Author:
Smithee
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
03/18/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds.
Author:
Smithee
Sponsor:
Perry
Last Action:
05/21/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the participation of an advanced practice registered nurse as a participating or preferred provider for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
03/14/2025 H Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption:
Relating to the confidentiality of a public or private school employee's home address information in property tax appraisal records.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
03/14/2025 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from jury service for a person who is over the age of 65.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/08/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the public information law.
Author:
Smithee | Paul
Last Action:
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to Texas Windstorm Insurance Association underwriting standards for structures that meet certain construction standards.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
04/16/2025 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to the use of a consumer's credit score in the underwriting or rating of certain personal lines property and casualty insurance policies.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/09/2025 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of state statutes.
Author:
Smithee
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/24/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for retired firefighters.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
04/29/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students permitted to pay resident tuition and fees at certain public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Smithee
Sponsor:
Flores
Last Action:
05/28/2025 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 28 2025 12:04PM
Caption:
Relating to the training of prospective grand jurors and to grand jury proceedings.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
03/25/2025 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligation.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/01/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the type of newspaper required for publication of public notices.
Author:
Smithee
Sponsor:
Sparks
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by certain municipalities.
Author:
Smithee
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information related to the next of kin of deceased persons.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/10/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to court security, including the development of a court emergency management plan, the duties and composition of a court security committee, and increasing the criminal penalty for harassment of a court employee or judge.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the days and hours in which counties of certain sizes conduct early voting by personal appearance.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to wind energy agreements and the right of a surface estate owner to capture and employ wind energy.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
04/23/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the administration of perpetual care trust funds for capital improvements at perpetual care cemeteries.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
04/03/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption:
Relating to requirements for the exercise of the power of impeachment by the House of Representatives and providing that officers against whom articles of impeachment are preferred receive pay during the pendency of impeachment proceedings.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to providing a one-time supplemental payment and a cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the operation and management of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum by the Texas Historical Commission.
Author:
Smithee
Sponsor:
Sparks
Last Action:
04/09/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Congratulating the Canyon High School FFA Ag Issues Team on winning first place in the 2024 Texas FFA State Agricultural Issues Forum.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
03/05/2025 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Mar 5 2025 11:46AM
Caption:
Designating Amarillo as the official Ranch Rodeo Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
03/18/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
03/18/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.
Author:
Smithee | Fairly | King
Last Action:
02/12/2025 H Reported enrolled: Feb 12 2025 3:33PM
Caption:
Recognizing February 11 and 12, 2025, as Panhandle Days at the State Capitol.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
03/14/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 14 2025 1:38PM
Caption:
Congratulating Brandi Clausen of the Dalhart VFD on being named 2024 Firefighter of the Year by the Panhandle Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
03/14/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 14 2025 1:46PM
Caption:
Congratulating Sarah Hininger of the Dalhart VFD on being named the 2024 EMS Responder of the Year by the Panhandle Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
04/21/2025 H Reported enrolled: Apr 21 2025 4:30PM
Caption:
Commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
06/01/2025 H Reported enrolled: Jun 1 2025 7:18PM
Caption:
Congratulating Sarah Hininger of Hartley Fire & EMS on being named the 2025 EMS Provider of the Year by the Panhandle Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
06/01/2025 H Reported enrolled: Jun 1 2025 6:25PM
Caption:
Congratulating Assistant Chief Tommy Chisum of the Dalhart Volunteer Fire Department on being named the 2025 Firefighter of the Year by the Panhandle Firemen's & Fire Marshal's Association.
Author:
Smithee
Last Action:
06/01/2025 H Reported enrolled: Jun 1 2025 6:33PM
Caption:
Congratulating the Randall High School girls' soccer team on winning the 2025 UIL 4A Division 2 state championship.
Author:
Smithee | King | Fairly
Last Action:
06/03/2025 H Reported enrolled: Jun 3 2025 9:53AM
Caption:
Commemorating the centennial of Route 66.
Author:
Button | Geren | Moody | Smithee | Leach
Last Action:
05/12/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.
Author:
Isaac | Bowers | Little | Smithee | Cook
Sponsor:
Campbell
Last Action:
05/28/2025 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to temporary vehicle tags and the offense of tampering with a governmental record.
Author:
Virdell | Cain | Smithee | Gerdes
Last Action:
04/22/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on weather modification and control; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Jones, Jolanda | Little | Smithee | Virdell | Moody
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of an arrest warrant or search warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer.
Author:
Cook | Smithee | Louderback
Last Action:
03/25/2025 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption:
Relating to the offense of invasive visual recording of a minor, including the statute of limitations for that offense and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions; increasing criminal penalties for certain sexual offenses.
Author:
Cook | Bonnen | Moody | Smithee | Louderback
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to creating the criminal offense of jugging.
Author:
Hefner | Barry | Smithee | Dean | Gervin-Hawkins
Last Action:
04/09/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to certain agreements with collective bargaining organizations related to certain publicly funded public work contracts.
Author:
Cook | Smithee | Louderback
Last Action:
03/25/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the admissibility of evidence of certain extraneous offenses or acts in the prosecution of sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault or an attempt or conspiracy to commit sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault.
Author:
Fairly | King | Smithee
Last Action:
04/25/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.
Author:
Cook | Smithee | Louderback | Tepper | Curry
Last Action:
04/24/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.
Author:
Button | Smithee | Plesa | Bell, Keith | Longoria
Last Action:
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that make certain employer child-care contributions and a study on access to and availability of child care in this state.
Author:
Button | Smithee | Plesa | Bell, Keith | Longoria
Last Action:
05/21/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the waiver of license renewal fees for certain instructors in high-demand fields at public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Button | Smithee | Plesa | Bell, Keith | Longoria
Last Action:
03/27/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act.
Author:
Cook | Longoria | Smithee | Spiller | Leach
Last Action:
05/12/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to certain benefits payable by the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.
Author:
Button | Lujan | Meza | Hull | Smithee
Sponsor:
King
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to programs to promote economic development in the Office of the Governor and to the repeal of the governor's broadband development council.
Author:
Davis, Aicha | Davis, Yvonne | Rose | Smithee | Thompson
Last Action:
05/12/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Dallas and Ellis Counties as the Eddie Bernice Johnson Memorial Highway.
Author:
Anchía | Darby | McQueeney | Smithee | Davis, Yvonne
Last Action:
05/13/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the evaluation and use of grid enhancing technologies and high-performance conductors.
Author:
Money | Jones, Jolanda | Cook | Moody | Smithee
Last Action:
05/12/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the diversion of certain foster youth from the juvenile justice system, including through emergency behavior intervention by certain persons providing foster care services.
Author:
González, Jessica | Thompson | Guillen | Flores | Smithee
Last Action:
04/28/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to name the building being constructed in Phase Two of the Texas Capitol Complex Master Plan at the northwest corner of Congress Avenue and 15th Street the Irma Rangel Building.
Author:
Tepper | Smithee
Last Action:
03/06/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 6 2025 3:16PM
Caption:
Congratulating Ann Manning of Lubbock on receiving a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Texas Tech University School of Law.