Texas Legislature
Bills Cosponsored
Rep. Jay Dean
87th Legislature Second Called Session
Report Date: 3/19/2024

Number of Bills: 9

SB 1 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Murr | Lozano | Clardy | White | Jetton
Cosponsor: Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action: 09/07/2021 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.

SB 4 Author: Lucio
Sponsor: Klick | Noble | Oliverson | Cook | Frank
Cosponsor: Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action: 09/17/2021 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to abortion complication reporting and the regulation of drug-induced abortion procedures, providers, and facilities; creating a criminal offense.

SB 6 Author: Huffman
Sponsor: Smith | Cook | Harless | Kacal
Cosponsor: Anderson | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Buckley | et al.
Last Action: 09/17/2021 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to rules for setting the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a monetary bond or personal bond, to related duties of certain officers taking bail bonds and of a magistrate in a criminal case, to charitable bail organizations, and to the reporting of information pertaining to bail bonds.

SB 7 Author: Huffman
Sponsor: Rogers | Darby | Ashby | Parker | Bonnen
Cosponsor: Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson | Bailes | et al.
Last Action: 09/09/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a one-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

SB 8 Author: Bettencourt
Sponsor: Meyer | Metcalf | Burrows | Noble | Shine
Cosponsor: Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action: 09/17/2021 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the authority of a person who acquires a residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired and to the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in revenue.

SB 12 Author: Bettencourt | Kolkhorst
Sponsor: Meyer | Metcalf | Burrows | Button | Guillen
Cosponsor: Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action: 09/17/2021 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction from the preceding tax year in the district's maximum compressed rate and to the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue.

SB 14 Author: Creighton
Sponsor: King, Phil | Paddie | Burrows | Metcalf | Geren
Cosponsor: Allison | Anderson | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action: 09/01/2021 H Returned to committee: Sep 1 2021 4:55PM
Caption: Relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of certain employment benefits and policies.

SB 15 Author: Taylor
Sponsor: Bell, Keith | Huberty | King, Ken | VanDeaver | Bonnen
Cosponsor: Allison | Anderson | Bell, Cecil | Buckley | Burns | et al.
Last Action: 09/09/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to virtual and off-campus electronic instruction at a public school, the satisfaction of teacher certification requirements through an internship teaching certain virtual courses, and the allotment for certain special-purpose school districts under the Foundation School Program.

SJR 2 Author: Bettencourt | Kolkhorst
Sponsor: Meyer | Metcalf | Burrows | Noble | Sanford
Cosponsor: Anchia | Anderson | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Biedermann | et al.
Last Action: 08/30/2021 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.

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