Texas Legislature
Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored
Rep. Cole Hefner
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/28/2025

Number of Bills: 31

Report Sections: Sponsored Bills | Joint Sponsored Bills

Sponsor (27):
SB 17 Author: Kolkhorst | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Sponsor: Hefner | Metcalf | Patterson | McQueeney | Spiller
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.

SB 36 Author: Parker
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the homeland security activities of certain entities, including the establishment and operations of the Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety.

SB 467 Author: Paxton | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire.

SB 523 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address.

SB 659 Author: Schwertner
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 05/19/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of smuggling of persons.

SB 781 Author: King
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 05/27/2025 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

SB 840 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Hefner | Alders | Cole
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.

SB 890 Author: Paxton
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.

SB 1099 Author: Flores
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 05/19/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an illegal alien.

SB 1101 Author: Flores
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 05/12/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of smuggling of persons.

SB 1236 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Hefner | Patterson
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers.

SB 1362 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Hefner | Patterson | Metcalf
Last Action: 06/22/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense.

SB 1422 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Memorial Bridge.

SB 1455 Author: Hagenbuch
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 1/1/26
Caption: Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.

SB 1637 Author: King
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.

SB 1646 Author: King
Sponsor: Hefner | Rose | Geren | Lopez, Ray | Patterson
Last Action: 05/30/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.

SB 1744 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 05/21/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the designation of State Loop 255 in Camp County as the Camp County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.

SB 1814 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to creation and maintenance of an electronic database to provide information to certain members of the United States armed forces regarding the resources and benefits provided to veterans.

SB 2312 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 05/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the establishment and powers and duties of the Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict.

SB 2332 Author: Parker
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 05/30/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety.

SB 2366 Author: Hughes | Paxton
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a grant program to fund certain short line railroad projects.

SB 2383 Author: Bettencourt
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the employment of certain peace officers of the Department of Public Safety.

SB 2514 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to establishing the hostile foreign adversaries unit at the Department of Public Safety and training, prohibitions, and reporting requirements designed to combat foreign influence and foreign adversary operations; creating a criminal offense.

SB 2543 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the amount of certain revenue that may be used for and the location of state veterans cemeteries.

SCR 21 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Edwin Elmer Perryman of Tyler.

SCR 22 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 05/29/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Designating the cannon as the official state gun of Texas.

SJR 84 Author: Bettencourt
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire.

Joint Sponsor (4):
SB 24 Author: Campbell | Bettencourt | Creighton | Flores | Hagenbuch | et al.
Sponsor: Leach | Oliverson | Metcalf | Hefner | Kitzman
Last Action: 06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students.

SB 412 Author: Middleton
Sponsor: Patterson | Hickland | Metcalf | Hefner | Vasut
Last Action: 05/19/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.

SB 1349 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Lopez, Janie | Bonnen | Hefner | Guillen
Last Action: 05/24/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offenses of transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law and to a study and law enforcement training regarding transnational repression.

SB 1612 Author: Johnson
Sponsor: Bell, Keith | Button | Hefner | Romero | Leach
Last Action: 05/26/2025 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to construction contract trust funds.

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