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Texas Legislature Bills Coauthored Rep. Shelby Slawson 88th Legislature Regular Session Report Date: 4/24/2024
Number of Bills: 50

HB 2	Author:	Meyer \| Bonnen \| Burrows \| Thierry \| Raymond
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anchía \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/02/2023 S Referred to Local Government
	Caption:	Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system and property tax appraisal and administration.

HB 4	Author:	Capriglione \| Longoria \| Burrows \| Meyer
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anchía \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Hughes
	Last Action:	06/18/2023 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty.

HB 6	Author:	Goldman \| Thimesch \| Harless \| Cook \| Lujan
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Bailes \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Buckley \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Huffman
	Last Action:	06/17/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
	Caption:	Relating to the designation of fentanyl poisoning or fentanyl toxicity for purposes of the death certificate and to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 7	Author:	Guillen \| Raymond \| Muñoz, Jr. \| Morales, Eddie \| Lopez, Janie
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| Bell, Cecil \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Birdwell
	Last Action:	05/27/2023 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
	Caption:	Relating to measures to address public safety threats in this state presented by transnational criminal activity, including by establishing a Texas Border Force, and to compensate persons affected by those threats; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.

HB 8	Author:	VanDeaver \| Kuempel \| Buckley \| Bonnen \| Longoria
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anchía \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Creighton
	Last Action:	06/09/2023 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program.

HB 9	Author:	Ashby \| Hunter \| Hernandez \| Bonnen \| Longoria
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Allison \| Anchía \| Anderson \| Bailes \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Huffman
	Last Action:	06/09/2023 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services.

HB 17	Author:	Cook \| Moody \| Leach \| Metcalf \| Burrows
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anderson \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Huffman
	Last Action:	06/07/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
	Caption:	Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys.

HB 19	Author:	Murr \| Leach \| Landgraf \| Meyer \| Lujan
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| Bell, Cecil \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Hughes
	Last Action:	06/09/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
	Caption:	Relating to the creation of a specialty trial court to hear certain cases; authorizing fees.

HB 20	Author:	Schaefer \| Harrison \| Lozano \| Leo-Wilson \| Troxclair
	Coauthor:	Anderson \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Buckley \| Bumgarner \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/09/2023 H Returned to committee: May 9 2023 10:52PM
	Caption:	Relating to measures to ensure the safety and welfare of the border region of this state, including protection from ongoing criminal activity and public health threats and the establishment of the Border Protection Unit; creating a criminal offense; creating a civil penalty.

HB 65	Author:	Spiller \| Guillen \| Holland \| Bell, Keith
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anderson \| Buckley \| Bumgarner \| Cain \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/03/2023 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of avoiding certain law enforcement checkpoints or evading an arrest or detention; increasing criminal penalties.

HB 73	Author:	Murr \| King, Tracy O. \| Price \| Bailes \| Darby
	Coauthor:	Buckley \| Burns \| Lambert \| Morales, Eddie \| Orr \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Springer
	Last Action:	06/09/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
	Caption:	Relating to limitation of certain liability of owners, lessees, and occupants of land in connection with livestock and agricultural land.

HB 90	Author:	Patterson \| Buckley \| Cook \| Raymond \| Shine
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| Bell, Cecil \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Huffman
	Last Action:	06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
	Caption:	Relating to benefits for certain members of the Texas military forces and survivors of members of the Texas military forces.

HB 96	Author:	González, Mary \| Guillen \| Gamez \| Lopez, Janie \| VanDeaver
	Coauthor:	Metcalf \| Morales, Eddie \| Patterson \| Plesa \| Slawson
	Last Action:	05/15/2023 S Referred to Border Security
	Caption:	Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records.

HB 100	Author:	King, Ken \| VanDeaver \| Dutton \| Howard \| Buckley
	Coauthor:	Bell, Keith \| Bumgarner \| Burns \| Capriglione \| Cook \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Creighton
	Last Action:	05/26/2023 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
	Caption:	Relating to public education and public school finance, including the rights, certification, and compensation of public school educators, contributions by a public school to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and an education savings account program for certain children.

HB 107	Author:	Schaefer
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Bell, Cecil \| Bernal \| Bumgarner \| Cain \| et al.
	Last Action:	02/23/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
	Caption:	Relating to the penalty for a violation of an emergency management plan.

