Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Charles Schwertner
87th Legislature First Called Session
Report Date: 5/4/2024

Number of Bills: 13

SB 1 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Buckingham | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 07/13/2021 S Reported engrossed
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; providing civil penalties.

SB 2 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Buckingham | Campbell | Creighton | Hughes | et al.
Last Action: 07/14/2021 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to requiring public school and public institution of higher education students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.

SB 3 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Buckingham | Creighton | Hall | Kolkhorst | et al.
Last Action: 07/16/2021 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to certain curriculum in public schools, including certain instructional requirements and prohibitions.

SB 4 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Buckingham | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 07/16/2021 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to abortion complication reporting and the regulation of drug-induced abortion procedures, providers, and facilities; creating a criminal offense.

SB 5 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Buckingham | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 07/14/2021 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to complaint procedures and disclosure requirements for, and to the censorship of users' expressions by, social media platforms.

SB 6 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Buckingham | Campbell | Creighton | Kolkhorst | et al.
Last Action: 07/13/2021 S Reported engrossed
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
Coauthor: Birdwell | Buckingham | Campbell | Creighton | Hinojosa | et al.
Last Action: 07/13/2021 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to a one-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

SB 8 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Birdwell | Buckingham | Campbell | Creighton | Hall | et al.
Last Action: 07/14/2021 S Reported engrossed
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 the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in revenue.

SB 24 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Creighton | Schwertner
Last Action: 07/12/2021 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to state investments in social media companies that censor political speech.

SB 31 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Birdwell | Creighton | Schwertner
Last Action: 07/10/2021 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the use of certain information regarding voter qualification.

SB 32 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Buckingham | Campbell | Creighton | Hall | Kolkhorst | et al.
Last Action: 07/14/2021 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.

SB 33 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Creighton | Paxton | Schwertner | Springer
Last Action: 07/08/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to abortion reporting and exemptions to abortion facility licensing; creating a criminal offense.

SB 72 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Buckingham | Campbell | Perry | Schwertner | Seliger | et al.
Last Action: 07/14/2021 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to requiring public schools to provide instruction and materials and adopt policies relating to the prevention of child abuse, family violence, and dating violence.

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