Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 61
Author:
Buckley | Bernal | Guillen
Coauthor:
Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bhojani | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Creighton
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public education and public school finance.
Author:
Buckley | Bernal | Ashby | Frank | Cook
Coauthor:
Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Bumgarner | et al.
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/29/2025 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.
Author:
Craddick | Thompson | Hunter | Bonnen | Curry
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action:
03/10/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Author:
Leach | Harris | Buckley | Metcalf | Hull
Coauthor:
Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Perry
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.
Author:
Meyer | Bonnen | Troxclair | Martinez Fischer | Turner
Coauthor:
Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Buckley | et al.
Last Action:
04/09/2025 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district.
Author:
Meyer | Bonnen | Hickland | Martinez Fischer | Bernal
Coauthor:
Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/12/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income.
Author:
Capriglione | Hunter | Leach | Bhojani | Curry
Coauthor:
Barry | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Bumgarner | Dean | et al.
Last Action:
04/08/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings.
Author:
Bell, Keith | Capriglione | Hunter | Spiller | Canales
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Bumgarner | Cook | Dean | Dorazio | et al.
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the review and audit of certain state agency operations.
Author:
Harris
Coauthor:
Alders | Bell, Cecil | Bonnen | Buckley | Bumgarner | et al.
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to support for the development of the nuclear energy industry.
Author:
Harris | Hunter | Kitzman | Ashby | Martinez
Coauthor:
Barry | Cunningham | Darby | Fairly | Gerdes | et al.
Last Action:
04/02/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.
Author:
Hefner | Metcalf | Patterson | McQueeney | Spiller
Coauthor:
Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action:
04/02/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Gates | Buckley | Bell, Keith | Longoria | Martinez Fischer
Coauthor:
Alders | Allen | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bhojani | et al.
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program.
Author:
Gates | Capriglione | Martinez Fischer | Tepper | Bell, Cecil
Coauthor:
Alders | Allen | Barry | Bell, Keith | Bhojani | et al.
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/28/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.
Author:
King | Garcia, Linda | Lalani
Coauthor:
Anchía | Bernal | Bhojani | Bowers | Bryant | et al.
Sponsor:
Flores
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school students in public schools.
Author:
McLaughlin | Guillen | Moody | Leo Wilson | Louderback
Coauthor:
Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Flores
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies.
Author:
Plesa | Oliverson | Leach | Orr | Campos
Coauthor:
Alders | Bell, Keith | Bhojani | Bonnen | Bryant | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/28/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program.
Author:
Wilson | Shaheen | Tinderholt | Howard | VanDeaver
Coauthor:
Bhojani | Bucy | Lambert | Morales Shaw | Morales, Eddie | et al.
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.
Author:
Kitzman | Guillen | Lopez, Janie | Bonnen | González, Mary
Coauthor:
Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Buckley | et al.
Sponsor:
Sparks
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority.
Author:
Geren | Johnson | Howard | Hull | Orr
Coauthor:
Allen | Bell, Keith | Bernal | Bhojani | Bowers | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.
Author:
Smithee
Coauthor:
Alders | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Buckley | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings.
Author:
Smithee
Coauthor:
Alders | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Buckley | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds.
Author:
Wilson
Coauthor:
Alders | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Guillen | Fairly | Morales, Eddie | Buckley | Ashby
Coauthor:
Bumgarner | Flores | LaHood | Lambert | Lopez, Janie | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of an electronic registry of livestock marks and brands.
Author:
Swanson | Bonnen | Leach | Metcalf | Harris
Coauthor:
Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action:
02/27/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 27 2025 11:13AM
Caption:
Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using certain private spaces; authorizing a civil penalty.
Author:
DeAyala | Bumgarner | Harris | Bell, Keith | Louderback
Coauthor:
Alders | Barry | Buckley | Cain | Capriglione | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2025 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the content of a driver's license or personal identification certificate.
Author:
Wilson
Coauthor:
Alders | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.
Author:
Morales, Eddie | Kitzman | Howard | Curry | Lalani
Coauthor:
Ashby | Davis, Aicha | Frank | Guillen | Lambert | et al.
Sponsor:
Blanco
Last Action:
05/29/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the course levels offered at Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College.
Author:
Lujan | Bhojani | Lalani | LaHood | González, Mary
Coauthor:
Davis, Aicha | Flores | Lambert | Money | Morales Shaw | et al.
Sponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Gerdes | Kitzman | VanDeaver | Bell, Keith | Dean
Coauthor:
Ashby | Buckley | Bumgarner | Harris | Hickland | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to certain prohibited acts with respect to cell-cultured protein for human consumption.
Author:
Fairly | Patterson | Talarico | Buckley | Johnson
Coauthor:
Alders | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bhojani | et al.
Sponsor:
Creighton
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices.
Author:
Cain | Vasut | Noble | Hefner | DeAyala
Coauthor:
Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action:
03/11/2025 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption:
Relating to the placement of a nativity scene on the Capitol grounds.
Author:
Leach | Cook | Leo Wilson | Olcott
Coauthor:
Lambert
Last Action:
05/01/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.
