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Texas Legislature Bills Coauthored Rep. Ray Lopez 89th Legislature Regular Session Report Date: 6/28/2025
Number of Bills: 54

HB 5	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.

HB 6	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.

HB 8	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.

HB 9	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.

HB 13	Author:	King \| Guillen \| Hunter \| Moody \| Bonnen
	Coauthor:	Bhojani \| Dean \| Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra \| Lopez, Ray \| Lujan \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Schwertner
	Last Action:	04/03/2025 S Referred to Finance
	Caption:	Relating to creating the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council.

HB 14	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.

HB 20	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.

HB 21	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.

HB 22	Author:	Noble \| Meyer \| Capriglione \| Martinez Fischer \| Turner
	Coauthor:	Bonnen \| Button \| Cain \| DeAyala \| Gerdes \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Hinojosa, Adam
	Last Action:	05/24/2025 E Effective on 1/1/26
	Caption:	Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of intangible personal property.

HB 33	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.

HB 37	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.

HB 50	Author:	Jones, Venton \| Oliverson \| Rose \| Campos \| Guillen
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Anchía \| Bernal \| Bhojani \| Bowers \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Miles
	Last Action:	05/23/2025 S Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to informed consent for certain screening tests.

HB 102	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.

HB 107	Author:	Simmons \| Rose \| Collier \| Jones, Venton \| Oliverson
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Anchía \| Bhojani \| Bowers \| Bryant \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Miles
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry.

HB 120	Author:	Bell, Keith \| Buckley \| Ashby \| Gates \| Button
	Coauthor:	Cook \| Davis, Aicha \| DeAyala \| Fairly \| Frank \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Schwertner
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.

HB 135	Author:	Button \| Noble \| Turner \| Capriglione \| Meyer
	Coauthor:	Ashby \| Bonnen \| Guillen \| Harris \| Lopez, Ray \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Campbell
	Last Action:	05/13/2025 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes for game animals and exotic animals.

HB 143	Author:	King \| Darby \| Hunter \| Fairly \| Anchía
	Coauthor:	Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra \| Lopez, Ray \| Morales Shaw \| Plesa
	Sponsor:	Hancock
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas and the Public Utility Commission of Texas to address a failure by an operator to maintain an electrical power line serving a well site or certain surface facilities in accordance with the National Electrical Code.

HB 195	Author:	Plesa \| Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra \| Leach \| Capriglione \| Troxclair
	Coauthor:	Bhojani \| Bowers \| Gámez \| Goodwin \| Guillen \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
	Caption:	Relating to the dissemination of certain school district ad valorem tax-related information.

HB 210	Author:	Guillen \| Lopez, Janie \| Rodríguez Ramos
	Coauthor:	Isaac \| Kerwin \| Lopez, Ray \| Morales Shaw
	Sponsor:	Hinojosa, Adam
	Last Action:	05/29/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to contracting with a school district or open-enrollment charter school by a vendor with whom a member of the board of trustees or governing body of the district or school or a related individual has certain business interests; creating a criminal offense.

HB 215	Author:	Guillen \| Toth \| Rodríguez Ramos \| Morales, Christina \| Lopez, Janie
	Coauthor:	Flores \| Lopez, Ray \| Morales Shaw \| Plesa
	Last Action:	04/23/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
	Caption:	Relating to the payment of support rights and other benefits for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 300	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.

HB 446	Author:	Flores \| Meza \| Talarico \| Walle \| Luther
	Coauthor:	Bryant \| Goodwin \| Lopez, Ray \| Morales Shaw \| Romero \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/15/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
	Caption:	Relating to workplace heat illness prevention, including the creation of a heat illness prevention advisory board; imposing administrative penalties; providing a private cause of action.

HB 503	Author:	Tepper \| Gerdes \| Barry \| Hickland \| Villalobos
	Coauthor:	Lopez, Ray \| Spiller
	Last Action:	04/28/2025 S Referred to Finance
	Caption:	Relating to the eligibility of certain counties to participate in the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant program and the rural prosecutor's office salary assistance grant program.

HB 908	Author:	Spiller \| Lalani
	Coauthor:	Bonnen \| Davis, Aicha \| Harris \| Hayes \| LaHood \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Zaffirini
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to the reporting by law enforcement agencies of missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

HB 1049	Author:	Dorazio \| Hunter \| Capriglione
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Bowers \| Buckley \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/07/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
	Caption:	Relating to the issuance of gold and silver specie and the establishment of a currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.

HB 1056	Author:	Dorazio \| Hunter \| Capriglione \| Raymond \| Harris
	Coauthor:	Alders \| Allen \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Bowers \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Hughes
	Last Action:	06/22/2025 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.

HB 1151	Author:	Hull
	Coauthor:	Harris Davila \| Harris \| Isaac \| Lopez, Ray \| Metcalf \| et al.
	Sponsor:	West
	Last Action:	05/28/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to neglect of a child and the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship and possession of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 1268	Author:	Button \| Hull \| Lujan \| González, Mary \| Fairly
	Coauthor:	Davis, Aicha \| Flores \| Harris Davila \| Lalani \| Lopez, Ray \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/09/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
	Caption:	Relating to the creation of the Texas technology and innovation program.

