Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Hillary Gail Hickland
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/25/2025

Number of Bills: 56

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (45):
HB 1309 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/10/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM
Caption: Relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans and to the effect of the receipt of such aid on the maintenance and operations ad valorem tax rate of a local government.

HB 1310 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/10/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM
Caption: Relating to an annual report on the costs to this state and political subdivisions of providing health care services to foreign patients.

HB 1311 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/10/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM
Caption: Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees.

HB 1312 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/10/2025 H Referred to Elections: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM
Caption: Relating to a person submitting proof of citizenship to verify eligibility to vote in Texas.

HB 1313 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/10/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM
Caption: Relating to the use by a school district or a school district employee of public funds for lobbying activities.

HB 1314 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/25/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to price estimates and billing requirements for certain health care facilities.

HB 1433 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/11/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to efficiency audits for certain political subdivisions.

HB 1434 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/11/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.

HB 1435 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/11/2025 H Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to an expedited response by a governmental body to a request for public information.

HB 1465 Author: Hickland | Bowers | Louderback | Gámez | Cook
Last Action: 04/22/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense.

HB 1509 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/24/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the offense of failure to stop or report aggravated sexual assault of a child; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 1511 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/26/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce a juvenile curfew; creating criminal offenses.

HB 1512 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/12/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM
Caption: Relating to reporting the number of children known or reasonably believed to not be citizens of the United States enrolled in a public school and to requesting reimbursement from the United States government for the cost of educating those children.

HB 1549 Author: Hickland | Manuel | Ordaz | Leach | Leo Wilson
Last Action: 03/12/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM
Caption: Relating to restrictions on the sale of obscene devices; providing a civil penalty.

HB 1551 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/22/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the notification of parents of students enrolled in public school regarding certain alleged criminal conduct by an employee.

HB 1742 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/14/2025 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption: Relating to protesting changes to municipal zoning regulations and boundaries.

HB 1980 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/14/2025 H Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption: Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.

HB 1981 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/14/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption: Relating to the use of public resources by a public school officer or employee to engage in certain political activities.

HB 1983 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/08/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offense of child endangerment involving smuggling across an international border.

HB 1985 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the age limit for a beginning position in a fire department under municipal civil service.

HB 2028 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/22/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the Internet and other electronic posting of notices and agendas for meetings under the open meetings law.

HB 2443 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/17/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 17 2025 2:32PM
Caption: Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to prepare a report regarding public education mandates.

HB 2444 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption: Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of harmful communication to a minor.

HB 2449 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/17/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 17 2025 2:32PM
Caption: Relating to discovery requirements for pro se defendants in a criminal case.

HB 2569 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/17/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 17 2025 2:32PM
Caption: Relating to the applicability of certain parental notification requirements to school districts of innovation.

HB 2894 Author: Hickland | Gervin-Hawkins | Schoolcraft | Bernal | Lujan
Last Action: 04/24/2025 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.

HB 3013 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/20/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Caption: Relating to a restriction on the use of public money by a school district regarding the passage of a bond proposal.

HB 3147 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/20/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Caption: Relating to fiscal reporting by public schools.

HB 3148 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/08/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the automatic admission of students to general academic teaching institutions.

HB 3222 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/20/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Caption: Relating to school district policies, appeals to the commissioner of education, and reporting on settlement agreements entered into by a public school.

HB 3597 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/22/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.

HB 3598 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Referred to Human Services: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to prohibiting a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services from declining a placement.

HB 3909 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.

HB 3990 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/25/2025 H Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption: Relating to the display of flags by a building owned or operated by the state, a municipality, or a county.

HB 4191 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/31/2025 H Referred to s/c on Property Tax Appraisals by Speaker: Mar 31 2025 4:34PM
Caption: Relating to adjustments in the appraised value of a residence homestead.

HB 4387 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/01/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Apr 1 2025 12:28PM
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.

HB 4447 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/02/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Apr 2 2025 11:48AM
Caption: Relating to information that a property owners' association must file with the Texas Real Estate Commission; authorizing an administrative penalty.

HB 4448 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/02/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 2 2025 11:48AM
Caption: Relating to an automated artificial intelligence review of library material purchased by public schools; providing an administrative penalty.

HB 4466 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/21/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to restrictions on the fee assessed for issuance of certain birth records.

HB 4631 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/14/2025 H No action taken in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the preliminary investigation conducted when a child is referred to juvenile court.

HB 4689 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/24/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption: Relating to municipal annexation of an area adjacent to contiguous or connecting railroad rights-of-way.

HB 4978 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/03/2025 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal utility districts in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.

HB 5024 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 04/03/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption: Relating to the regulation of cigarettes and tobacco products, including the definitions of cigarettes and tobacco products.

HR 249 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/06/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 6 2025 2:27PM
Caption: Commemorating the 180th anniversary of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

HR 429 Author: Hickland
Last Action: 03/14/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 14 2025 2:01PM
Caption: Congratulating Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr. on his induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

Joint Author (11):
HB 9 Author: Meyer | Bonnen | Hickland | Martinez Fischer | Bernal
Last Action: 04/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.

HB 24 Author: Orr | Hickland | Vasut | Lopez, Ray | Lalani
Last Action: 04/25/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary.

HB 103 Author: Troxclair | Meyer | Vasut | Morales, Eddie | Hickland
Last Action: 04/28/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of taxing unit bond, tax, and bond-related project information; providing a civil penalty.

HB 267 Author: Patterson | Hickland | Metcalf | Hefner | Vasut
Last Action: 04/28/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.

HB 503 Author: Tepper | Gerdes | Barry | Hickland | Villalobos
Last Action: 04/24/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain counties to participate in the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant program and the rural prosecutor's office salary assistance grant program.

HB 930 Author: Cain | LaHood | Hopper | Isaac | Hickland
Last Action: 03/17/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to certain requirements for activation of the Texas National Guard into active combat duty.

HB 1078 Author: Turner | Hickland
Last Action: 03/17/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the creation, distribution, and posting of a veterans benefits and services poster in the workplace.

HB 1337 Author: Isaac | Dorazio | Hickland | Cortez
Last Action: 04/14/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the recognition of a handgun license issued by another state.

HB 2626 Author: Buckley | Hickland | Curry | Spiller
Last Action: 04/25/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to creating the Central Texas Water Alliance; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose fees.

HB 3336 Author: Buckley | Harris | Troxclair | Hickland
Last Action: 04/29/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to an alcoholic beverage tax credit for certain liquor or malt beverage byproducts donated for agricultural use in this state.

HB 4595 Author: Troxclair | Bonnen | Hickland | Cain | Lopez, Janie
Last Action: 04/03/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption: Relating to prohibition of transporting or funding the transportation of an unemancipated minor for an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

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