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Texas Legislature

Bills Coauthored

Rep. Rhetta Andrews Bowers
87th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/20/2026

Number of Bills: 43

Author:
Pacheco | White | Dean | Guillen | Collier
Coauthor:
Allison | Beckley | Bonnen | Bowers | Campos | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2021 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption:
Relating to access by a hiring law enforcement agency to an applicant's employment records.
Author:
Johnson, Jarvis | Holland | Shaheen | Thompson, Senfronia | Anchia
Coauthor:
Allen | Beckley | Bernal | Bowers | Bucy | et al.
Last Action:
02/25/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM
Caption:
Relating to abolishing Confederate Heroes Day.
Author:
Talarico | Price | Lucio III | Thompson, Senfronia | Meyer
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson | Beckley | et al.
Last Action:
04/06/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a cap on the monthly price of insulin and insulin supplies.
Author:
Zwiener | Thompson, Senfronia | Morrison | Neave | Button
Coauthor:
Allen | Bowers | Campos | Cole | Collier | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2021 H Companion considered in lieu of
Caption:
Relating to the prohibition against sexual harassment in the workplace.
Author:
Geren | Hunter | Burrows | Clardy | Johnson, Julie
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2021 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to recovery under uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance coverage.
Author:
Smith | Holland
Coauthor:
Bowers | Wilson
Sponsor:
Springer
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the continuation of the Red River Boundary Commission.
Author:
Israel | Oliverson | Lopez | Morales Shaw
Coauthor:
Bowers | Bucy | Campos | Cole | Crockett | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the prima facie speed limit in residence districts.
Author:
Krause | Landgraf | Burns | Slawson | Patterson
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson | Ashby | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2021 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to the academic assessment of public school students.
Author:
Collier | Pacheco | Shaheen | Stucky | Ordaz Perez
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Ashby | Beckley | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Johnson, Julie | Morrison | González, Jessica | Hunter
Coauthor:
Allen | Ashby | Bailes | Beckley | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2021 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to payment of the replacement cost of damaged property under a homeowner's, renter's, or condominium owner's insurance policy.
Author:
Moody | Oliverson | Jetton | Hull | Meza
Coauthor:
Bernal | Bowers | Bucy | Button | Campos | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2021 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the designation of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as optional holidays.
Author:
Ramos | Herrero | Burns | Clardy | Frullo
Coauthor:
Allen | Beckley | Bernal | Biedermann | Bowers | et al.
Last Action:
03/04/2021 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Mar 4 2021 4:17PM
Caption:
Relating to designating April 16 as Selena Quintanilla Pérez Day.
Author:
Crockett | Reynolds | Cason | Talarico
Coauthor:
Allen | Beckley | Bowers | Campos | Cole | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of a warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer.
Author:
Oliverson | Hull | Howard | Collier | Johnson, Julie
Coauthor:
Bowers | Bucy | Guillen | Harless | Jetton | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to limitations on pelvic examinations; authorizing disciplinary action, including an administrative penalty.
Author:
Goodwin
Coauthor:
Allen | Beckley | Bernal | Bowers | Bucy | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to voting by mail due to childbirth or expected childbirth.
Author:
Bell, Keith | Huberty | Toth | González, Mary | Dutton
Coauthor:
Allison | Bowers | Burns | Dean | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Taylor
Last Action:
05/30/2021 H Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
Caption:
Relating to a local remote learning program operated by a public school.
Author:
Morales, Christina | Wu | Allen | Huberty | Johnson, Jarvis
Coauthor:
Bowers | Button | Canales | Dominguez | Guerra | et al.
Sponsor:
Alvarado
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to ethnic studies instruction in public schools.
Author:
Klick | Dean | Price | Oliverson | Howard
Coauthor:
Allison | Anchia | Beckley | Bernal | Bowers | et al.
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions and the establishment of compassionate-use institutional review boards to evaluate and approve proposed research programs to study the medical use of low-THC cannabis in the treatment of certain patients.
Author:
Thierry | Thompson, Senfronia | Darby | Hunter | Patterson
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson | Bernal | et al.
Last Action:
04/30/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to restrictions on the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises of a sexually oriented business; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Dominguez | Klick | Burrows | Price | Moody
Coauthor:
Anderson | Bowers | Buckley | Bucy | Campos | et al.
Sponsor:
Campbell
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a study on the use of alternative therapies for treating post-traumatic stress disorder.
Author:
Wilson | Murr | Walle | Martinez | Parker
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson | Beckley | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to air quality permits for aggregate production operations and concrete batch plants.
Author:
Perez | Cain | Huberty | Johnson, Jarvis | Oliverson
Coauthor:
Allison | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | Bernal | Biedermann | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to mandatory arbitration for certain municipal fire departments and employee bargaining agents.
Author:
