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Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. Carl O. Sherman, Sr.
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/21/2026
Number of Bills: 50

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (30):
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
02/28/2023 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Feb 28 2023 4:13PM
Caption:
Relating to allowing therapy or facility dogs to accompany a child or a person with a disability during testimony in certain criminal cases.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
03/01/2023 H Referred to Human Services: Mar 1 2023 11:49AM
Caption:
Relating to payments made to certain foster parents.
Author:
Sherman, Sr. | Collier
Last Action:
05/09/2023 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to an affirmative finding of family violence entered in the trial of certain offenses.
Author:
Sherman, Sr. | Moody
Last Action:
04/24/2023 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the award of good conduct time to certain inmates; changing parole eligibility.
Author:
Sherman, Sr. | Guillen | Johnson, Jarvis
Last Action:
03/02/2023 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety: Mar 2 2023 3:47PM
Caption:
Relating to official oppression and to law enforcement policies requiring peace officers to report certain peace officer misconduct; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
04/11/2023 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to supplemental liability insurance for foster homes.
Author:
Sherman, Sr. | Price | Collier | Smith | Leo-Wilson
Last Action:
05/09/2023 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the marketing and sale of catfish and similar fish by food service establishments; providing administrative and civil penalties.
Author:
Sherman, Sr. | Jetton | Smith | González, Mary | Guillen
Last Action:
03/03/2023 H Referred to Appropriations: Mar 3 2023 1:58PM
Caption:
Relating to the salaries of members of certain municipal police departments and to state assistance payments to offset the cost of those salaries.
Author:
Sherman, Sr. | Allen | Bonnen | Canales | Leach
Last Action:
04/26/2023 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to air conditioning requirements at facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Author:
Sherman, Sr. | Oliverson | Herrero | Jetton | Leo-Wilson
Last Action:
05/08/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the use of body worn cameras by correctional officers.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
05/08/2023 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to certain documents or instruments purporting to convey real or personal property.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
03/09/2023 H Referred to Corrections: Mar 9 2023 2:44PM
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of a warrant for a violation of a condition of community supervision.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
05/01/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to a report on recidivism rates.
Author:
Sherman, Sr. | Talarico | Bhojani | Buckley | VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/12/2023 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
05/11/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a task force on the statewide alert systems for abducted children and missing persons with intellectual disabilities.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
03/15/2023 H Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues: Mar 15 2023 11:33AM
Caption:
Relating to the child support obligation of certain obligors who are or were incarcerated.
Author:
Sherman, Sr. | Bell, Keith
Sponsor:
West
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the disposition of certain property by the former Bois D'Arc Island Levee Improvement District of Dallas and Kaufman Counties and the record of dissolution of that district.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
03/16/2023 H Referred to Corrections: Mar 16 2023 11:39AM
Caption:
Relating to measures to improve community supervision outcomes.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
05/11/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to notification requirements for law enforcement agencies regarding a missing child with an intellectual disability or mental illness.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
03/16/2023 H Referred to Corrections: Mar 16 2023 11:39AM
Caption:
Relating to the allocation of money by the Texas opioid abatement fund council.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
03/20/2023 H Referred to Agriculture & Livestock: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a grocery access investment fund program.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
04/19/2023 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to protesting changes to municipal zoning regulations and boundaries.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
03/22/2023 H Referred to Human Services: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption:
Relating to the rights of a foster parent.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
05/11/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to exchange certain property with a private person.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
04/24/2023 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the award of work-for-time credits to certain persons placed on community supervision or released on parole or to mandatory supervision.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to sell certain seized or foreclosed property to an owner of an abutting property without conducting a public sale.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and the authority of certain facilities and professionals to temporarily detain a person with mental illness.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
03/09/2023 H Reported enrolled: Mar 9 2023 5:53PM
Caption:
In memory of Carl Martin Holmes of Duncanville.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
05/25/2023 H Reported enrolled: May 25 2023 4:19PM
Caption:
Commending the legislative interns of State Representative Carl Sherman for their service during the 88th Legislative Session.
Author:
Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
05/25/2023 H Reported enrolled: May 25 2023 4:56PM
Caption:
Commending Beverly Day Humphrey for her exceptional achievements as chief of athletics and girls' track coach with Lancaster ISD.
Joint Author (20):
Author:
Howard | Thierry | Patterson | Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for child and adult diapers.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Sherman, Sr. | Garcia
Last Action:
05/08/2023 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the date on which certain persons placed on deferred adjudication community supervision are eligible to file a petition for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.
Author:
Bowers | Rose | Reynolds | Sherman, Sr. | Buckley
Sponsor:
Miles
Last Action:
05/27/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.
Author:
Spiller | Sherman, Sr. | Dean | Ashby | Guillen
Last Action:
05/02/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the salaries of sheriffs and to state assistance payments to offset the cost of sheriff's salaries in certain counties.
Author:
Goldman | Turner | Sherman, Sr. | Leach | González, Jessica
Sponsor:
West
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of certain tags, permits, and license plates authorizing the movement of vehicles and the transfer and renewal of certain license plates.
Author:
Rose | Sherman, Sr.
Sponsor:
West
Last Action:
06/17/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the statewide intellectual and developmental disability coordinating council.
Author:
Harris, Cody | Button | Jetton | Shaheen | Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
04/19/2023 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to certain property interests of a foreign government in agricultural land.
Author:
Canales | Leach | Sherman, Sr. | Burrows | Moody
Last Action:
05/01/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained.
Author:
Goodwin | Thompson, Senfronia | Sherman, Sr. | Raymond | Leach
Last Action:
04/28/2023 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the notice given to certain victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.
Author:
Garcia | Campos | Johnson, Julie | Sherman, Sr. | Oliverson
Last Action:
05/11/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to policies and procedures regarding children placed by the Department of Family and Protective Services in a residential treatment center or program.
Author:
Guillen | Sherman, Sr. | Plesa | Lopez, Ray
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
05/24/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the next generation 9-1-1 service fund.
Author:
Frank | Murr | Herrero | Sherman, Sr. | Rogers
Last Action:
05/15/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the confinement or detention of certain individuals in a county jail or other facility operated by or for the county and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement or detention.
Author:
Morales Shaw | Sherman, Sr. | Rose | Lujan | Frazier
Last Action:
05/01/2023 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the provision of information regarding suicide prevention and certain state laws applicable to handgun license holders.
Author:
Anchía | Sherman, Sr. | Howard | Frazier | Martinez
Last Action:
05/04/2023 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages resulting from those visits.
Author:
Anchía | Sherman, Sr. | Jones, Venton | Lalani | Cook
Last Action:
05/06/2023 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of certain hospital personnel.
Author:
Jetton | Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
05/01/2023 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to meetings held by certain conservation and reclamation districts.
Author:
Frazier | Sherman, Sr. | Plesa | Bryant
Sponsor:
Johnson
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the business leave time account for a firefighter employee organization in certain municipalities.
Author:
González, Jessica | Turner | Sherman, Sr. | Bhojani
Last Action:
03/20/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption:
Relating to the use of an electronic bulletin board to post public notice.
Author:
Leo-Wilson | Dutton | Leach | Sherman, Sr. | Harris, Caroline
Sponsor:
Hall
Last Action:
06/11/2023 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating the second to last week in April as Texas Christian Heritage Week for a 10-year period ending in 2033.
Author:
González, Jessica | Turner | Davis | Bhojani | Sherman, Sr.
Last Action:
03/01/2023 H Reported enrolled: Mar 1 2023 2:29PM
Caption:
Recognizing March 1, 2023, as Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce Day at the State Capitol.
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