers by a holder of a converter's license.

SB 1369 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/19/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
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.

SB 1376 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: VanDeaver
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the supervision requirements of a code enforcement officer in training.

SB 1580 Author: Blanco
Sponsor: VanDeaver
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the composition of the governing body of a local mental health authority.

SB 1677 Author: Menéndez
Sponsor: VanDeaver
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to a study on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation.

SB 1697 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/13/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to a customer guide to home solar energy devices.

SB 1786 Author: Creighton
Sponsor: VanDeaver | King | Ward Johnson | Kitzman
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to public higher education.

SB 1940 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: VanDeaver
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death.

SB 1986 Author: Hall
Sponsor: VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to warning labels for opioid prescription drugs.

SB 2785 Author: Birdwell
Sponsor: VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
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.

Joint Sponsor (5):
SB 25 Author: Kolkhorst
Sponsor: Hull | Frank | VanDeaver | Bucy | Pierson
Last Action: 06/22/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.

SB 261 Author: Perry
Sponsor: Gerdes | Kitzman | VanDeaver | Bell, Keith | Dean
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties.

SB 991 Author: Bettencourt
Sponsor: González, Mary | Moody | VanDeaver | Garcia, Linda
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.

SB 1233 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Swanson | Oliverson | VanDeaver | Bonnen | Leach
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty.

SB 2308 Author: Parker
Sponsor: Harris | Leach | Phelan | Orr | VanDeaver
Last Action: 06/11/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a consortium to conduct United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development clinical trials with ibogaine to secure the administration's approval of the medication's use for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy and to the administration of that treatment.

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