HB 165	Author:	Johnson, Ann \| Bonnen \| Kuempel \| Landgraf \| Ordaz
	Coauthor:	Bucy \| Bumgarner \| Cain \| DeAyala \| Frazier \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Whitmire
	Last Action:	06/10/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
	Caption:	Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an aggravated assault occurring as part of a mass shooting; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 513	Author:	Metcalf \| Cook \| Johnson, Ann \| Canales \| Vasut
	Coauthor:	Cain \| Hefner \| Leo-Wilson \| Slawson
	Last Action:	04/18/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
	Caption:	Relating to the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance or marihuana causing death or serious bodily injury; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 521	Author:	Cain
	Coauthor:	Anderson \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Buckley \| et al.
	Last Action:	02/23/2023 H Referred to Transportation: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
	Caption:	Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant.

HB 600	Author:	Bonnen \| Burns \| Capriglione
	Coauthor:	Ashby \| Bailes \| Bell, Keith \| Buckley \| Button \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/08/2023 H Considered in Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

HB 900	Author:	Patterson \| Buckley \| Burrows \| Shaheen \| Longoria
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anderson \| Bailes \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Paxton
	Last Action:	06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
	Caption:	Relating to the regulation of library materials sold to or included in public school libraries.

HB 968	Author:	Gates \| Rose \| Frank \| Capriglione \| González, Mary
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anderson \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Bhojani \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Kolkhorst
	Last Action:	06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
	Caption:	Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 1155	Author:	Patterson \| Hefner \| Harris, Cody
	Coauthor:	Bumgarner \| Cain \| Cook \| Dean \| Dorazio \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/02/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 2 2023 3:47PM
	Caption:	Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for certain public school students.

HB 1487	Author:	Gerdes \| Bailes \| Kitzman \| Holland \| Murr
	Coauthor:	Ashby \| Bumgarner \| Cain \| Frazier \| Guillen \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/12/2023 S Referred to Local Government
	Caption:	Relating to the creation of a rural county law enforcement grant program.

HB 1489	Author:	Tepper \| Gates \| Troxclair \| Goldman
	Coauthor:	Harrison \| Isaac \| Kacal \| Leo-Wilson \| Orr \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/05/2023 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to the issuance of certificates of obligation by local governments.

HB 1581	Author:	Thimesch \| Frazier \| Lujan \| Johnson, Julie \| Cook
	Coauthor:	Anderson \| Bell, Cecil \| Bumgarner \| Capriglione \| Cortez \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/11/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
	Caption:	Relating to the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance causing death or serious bodily injury; creating a criminal offense.

HB 1686	Author:	Oliverson \| Klick \| Metcalf \| Toth \| Geren
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| Bell, Cecil \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/14/2023 H Reported favorably as substituted
	Caption:	Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments.

HB 1934	Author:	Rogers \| Button \| Raney \| Thompson, Ed \| Hefner
	Coauthor:	Gerdes \| Hayes \| Noble \| Oliverson \| Paul \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/08/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 8 2023 12:09PM
	Caption:	Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount.

HB 1952	Author:	Toth \| Anderson
	Coauthor:	Bell, Keith \| Burns \| Burrows \| Gerdes \| Hayes \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/04/2023 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain minors.

HB 1973	Author:	Harris, Caroline \| Klick \| Frank \| Campos \| Collier
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Allison \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/09/2023 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers; authorizing an administrative penalty.

HB 2010	Author:	Hefner
	Coauthor:	DeAyala \| Metcalf \| Morales Shaw \| Slawson
	Last Action:	04/04/2023 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers.

HB 2012	Author:	Oliverson \| Metcalf \| Longoria \| Harris, Cody \| Harrison
	Coauthor:	Bell, Keith \| Burns \| Burrows \| Frazier \| Gerdes \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Hughes
	Last Action:	06/09/2023 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to the display of the national motto in public school and institution of higher education classrooms.

HB 2117	Author:	Oliverson \| Cunningham
	Coauthor:	Cain \| Hull \| Paul \| Slawson
	Last Action:	05/03/2023 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
	Caption:	Relating to liability of judges and magistrates for the improper release on personal bond of defendants accused of committing certain felony offenses.

HB 2127	Author:	Burrows \| Meyer \| Goldman \| King, Ken \| Raymond
	Coauthor:	Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Creighton
	Last Action:	06/14/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
	Caption:	Relating to state preemption of and the effect of certain state or federal law on certain municipal and county regulation.

HB 2374	Author:	Landgraf \| Darby \| Manuel \| Thimesch \| Button
	Coauthor:	Bumgarner \| Cain \| Dean \| Gerdes \| Hefner \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/24/2023 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate an energy source or engine.

