Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. Katrina Pierson
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/22/2026
Number of Bills: 41

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (19):
Author:
Pierson | Leach | Bumgarner
Last Action:
03/07/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Caption:
Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Pierson | Luther | Gates
Last Action:
04/10/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the meeting place of the board of a municipal utility district.
Author:
Pierson | Slawson | Virdell | Gerdes
Last Action:
05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the rural constable's office salary assistance grant program.
Author:
Pierson | Jones, Jolanda
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
05/29/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the licensing of mental hospitals and mental health facilities and the definition of facility for the purposes of the employee misconduct registry.
Author:
Pierson | Oliverson
Last Action:
04/21/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to nurse profiles and certain information concerning nurses maintained on the Texas Board of Nursing's Internet website.
Author:
Pierson | Howard | Johnson
Last Action:
03/26/2025 H Referred to Insurance: Mar 26 2025 11:31AM
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for perimenopause and menopause medications.
Author:
Pierson | Oliverson
Last Action:
03/27/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a physician to provide and dispense and to delegate authority to provide and dispense certain drugs.
Author:
Pierson | Cain
Last Action:
03/27/2025 H Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption:
Relating to renaming the Sunset Advisory Commission the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and to the duties of that department.
Author:
Pierson
Last Action:
03/27/2025 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption:
Relating to liability limits in a health care liability claim.
Author:
Pierson | Gervin-Hawkins
Last Action:
05/07/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a peace officer employed by the taxing unit.
Author:
Pierson
Last Action:
04/02/2025 H Referred to Natural Resources: Apr 2 2025 11:48AM
Caption:
Relating to the consideration of the provision of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency services by a commissioners court or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality when determining whether to grant or deny a petition for the creation of certain conservation and reclamation districts.
Author:
Pierson
Last Action:
04/03/2025 H Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption:
Relating to the sale of fireworks for the Fourth of July holiday celebration season.
Author:
Pierson
Last Action:
04/03/2025 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption:
Relating to the reservation of land for recreational facilities in certain water districts.
Author:
Pierson | Louderback
Last Action:
04/03/2025 H Referred to Elections: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption:
Relating to the disclosure of citizenship of a candidate for public office.
Author:
Pierson | Oliverson
Last Action:
04/03/2025 H Referred to Insurance: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption:
Relating to the inclusion of an exclusive dealing or tying clause in a health care provider network contract.
Author:
Pierson | Cook
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the duties of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee and the collection, maintenance, and disclosure of maternal health records regarding voluntary termination of pregnancy.
Author:
Pierson
Last Action:
03/05/2025 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Mar 5 2025 11:46AM
Caption:
Designating Rockwall County as the official Marriage Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
Author:
Pierson
Last Action:
05/07/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a political subdivision of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a peace officer employed by the political subdivision.
Author:
Pierson
Last Action:
02/05/2025 H Reported enrolled: Feb 5 2025 12:59PM
Caption:
Honoring the Texas House Freshmen on their victory against veteran House Members at Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium.
Joint Author (22):
Author:
Hull | Frank | VanDeaver | Bucy | Pierson
Last Action:
04/28/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living; authorizing a civil penalty.
Author:
Bucy | Frank | Capriglione | Pierson
Last Action:
05/05/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to improvements to the Texas Information and Referral Network.
Author:
Hayes | Bumgarner | Virdell | Pierson
Last Action:
04/14/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.
Author:
Johnson | Thompson | Pierson | Little
Last Action:
03/25/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.
Author:
Manuel | LaHood | Ordaz | Pierson
Sponsor:
Johnson
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a declaration of informal marriage.
Author:
Gerdes | Olcott | Pierson | Capriglione
Last Action:
05/05/2025 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for certain criminal offenses involving illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien; increasing criminal penalties.
Author:
Lopez, Janie | Kitzman | Garcia, Josey | Morales Shaw | Pierson
Last Action:
03/14/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain disabled veterans and their surviving spouses.
Author:
Gerdes | Schatzline | Leo Wilson | Pierson
Sponsor:
Hagenbuch
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.
Author:
LaHood | Lujan | Johnson | Pierson | Louderback
Last Action:
05/14/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired attorneys representing the state.
Author:
Isaac | Hefner | Louderback | Pierson | Leach
Last Action:
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the justified use of force, including deadly force, by certain persons on certain residential property or manufactured home community property.
Author:
Isaac | Holt | Pierson | Lopez, Janie | Dorazio
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to school marshals, including eligibility for appointment as a school marshal, and licensure and training requirements.
Author:
Virdell | Pierson | Shofner | Cunningham | Harris
Last Action:
03/20/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Caption:
Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin.
Author:
Shofner | Harris | Hefner | Virdell | Pierson
Last Action:
05/12/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin.
Author:
Morgan | Raymond | Spiller | Pierson
Last Action:
05/09/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the voluntary disclosure by an applicant for registration of a motor vehicle of the applicant's military status.
Author:
Orr | Frank | Pierson | Bucy
Sponsor:
Cook
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and a workgroup on nursing career pathways and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council.
Author:
Bucy | Oliverson | Pierson | Romero
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to a study on the use of psychedelic therapies in the treatment of certain conditions.
Author:
Morgan | Wharton | Hopper | Goodwin | Pierson
Last Action:
04/16/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to prohibited insurance discrimination on the basis of an insured's marital status following the death of the insured's spouse.
Author:
Hopper | Guillen | Pierson | Leo Wilson
Last Action:
04/30/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the organization, powers, and authority of the Texas State Guard, including the powers and authority of the adjutant general and governor relating to the Texas State Guard.
Author:
Plesa | Lopez, Ray | Morales, Eddie | Louderback | Pierson
Sponsor:
Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging Congress to enhance coordination among federal, state, and local authorities in the deployment of C-UAS technologies for border security.
Author:
Hopper | Virdell | Pierson | Morgan | Raymond
Last Action:
03/10/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment recognizing the right of an individual to refuse a vaccination.
Author:
Lopez, Janie | Kitzman | Garcia, Josey | Morales Shaw | Pierson
Last Action:
03/17/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 17 2025 2:32PM
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation all or part of the market value of the residence homesteads of certain disabled veterans and their surviving spouses.
Author:
Morgan | Pierson | LaHood | Hopper
Last Action:
03/24/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 24 2025 2:16PM
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment specifying the authority of the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense prescribed by the election laws of this state.
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