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Texas Legislature

Bills Coauthored

Rep. Lacey Hull
87th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/18/2026

Number of Bills: 65

Author:
Price | Oliverson | Coleman | Ashby | Guillen
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson | Beckley | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Buckingham
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the provision and delivery of certain health care services in this state, including services under Medicaid and other public benefits programs, using telecommunications or information technology and to reimbursement for some of those services.
Author:
Ashby | Anderson | Paddie | Price | Canales
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Bailes | Beckley | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the expansion of broadband services to certain areas.
Author:
Cain | Schofield | Klick | Clardy | Jetton
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action:
05/07/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.
Author:
Button | Metcalf | Rodriguez | Thierry | Landgraf
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Biedermann | Cain | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/13/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the computation of the replenishment ratio used to determine an employer's unemployment compensation contribution tax rate.
Author:
Leach | Ashby | Meyer
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Taylor
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator, including the effect that changes to that liability have on commercial automobile insurance.
Author:
Murr | Kacal
Coauthor:
Cain | Cook | Dean | Ellzey | Harless | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/31/2021 H Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
Caption:
Relating to rules for fixing the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a bail bond or personal bond, to related duties of certain officers taking bail bonds and of a magistrate in a criminal case, to charitable bail organizations, and to the reporting of information pertaining to bail bonds.
Author:
Walle | Coleman | Morales Shaw | Hernandez
Coauthor:
Hull | Johnson, Ann | Zwiener
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective on 1/1/22
Caption:
Relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a floodplain.
Author:
Gates | Oliverson | Bonnen | Moody | Harris
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a bundled-pricing program to reduce certain health care costs in the state employees group benefits program.
Author:
Middleton | Burrows | Metcalf | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Buckley | Burns | Cain | Capriglione | et al.
Last Action:
03/26/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.
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:
Huberty | Muñoz, Jr. | Guillen | Raymond | Martinez
Coauthor:
Hull | Perez | Thompson, Ed
Last Action:
05/14/2021 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to certain increases in benefits under the firefighters' relief and retirement fund in certain municipalities.
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:
Oliverson | Shaheen | Parker | Hefner | Bell, Cecil
Coauthor:
Anderson | Biedermann | Bonnen | Cason | Ellzey | et al.
Sponsor:
Creighton
Last Action:
05/26/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to designating November 7 as Victims of Communism Day.
Author:
Oliverson | Slawson | Hefner | White
Coauthor:
Ashby | Cain | Cason | Cook | Dean | et al.
Last Action:
03/26/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to authorizing certain persons to carry a handgun without a license.
Author:
Howard | Tinderholt | Harless | Neave | White
Coauthor:
Guillen | Hull | Jetton | Lopez | Minjarez | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault or other prohibited sexual conduct.
Author:
Sanford | Metcalf | Raymond | Slawson | Noble
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the prohibited suspension of laws protecting religious freedom and prohibited closure of places of worship.
Author:
Capriglione | Klick | Noble | Hunter | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to prohibition of abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Bell, Keith | Oliverson | Cain | Noble | Sanford
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bonnen | Burns | Capriglione | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to notice of the right to object to participation in an abortion procedure for health care personnel of a hospital or health care facility.
Author:
Hefner | Cain | Jetton | Swanson
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to manufacturing requirements for hardware and software used in a voting system used in an election in this state.
Author:
Krause | Oliverson | Toth | Hefner | Parker
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Biedermann | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to professional liability insurance coverage for and prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria.
Author:
Leach | Gervin-Hawkins | Lucio III | Holland
Coauthor:
Harless | Hull | Swanson
Last Action:
05/12/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to civil liability and responsibility for the consequences of defects in the plans, specifications, or related documents for the construction or repair of an improvement to real property.
Author:
Swanson | Slawson | White | Noble
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action:
03/05/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 5 2021 1:21PM
Caption:
Relating to the separation based on biological sex of athletics teams sponsored by a public school or institution of higher education.
Author:
Hefner | White | Guillen | Burrows | Paddie
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Creighton
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to authority of the governor and certain political subdivisions to regulate firearms, ammunition, knives, air guns, explosives, and combustibles and certain associated businesses during certain disasters and emergencies.
Author:
Slawson | Cain | Burrows | Klick | Leach
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action:
04/30/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action.
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:
Schofield | Hefner | Cook | Noble
Coauthor:
Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Biedermann | Bonnen | Buckley | et al.
Last Action:
04/13/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays.
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:
Harless | Buckley | Allison | Klick | Landgraf
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Burns | et al.
Last Action:
03/09/2021 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 9 2021 2:21PM
Caption:
Relating to pretrial procedures, conditions for community supervision, and criminal punishment for conduct endangering the public safety; creating a criminal offense and increasing criminal penalties.
Author:
Noble | Patterson | Middleton | Metcalf | Klick
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
03/09/2021 H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development: Mar 9 2021 2:21PM
Caption:
Relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to the COVID-19 vaccine.
