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Texas Legislature Bills Cosponsored Rep. Terri Leo Wilson 89th Legislature Regular Session Report Date: 6/28/2025
Number of Bills: 34

SB 2	Author:	Creighton \| Bettencourt \| Campbell \| Hagenbuch \| Hinojosa, Adam \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Buckley \| Frank \| Hunter \| Harris \| Bonnen
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Ashby \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Bumgarner \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/03/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.

SB 4	Author:	Bettencourt \| Alvarado \| Birdwell \| Blanco \| Campbell \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Meyer \| Martinez Fischer \| Bonnen \| Hunter \| Turner
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Allen \| Anchía \| Ashby \| Barry \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/16/2025 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.

SB 5	Author:	Huffman
	Sponsor:	Craddick \| Thompson \| Hunter \| Bonnen \| Curry
	Cosponsor:	Allen \| Anchía \| Ashby \| Barry \| Bell, Cecil \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/24/2025 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

SB 10	Author:	King \| Bettencourt \| Birdwell \| Campbell \| Creighton \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Noble \| Buckley \| Leach \| Spiller \| Raymond
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Barry \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Bumgarner \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

SB 14	Author:	King \| Bettencourt \| Blanco \| Campbell \| Creighton \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Capriglione \| Hunter \| Leach \| Bhojani \| Curry
	Cosponsor:	Barry \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Bumgarner \| Dean \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/23/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings.

SB 16	Author:	Hughes \| Bettencourt \| Birdwell \| Campbell \| Creighton \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Isaac
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Barry \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Bumgarner \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/25/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to requiring a person to submit proof of citizenship to register to vote, including the eligibility of certain voters to vote a limited federal ballot if the voter cannot supply the required proof and the procedures for the counting of those ballots; creating criminal offenses.

SB 17	Author:	Kolkhorst \| Bettencourt \| Birdwell \| Campbell \| Creighton \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Hefner \| Metcalf \| Patterson \| McQueeney \| Spiller
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Ashby \| Barry \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| et al.
	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 21	Author:	Schwertner
	Sponsor:	Capriglione \| Oliverson \| Longoria \| Vasut \| Cunningham
	Cosponsor:	Bhojani \| Buckley \| Bumgarner \| DeAyala \| Garcia, Linda \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds.

SB 23	Author:	Bettencourt
	Sponsor:	Meyer \| Martinez Fischer \| Bonnen \| Hunter \| Bernal
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Allen \| Anchía \| Ashby \| Barry \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/16/2025 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.

SB 25	Author:	Kolkhorst
	Sponsor:	Hull \| Frank \| VanDeaver \| Bucy \| Pierson
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Cain \| Isaac \| Lalani \| Leo Wilson \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/22/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.

SB 38	Author:	Bettencourt \| Blanco \| Campbell \| Creighton \| Hagenbuch \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Button \| Geren \| Moody \| Smithee \| Leach
	Cosponsor:	Ashby \| Bonnen \| Cain \| Canales \| Dean \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.

SB 261	Author:	Perry
	Sponsor:	Gerdes \| Kitzman \| VanDeaver \| Bell, Keith \| Dean
	Cosponsor:	Ashby \| Buckley \| Bumgarner \| Harris \| Hickland \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties.

SB 269	Author:	Perry
	Sponsor:	Frank \| Swanson \| Gerdes \| Leach \| Luther
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Bumgarner \| Cain \| Cook \| Cunningham \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to required reports of certain vaccine-related or drug-related adverse events.

SB 464	Author:	Campbell
	Sponsor:	Lujan \| Cunningham
	Cosponsor:	Anchía \| Leo Wilson
	Last Action:	05/24/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to the operation near a public or private primary or secondary school of a retail establishment selling cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.

SB 835	Author:	Paxton
	Sponsor:	Leach \| Johnson \| Little \| Cook \| Meyer
	Cosponsor:	Ashby \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Bumgarner \| Capriglione \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse.

SB 844	Author:	Hughes
	Sponsor:	Orr \| Hickland \| Vasut \| Lopez, Ray \| Lalani
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Bell, Cecil \| Buckley \| Canales \| Curry \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/06/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary.