Author:
Lopez, Janie | Garcia, Josey | Bell, Cecil | Morales Shaw | Louderback
Coauthor:
Barry | Bowers | Bumgarner | Cain | Cook | et al.
Sponsor:
Flores
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a study by the General Land Office regarding veterans cemeteries in this state.
Author:
Spiller | Harris | Ashby | Cain
Coauthor:
Bell, Keith | Bernal | Guillen | Hayes | Kerwin | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to equitable relief from the enforcement of certain governmental requirements that affect agricultural operations.
Author:
Wharton | Dyson | Louderback | Guillen | Ashby
Coauthor:
Alders | Barry | Bumgarner | Cain | Cook | et al.
Sponsor:
Hagenbuch
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to establishing a grant program to equip motor vehicles used by peace officers with certain bullet-resistant components.
Author:
Villalobos | Leo Wilson | Troxclair | Cook | Plesa
Coauthor:
Alders | Barry | Bell, Keith | Bhojani | Buckley | et al.
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals.
Author:
Harless | Oliverson | Perez, Mary Ann | Metcalf | Thompson
Coauthor:
Allen | Barry | Dutton | Gates | Geren | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the public retirement systems of certain municipalities.
Author:
King | Ashby | Phelan | Frank | Landgraf
Coauthor:
Flores | Hopper | Isaac | Kitzman | Lambert | et al.
Sponsor:
Perry
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties.
Author:
Oliverson | Little | Louderback
Coauthor:
Alders | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Buckley | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to enhancing the punishment for committing certain criminal offenses while disguised or masked.
Author:
Gerdes | Curry | Darby
Coauthor:
Lambert | Morales Shaw | Tepper
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line.
Author:
Darby | Craddick | Harris | Harless | Rose
Coauthor:
Ashby | Curry | Davis, Aicha | Goodwin | Hernandez | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to discriminatory practices by a health benefit plan issuer, pharmacy benefit manager, and third-party payor and certain prescription drug manufacturers, distributors, and related persons with respect to certain entities participating in a federal drug discount program; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Bonnen | Orr
Coauthor:
Barry | Darby | Hefner | Kitzman | Lambert | et al.
Last Action:
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services.
Author:
Wharton
Coauthor:
Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bumgarner | Cook | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for the offense of theft.
Author:
Cook | Noble | Phelan | Howard | Canales
Coauthor:
Alders | Allen | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | et al.
Last Action:
05/07/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.
Author:
Orr | Harris | Howard | Jones, Venton
Coauthor:
Barry | Bell, Keith | Buckley | Button | Cortez | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to copayments required by a health maintenance organization or preferred provider benefit plan for visiting physical therapists.
Author:
Darby | Hull | Howard | Shofner | Gerdes
Coauthor:
Hernandez | Lambert | McLaughlin
Last Action:
04/14/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of advanced practice registered nurses and the payment of independent advanced practice registered nurses in certain government employee health plans.
Author:
Bhojani | Allen | Lujan | Lopez, Janie | Howard
Coauthor:
Anchía | Ashby | Bernal | Bowers | Bryant | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to an elective course on mindfulness for middle school, junior high school, and high school students.
Author:
Bell, Cecil | Buckley | Cole
Coauthor:
Lambert
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the workforce housing capital investment fund program to fund the development of workforce housing in this state; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Leach | Lopez, Janie
Coauthor:
Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator.
Author:
Cook | Longoria | Smithee | Spiller | Leach
Coauthor:
Hayes | Lambert
Last Action:
05/12/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to certain benefits payable by the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.
Author:
Fairly | Patterson | González, Mary | Button | Hunter
Coauthor:
Alders | Allen | Anchía | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
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.
Author:
Gerdes | Harris | Canales | Hull | Raymond
Coauthor:
Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bumgarner | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Author:
Harris | Guillen | Darby
Coauthor:
Alders | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | Buckley | et al.
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
05/22/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Urging Congress to preserve Sections 45U, 45Y, and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code.
Author:
Meyer | Bonnen | Button | Martinez Fischer | Bernal
Coauthor:
Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
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.
Author:
Geren | McQueeney | Meyer | Metcalf
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Bumgarner | Button | Davis, Aicha | Gerdes | et al.
Sponsor:
Perry
Last Action:
05/14/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift.
Author:
Craddick | Bonnen | Hunter | Thompson | Curry
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action:
03/10/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.
Author:
Smithee
Coauthor:
Alders | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Buckley | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons.
Author:
Smithee
Coauthor:
Alders | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Buckley | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.
Author:
Vasut | Hefner | Metcalf
Coauthor:
Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
05/13/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress.
Author:
Anchía | Craddick | Thompson | Moody | Phelan
Coauthor:
Allen | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bernal | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2025 H Reported enrolled: Apr 24 2025 1:38PM
Caption:
In memory of Pope Francis.
Author:
Bhojani | Lujan | Moody | Thompson | Craddick
Coauthor:
Alders | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action:
05/24/2025 H Reported enrolled: May 24 2025 10:37AM
Caption:
Recognizing May 21, 2025, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day.