HB 1392	Author:	Bucy \| Zwiener
	Coauthor:	Hayes \| Lopez, Janie \| Lopez, Ray \| Morales Shaw \| Plesa
	Sponsor:	Bettencourt
	Last Action:	05/24/2025 E Effective on 1/1/26
	Caption:	Relating to the postponement of the delinquency date for a payment of ad valorem taxes imposed by a taxing unit if the office of the collector for the taxing unit is closed on the delinquency date.

HB 1481	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.

HB 1537	Author:	Goodwin
	Coauthor:	Lopez, Ray
	Last Action:	03/12/2025 H Referred to Human Services: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM
	Caption:	Relating to the Licensed Professional Counselors Compact; authorizing fees.

HB 1738	Author:	Jones, Venton \| Moody \| Harrison \| Phelan \| Johnson
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Anchía \| Bernal \| Bhojani \| Bowers \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/19/2025 S Received from the House
	Caption:	Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct.

HB 1851	Author:	Morales, Eddie \| Guillen \| Holt \| González, Mary \| Louderback
	Coauthor:	Cortez \| Dorazio \| Flores \| González, Jessica \| Hinojosa \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Hughes
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to the disposition of certain surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment by the Texas Facilities Commission to certain school districts.

HB 1930	Author:	González, Mary
	Coauthor:	Lopez, Ray
	Last Action:	05/14/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board of directors of certain municipal utility districts.

HB 2380	Author:	Plesa \| Goodwin
	Coauthor:	Lopez, Ray
	Last Action:	03/14/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
	Caption:	Relating to prohibiting the transfer of firearms to certain recipients.

HB 2381	Author:	Plesa \| Goodwin
	Coauthor:	Lopez, Ray
	Last Action:	03/14/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
	Caption:	Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms; creating a criminal offense.

HB 2433	Author:	Guillen \| Davis, Aicha
	Coauthor:	Barry \| Bernal \| Bhojani \| Bowers \| Bucy \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/21/2025 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to the collection of state, municipal, and county hotel occupancy taxes by an accommodations intermediary.

HB 2516	Author:	Guillen \| Dean \| Wharton \| Johnson \| Buckley
	Coauthor:	Campos \| Garcia, Josey \| González, Jessica \| Jones, Venton \| Lalani \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Schwertner
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans.

HB 2827	Author:	Paul
	Coauthor:	Lopez, Ray
	Last Action:	05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
	Caption:	Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration.

HB 3009	Author:	McLaughlin \| Louderback \| Morales, Eddie \| Isaac
	Coauthor:	Barry \| Bell, Keith \| Buckley \| Cook \| Cunningham \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/15/2025 H Postponed
	Caption:	Relating to the qualifying offenses and related information included in the Department of Public Safety's computerized central database of offenders who have committed certain violent offenses.

HB 3134	Author:	Cook \| Lalani \| Harris Davila \| Perez, Mary Ann \| Gerdes
	Coauthor:	Anchía \| Ashby \| Bhojani \| Canales \| Capriglione \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/13/2025 S Referred to Transportation
	Caption:	Relating to advanced air mobility.

HB 3211	Author:	Dean \| Gerdes \| Harless \| Lalani \| Phelan
	Coauthor:	Ashby \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Buckley \| Bucy \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Middleton
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to vision care benefits, including participation of optometrists and therapeutic optometrists in vision care or managed care plans.

HB 3265	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.

HB 3673	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.

HB 4226	Author:	Morales Shaw \| Raymond \| Lujan \| Little \| Ordaz
	Coauthor:	Bell, Cecil \| Bhojani \| Bryant \| Cain \| Campos \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Campbell
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to exemptions from the taxes imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle for a vehicle purchased, used, or rented by a nonprofit food bank or a provider of housing and related services.

HB 4901	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.

HB 5144	Author:	Louderback \| Kitzman \| Raymond \| Garcia, Josey \| Morales, Eddie
	Coauthor:	Bhojani \| Bucy \| Bumgarner \| Cunningham \| Curry \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/07/2025 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to prohibiting certain deceptive trade practices by businesses assisting veterans with Department of Veterans Affairs claims.

HCR 59	Author:	Isaac
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Bell, Keith \| Bowers \| Buckley \| Bumgarner \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Campbell
	Last Action:	05/28/2025 S Placed on intent calendar
	Caption:	Designating April as Promise Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 101	Author:	King
	Coauthor:	Lopez, Ray
	Last Action:	04/16/2025 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
	Caption:	Designating the tomahawk rib-eye steak as the official State Steak of Texas and directing the Texas Department of Agriculture to promote the tomahawk rib-eye steak as part of efforts to support Texas beef and agricultural products.

HJR 1	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.

HJR 3	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.

HJR 5	Author:	Lambert \| Wilson \| Curry \| Harris Davila \| Spiller
	Coauthor:	Bumgarner \| Davis, Aicha \| Dean \| Guillen \| Lalani \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Birdwell
	Last Action:	05/08/2025 S Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and removing that system and its campuses from the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education.

HR 945	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.

HR 1028	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.

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