HB 2615	Author:	Gates \| Harris, Cody \| Burrows \| Canales \| Allen
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| Bell, Cecil \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/11/2023 H Returned to committee: May 11 2023 11:50PM
	Caption:	Relating to the operation by a school district of a foundation and trade diploma program to provide eligible high school students with educational training under a plan for the issuance of a high school diploma and the application of certain student-based allotments under the public school finance system.

HB 2662	Author:	Ashby \| Anderson \| Rose \| Bailes \| Clardy
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Bell, Keith \| Bernal \| Bhojani \| Burns \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/01/2023 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to broadband development.

HB 2681	Author:	Frazier \| Bumgarner \| Kitzman \| Lujan
	Coauthor:	Bell, Keith \| Button \| Cole \| Cortez \| DeAyala \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/15/2023 S Referred to Transportation
	Caption:	Relating to the authority of a fire department to remove certain personal property from a roadway or right-of-way.

HB 3164	Author:	Tepper \| Noble \| Jetton \| Patterson \| Capriglione
	Coauthor:	Anderson \| Bumgarner \| Cain \| Cook \| Dorazio \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/15/2023 H Referred to Higher Education: Mar 15 2023 11:33AM
	Caption:	Relating to the prohibition of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and employees at public institutions of higher education.

HB 3553	Author:	Thierry \| Shaheen \| Moody \| Jetton \| Cook
	Coauthor:	Anderson \| Bumgarner \| Button \| Campos \| Collier \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Whitmire
	Last Action:	06/09/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
	Caption:	Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses if committed at certain locations.

HB 3554	Author:	Thierry \| Shaheen \| Moody \| Jetton \| Cook
	Coauthor:	Anderson \| Bumgarner \| Button \| Campos \| Collier \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Whitmire
	Last Action:	06/09/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
	Caption:	Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations.

HB 3899	Author:	Troxclair \| Burrows \| Bonnen \| Raymond \| Meyer
	Coauthor:	Bell, Cecil \| Buckley \| Bumgarner \| Burns \| Button \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Bettencourt
	Last Action:	05/26/2023 S Returned from the House for further action
	Caption:	Relating to the issuance of bonds by certain local government corporations.

HB 4084	Author:	Frazier \| Thimesch \| Plesa \| Guerra
	Coauthor:	Bailes \| Bumgarner \| Button \| Cain \| Clardy \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Zaffirini
	Last Action:	05/16/2023 S Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to certain disclosures and other requirements relating to the sale of concert and other event tickets.

HB 4378	Author:	Toth
	Coauthor:	Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Burns \| Burrows \| Gerdes \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/21/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
	Caption:	Relating to a cause of action for drag performances performed in the presence of a minor.

HB 5235	Author:	Toth
	Coauthor:	Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Burrows \| Gerdes \| Hayes \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/24/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
	Caption:	Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using a bathroom or changing facility in a public school; authorizing a civil penalty, authorizing a private civil right of action.

HJR 1	Author:	Meyer \| Bonnen \| Burrows \| Thierry \| Raymond
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| Bell, Cecil \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/02/2023 S Referred to Local Government
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.

HJR 75	Author:	Raney \| Allison \| Morrison \| Howard \| Guerra
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Anderson \| Bailes \| Bernal \| Bowers \| et al.
	Last Action:	02/28/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 28 2023 4:13PM
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding certain organizational and procedural matters related to the legislature.

HJR 125	Author:	Ashby
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Allison \| Anchía \| Bailes \| Bernal \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Huffman
	Last Action:	05/30/2023 E Filed with the Secretary of State
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the broadband infrastructure fund to expand high-speed broadband access and assist in the financing of connectivity projects.

HJR 144	Author:	Canales \| Goldman \| Cain \| Lozano \| Hunter
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Allison \| Anchía \| Anderson \| Ashby \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/24/2023 S Referred to Transportation
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of money in the state highway fund for roadways for seaports, airports, spaceports, land ports of entry, and international bridges.

HR 228	Author:	Orr \| Smith \| Tepper \| Dorazio \| Klick
	Coauthor:	Allison \| Bailes \| Buckley \| Bumgarner \| Burns \| et al.
	Last Action:	02/28/2023 H Reported enrolled: Feb 28 2023 7:34PM
	Caption:	Recognizing February 28, 2023, as Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association Legislative Day at the State Capitol.

HR 1167	Author:	Bhojani \| Thompson, Senfronia \| Bonnen \| Oliverson \| Craddick
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Allison \| Anchía \| Anderson \| Ashby \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/20/2023 H Reported enrolled: Apr 20 2023 2:43PM
	Caption:	Recognizing April 20, 2023, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day.

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