Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Don McLaughlin
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/23/2025

Number of Bills: 45

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (34):
HB 33 Author: McLaughlin | Guillen | Moody | Leo Wilson | Louderback
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies, including certain accreditations of law enforcement agencies that respond to such emergencies.

HB 2660 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/18/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 18 2025 11:56AM
Caption: Relating to the requirement to obtain certification and continuing education for certain public information officers.

HB 2661 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/18/2025 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Mar 18 2025 11:56AM
Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction and operation of the County Court at Law in Atascosa County.

HB 2776 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/22/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption: Relating to the criminal and licensing consequences for the commission of certain offenses by massage establishments, massage schools, massage therapists, and massage therapy instructors.

HB 2947 Author: McLaughlin | Kerwin
Last Action: 04/03/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to truancy; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 2956 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/20/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Caption: Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision for certain offenses involving family violence and related notice requirements; creating a criminal offense.

HB 2965 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/20/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Caption: Relating to the applicability of a hotel occupancy tax in and the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain counties.

HB 3009 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/20/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
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 3075 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/20/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the provision of state money to entities that promote certain ideological programs and the establishment of a division in the Legislative Budget Board to ensure such entities do not receive state money; authorizing the imposition of a civil penalty.

HB 3104 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/16/2025 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to the salary of bailiffs appointed by certain district courts in Webb County.

HB 3278 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the study of and incentives for the use of solar and wind energy.

HB 3310 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/21/2025 H Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker: Mar 21 2025 9:52AM
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain counties to adopt noise regulations; creating a criminal offense; authorizing fees.

HB 3573 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to certain prohibited considerations in contracting by governmental entities and the elimination of the state's historically underutilized business program.

HB 3578 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to the authority of a county that borders the United Mexican States to regulate residential land use; creating a criminal offense.

HB 3580 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to renewable energy generation facilities.

HB 3586 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to enter into an agreement under the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the value of property on which a solar power facility is located or is planned to be located.

HB 3587 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to firearm safety instruction in public schools and certain private schools.

HB 3781 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the provision of financial assistance by the Texas Water Development Board for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas.

HB 3793 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/26/2025 H Referred to Transportation: Mar 26 2025 11:31AM
Caption: Relating to procedures for a commissioners court to close, abandon, or vacate certain public roads.

HB 4186 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/31/2025 H Referred to Higher Education: Mar 31 2025 4:34PM
Caption: Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain physicians employed as county medical examiners.

HB 4255 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/01/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Apr 1 2025 12:28PM
Caption: Relating to the regulation of physicians and the disciplinary authority of the Texas Medical Board.

HB 4341 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/22/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to critical infrastructure facility emergency response maps and the critical infrastructure emergency response map grant program.

HB 4416 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/02/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Apr 2 2025 11:48AM
Caption: Relating to disorderly or threatening behavior and measures by public schools and institutions of higher education to prevent that behavior; increasing criminal penalties; creating a criminal offense.

HB 4476 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/14/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the waiver of jurisdiction by a juvenile court for certain children who are accused of committing certain offenses involving the use or exhibition of a firearm, the mandatory transfer of jurisdiction for those children to a criminal court, and an order of expunction issued with respect to those offenses.

HB 5600 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/14/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the development and expansion of clean hydrogen production, distribution, and utilization in this state.

HCR 55 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/22/2025 H Committee report distributed: Apr 22 2025 4:07PM
Caption: Redesignating Poteet as the official Strawberry Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HR 106 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 01/28/2025 H Reported enrolled: Jan 28 2025 11:54AM
Caption: Recognizing January 28, 2025, as Dimmit County Day at the State Capitol.

HR 238 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 02/13/2025 H Reported enrolled: Feb 13 2025 1:11PM
Caption: Recognizing February 13, 2025, as Uvalde County Day at the State Capitol.

HR 292 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/14/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 14 2025 12:54PM
Caption: Recognizing February 5, 2025, as Webb County Day at the State Capitol.

HR 389 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/06/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 6 2025 12:55PM
Caption: Recognizing March 5, 2025, as Frio County Day at the State Capitol.

HR 392 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/06/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 6 2025 1:53PM
Caption: Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Pleasanton Day at the State Capitol.

HR 644 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/27/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 27 2025 12:28PM
Caption: Recognizing March 27, 2025, as Asherton Day at the State Capitol.

HR 657 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Reported enrolled: Apr 9 2025 2:30PM
Caption: In memory of the 21 victims of the mass shooting that took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, 2022.

HR 676 Author: McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Reported enrolled: Apr 9 2025 3:20PM
Caption: Recognizing March 31, 2025, as Carrizo Springs Day at the State Capitol.

Joint Author (11):
HB 74 Author: Morales, Eddie | Guillen | McLaughlin | Lujan | Harris
Last Action: 04/15/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

HB 128 Author: Orr | Hefner | McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to certain sister-city agreements between governmental entities and foreign countries and communities.

HB 137 Author: Lopez, Janie | Guillen | McLaughlin | Muñoz | Longoria
Last Action: 03/07/2025 H Referred to Transportation: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Caption: Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.

HB 1376 Author: Virdell | McLaughlin | Canales
Last Action: 03/11/2025 H Referred to Transportation: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to the authority of the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety to adopt rules requiring the use and installation of intrastate commercial motor vehicle electronic logging devices.

HB 1978 Author: Lopez, Janie | Guillen | McLaughlin | Muñoz | Longoria
Last Action: 03/14/2025 H Referred to Transportation: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption: Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.

HB 4023 Author: Raymond | McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/27/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain reserve peace officers from regulation as private security personnel.

HB 4111 Author: Guillen | McLaughlin
Last Action: 03/27/2025 H Referred to Natural Resources: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption: Relating to representatives on groundwater management areas.

HB 4645 Author: Morales, Eddie | McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/03/2025 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of district attorney for the 365th Judicial District and the duties of the district attorney for the 293rd Judicial District.

HB 5124 Author: Raymond | McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/07/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption: Relating to the conversion of all or a portion of a municipal sales and use tax originally adopted for the purpose of sports and community venues to a municipal sales and use tax for economic development purposes.

HB 5127 Author: Raymond | McLaughlin
Last Action: 04/07/2025 H Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption: Relating to county purchasing agents in certain counties.

HB 5644 Author: Plesa | Manuel | McLaughlin | Garcia, Josey
Last Action: 04/07/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption: Relating to a Mass Violence Care Fund to assist victims of mass violence with unreimbursed medical expenses.

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