SB 965	Author:	Parker \| Bettencourt \| Campbell \| Creighton \| Hall \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Leach
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Bonnen \| Buckley \| Cain \| Capriglione \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty.

SB 1035	Author:	Sparks \| Perry
	Sponsor:	Spiller \| Harris \| Ashby \| Cain
	Cosponsor:	Hayes \| Kerwin \| Lambert \| Leo Wilson \| Lopez, Janie \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/19/2025 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to equitable relief from the enforcement of certain governmental requirements that affect agricultural operations.

SB 1073	Author:	Hughes
	Sponsor:	Cain \| Vasut \| Metcalf
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Bonnen \| Buckley \| Capriglione \| Cook \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/23/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	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.

SB 1079	Author:	West
	Sponsor:	Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra
	Cosponsor:	Leo Wilson
	Last Action:	05/29/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.

SB 1080	Author:	West
	Sponsor:	Cook \| Noble \| Phelan \| Howard \| Canales
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Allen \| Anchía \| Ashby \| Barry \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/27/2025 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.

SB 1177	Author:	Alvarado
	Sponsor:	Leach
	Cosponsor:	Leo Wilson
	Last Action:	05/29/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to fire safety inspections at public and private schools.

SB 1233	Author:	Hancock
	Sponsor:	Swanson \| Oliverson \| VanDeaver \| Bonnen \| Leach
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Bell, Keith \| Buckley \| Cain \| Capriglione \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty.

SB 1362	Author:	Hughes
	Sponsor:	Hefner \| Patterson \| Metcalf
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Ashby \| Bell, Cecil \| Bumgarner \| Cook \| et al.
	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 1596	Author:	Hagenbuch
	Sponsor:	Hayes \| Bumgarner \| Virdell \| Pierson \| Metcalf
	Cosponsor:	Ashby \| Bell, Keith \| Cunningham \| Curry \| DeAyala \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
	Caption:	Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.

SB 2308	Author:	Parker
	Sponsor:	Harris \| Leach \| Phelan \| Orr \| VanDeaver
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Barry \| Bell, Keith \| Buckley \| Cain \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/11/2025 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to the establishment of a consortium to conduct United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development clinical trials with ibogaine to secure the administration's approval of the medication's use for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy and to the administration of that treatment.

SCR 13	Author:	Hinojosa, Adam
	Sponsor:	Longoria \| Gámez \| Canales \| Tepper \| Harris
	Cosponsor:	Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra \| Guerra \| Leo Wilson
	Last Action:	05/15/2025 E Signed by the Governor
	Caption:	Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources.

SJR 1	Author:	Huffman
	Sponsor:	Smithee \| DeAyala \| Little \| Cook \| Louderback
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Buckley \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/28/2025 H Failed of adoption
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances for illegal aliens charged with certain offenses punishable as a felony.

SJR 2	Author:	Bettencourt \| Alvarado \| Birdwell \| Blanco \| Campbell \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Meyer \| Martinez Fischer \| Bonnen \| Hunter \| Turner
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Allen \| Anchía \| Ashby \| Barry \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/22/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district.

SJR 3	Author:	Huffman
	Sponsor:	Craddick \| Bonnen \| Hunter \| Thompson \| Curry
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Allen \| Anchía \| Ashby \| Barry \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/15/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
	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, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.

SJR 5	Author:	Huffman
	Sponsor:	Smithee \| DeAyala \| Louderback \| Cook \| Moody
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Buckley \| et al.
	Last Action:	06/02/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.

SJR 34	Author:	Hughes
	Sponsor:	Frank \| Leach \| Capriglione \| Talarico \| Hull
	Cosponsor:	Kerwin \| Leo Wilson \| Patterson \| Shofner
	Last Action:	05/21/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment affirming the rights and responsibilities of parents.

SJR 37	Author:	Birdwell
	Sponsor:	Noble \| Cortez \| Shaheen \| Hunter \| Muñoz
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Buckley \| Bumgarner \| Craddick \| Curry \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/15/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying that a voter must be a United States citizen.

SJR 85	Author:	Bettencourt
	Sponsor:	Meyer \| Martinez Fischer \| Bonnen \| Hunter \| Bernal
	Cosponsor:	Alders \| Allen \| Anchía \| Ashby \| Barry \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/22/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.

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