Zwiener | Huberty | Oliverson | Frank | Paddie
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Bailes | Beckley | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2021 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the creation and uses of the critical infrastructure resiliency fund and the eligibility of certain water-related projects for state financial assistance.
Author:
Buckley | Harless | Ellzey | Murr
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/01/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to criminal conduct that endangers law enforcement; creating a criminal offense and increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Neave | Button | Collier | González, Mary | Meyer
Coauthor:
Bowers | Cook | Frank | Guillen | Howard | et al.
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of a sexual assault, to evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense, and to other law enforcement procedures occurring with respect to a sexual assault or other sex offense.
Author:
Meza | Coleman | White | Johnson, Ann
Coauthor:
Bowers | Guerra | Johnson, Julie | Lopez | Perez | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2021 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to suicide prevention in municipal jails.
Author:
Gates | Burrows | Allen | Lucio III | Harris
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
05/25/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the operation by a school district of a vocational education program to provide eligible high school students with vocational and educational training under a plan for the issuance of a high school diploma and the application of certain student-based allotments under the public school finance system.
Author:
Neave | Button | Collier | González, Mary | Meyer
Coauthor:
Bowers | Cain | Cook | Frank | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the tracking and analysis of evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense, to noncompliance with requirements imposed with respect to that evidence, and to other law enforcement procedures occurring with respect to a sexual offense.
Author:
Johnson, Ann | Thompson, Senfronia | Bonnen | Howard | Leach
Coauthor:
Allen | Beckley | Bowers | Buckley | Bucy | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to resources provided to human trafficking victims and the establishment of the trafficked persons grant program.
Author:
Cook | Anchia | Thompson, Senfronia | Rose | Goldman
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the urban air mobility advisory committee.
Author:
Capriglione | Rogers | Lambert | Allison | Herrero
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Ashby | Bailes | Beckley | et al.
Last Action:
04/22/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Rogers | Capriglione | Guillen | Stephenson | Perez
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson | Ashby | et al.
Last Action:
04/22/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a one-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Johnson, Jarvis | Thompson, Senfronia | Klick | Oliverson | Rose
Coauthor:
Allen | Beckley | Bowers | Bucy | Gervin-Hawkins | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a sickle cell disease registry.
Author:
Johnson, Julie | Larson | Allison | Kacal | Huberty
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Bailes | Beckley | Bernal | et al.
Last Action:
03/24/2021 H Referred to Human Services: Mar 24 2021 11:23AM
Caption:
Relating to the development and implementation of the Live Well Texas program to provide health benefit coverage to certain individuals; imposing penalties.
Author:
Johnson, Ann | Thompson, Senfronia | Allen | Hull | Morales Shaw
Coauthor:
Bowers | Bucy | Campos | Cole | Collier | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault.
Author:
Meza | Johnson, Ann | Minjarez
Coauthor:
Bowers | González, Jessica | Morales Shaw | Morales, Christina | Perez
Last Action:
05/11/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to reporting and investigating certain cases of child abuse or neglect involving a pregnant woman's use of a controlled substance.
Author:
Meza | Howard | Gervin-Hawkins
Coauthor:
Allen | Bowers | Cain | Clardy | Cortez | et al.
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a committee to study the formation of a Texas Bicentennial Commission.
Author:
Morales, Christina | Perez | Neave
Coauthor:
Bowers | Bucy | Cole | Guerra | Israel | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 3 in Harris County as the Vanessa Guillen Memorial Highway.
Author:
Cole | Rose | Turner, Chris | Crockett | Thierry
Coauthor:
Bowers | Campos | Collier | Ellzey | Gervin-Hawkins | et al.
Sponsor:
West
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to name the building being constructed on the east side of North Congress Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets the Barbara Jordan Building.
Author:
Morales, Christina | Neave | Minjarez | Romero, Jr. | Perez
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson | Ashby | et al.
Sponsor:
Alvarado
Last Action:
06/14/2021 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging the United States Congress to pass the I am Vanessa Guillén Act.
Author:
Wu | Vo | Button | Jetton
Coauthor:
Anchia | Beckley | Bowers | Bucy | Campos | et al.
Last Action:
05/17/2021 S Referred to Administration
Caption:
Condemning racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Author:
Canales | Ashby | Kuempel | King, Ken | Geren
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Bailes | Beckley | et al.
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/01/2021 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a county to finance the development or redevelopment of transportation or infrastructure in unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted areas in the county; authorizing the issuance of bonds and notes.
Author:
Raney | Morrison | King, Phil | Howard | Guerra
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson | Beckley | Bowers | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding certain organizational and procedural matters related to the legislature.
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