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:
Patterson | Reynolds | Shaheen | Holland | Jetton
Coauthor:
Cole | Hull | Morales, Christina | Ordaz Perez | Perez | et al.
Sponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
05/29/2021 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Goldman | Metcalf | Bonnen | Raymond | Button
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/01/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to municipalities that adopt budgets that defund municipal police departments.
Author:
White | Burrows | Canales | Schaefer | Hefner
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action:
04/22/2021 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to provisions governing the carrying of a handgun by certain unlicensed persons and to other provisions related to the carrying, possessing, transporting, or storing of a firearm; providing criminal penalties.
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:
Schaefer | White | Hefner | Guillen | Canales
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to provisions governing the carrying of a firearm by a person who is 21 years of age or older and not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from possessing the firearm and to other provisions related to the carrying, possessing, transporting, or storing of a firearm or other weapon; creating criminal offenses.
Author:
Slawson | Bonnen | Harris | Patterson
Coauthor:
Cain | Cook | Hull | Thompson, Ed | Vasut
Last Action:
05/12/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the control and funding of law enforcement and public safety services in certain political subdivisions.
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:
Cason
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Hull
Last Action:
03/15/2021 H Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues: Mar 15 2021 4:50PM
Caption:
Relating to certain procedures for taking possession of a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Gates | Frank | Leman | Minjarez | Rose
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson | Bailes | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Leach
Coauthor:
Anderson | Biedermann | Dean | Hefner | Hull | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a required resource access assistance offer before an abortion is performed or induced.
Author:
Jetton | Middleton
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Bonnen | Cain | Frank | Hull | et al.
Last Action:
03/15/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 15 2021 4:50PM
Caption:
Relating to the use of public money to compensate a person who lobbies the federal government.
Author:
Klick | Noble | Oliverson | Bonnen | Frank
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action:
04/26/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to abortion complication reporting and the regulation of drug-induced abortion procedures, providers, and facilities; creating a criminal offense.
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:
Krause | Cook | Swanson | Neave
Coauthor:
Cain | Cason | Guillen | Hull | Middleton | et al.
Sponsor:
Buckingham
Last Action:
05/15/2021 E Effective immediately
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.
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:
Sanford | Metcalf | Smithee
Coauthor:
Anderson | Biedermann | Bonnen | Cain | Cason | et al.
Last Action:
04/08/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the censorship of users' expressions by an interactive computer service.
Author:
Parker | Raymond | Oliverson | Guillen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Bell, Cecil | Biedermann | Burns | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients.
Author:
Holland | Paddie | Canales | White | Metcalf
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Biedermann | et al.
Sponsor:
Hall
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas.
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:
Krause | Spiller | Slawson | Sanford
Coauthor:
Cain | Cook | Hull | Vasut
Last Action:
03/17/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 17 2021 11:03AM
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of certain regulations waived during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Author:
Deshotel | Burns | Geren | King, Ken | Canales
Coauthor:
Cain | Cason | Harless | Harris | Hefner | et al.
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 1/1/22
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of real property by an entity with eminent domain authority and the regulation of easement or right-of-way agents.
Author:
Cason
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Cain | Hull
Last Action:
03/18/2021 H Referred to Human Services: Mar 18 2021 10:52AM
Caption:
Relating to contacting certain relatives of a child in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Middleton | Burrows | Metcalf | Harris
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Creighton
Last Action:
05/25/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the identification of and prohibited cooperation by state and local entities with certain federal acts that violate the United States Constitution.
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:
Schaefer | Oliverson
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Biedermann | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of abortion, including information regarding perinatal palliative care and prohibiting discriminatory abortions; authorizing disciplinary action; providing a civil remedy; creating a criminal offense.
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:
Slawson | White | Patterson
Coauthor:
Hull
Last Action:
03/22/2021 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety: Mar 22 2021 11:25AM
Caption:
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain conduct engaged in while participating in a riot and to restitution for property damage resulting from participating in a riot.
Author:
Cain | Slawson | Vasut | Murr | Leach
Coauthor:
Bell, Cecil | Bonnen | Buckley | Capriglione | Cason | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.
Author:
Hefner | Slawson | Noble | Swanson
Coauthor:
Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Buckley | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring public school students to participate in interscholastic athletic activities based on biological sex.
Author:
Jetton | Burrows | Slawson | Metcalf
Coauthor:
Buckley | Cason | Cyrier | Ellzey | Harris | et al.
Last Action:
03/29/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 29 2021 11:47AM
Caption:
Relating to federal election practices and procedures.
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:
Harris
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Bonnen | Buckley | Burrows | Button | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2021 H Postponed
Caption:
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
Author:
Leach | Parker | Noble | Slawson
Coauthor:
Allison | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Biedermann | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit this state or a political subdivision of this state from prohibiting or limiting religious services of religious organizations.
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.
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