Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Nathan Johnson
87th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/19/2024

Number of Bills: 34

SB 5 Author: Nichols | Hancock | Perry | West
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Buckingham | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Apr 7 2021 11:50AM
Caption: Relating to the expansion of broadband services to certain areas.

SB 15 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Buckingham | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: King, Phil | Stucky | Perez | Ashby
Last Action: 06/18/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the Texas Consumer Privacy Act Phase I; creating criminal offenses; increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense.

SB 39 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Hinojosa | Johnson | West
Last Action: 03/03/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the period of continuous eligibility for the medical assistance program.

SB 41 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Huffman | Hughes | Johnson
Sponsor: Leach
Last Action: 06/14/2021 E Effective on 1/1/22
Caption: Relating to the consolidation and allocation of state civil court costs; increasing certain civil court costs; authorizing fees.

SB 64 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | Hinojosa | Huffman | et al.
Sponsor: White
Last Action: 06/14/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a peer support network for certain law enforcement personnel.

SB 69 Author: Miles
Coauthor: Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | Hinojosa | Johnson | et al.
Sponsor: White | Reynolds | Rose | Thompson, Senfronia | Morales Shaw
Last Action: 06/14/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the use of force by peace officers.

SB 90 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Johnson
Last Action: 03/03/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, distribution, transportation, and delivery of medical cannabis for medical use by qualifying patients with certain debilitating medical conditions and the licensing of dispensing organizations and testing facilities; authorizing fees.

SB 91 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/03/2021 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to coverage for serious mental illness under certain group health benefit plans.

SB 228 Author: Blanco
Coauthor: Buckingham | Eckhardt | Johnson
Last Action: 03/03/2021 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the reimbursement and payment of claims by certain health benefit plan issuers for telemedicine medical services and telehealth services.

SB 242 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/03/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

SB 243 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Blanco | Johnson | Menéndez
Last Action: 04/20/2021 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to energy efficiency goals for electric utilities.

SB 246 Author: Alvarado
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/03/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to electronic voter registration.

SB 253 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Johnson | Miles
Last Action: 03/03/2021 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to social work services in public schools.

SB 261 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Johnson
Last Action: 03/03/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the repeal of statutes regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct and to the recognition of certain same-sex relationship statuses.

SB 266 Author: West
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/03/2021 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by the county of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead.

SB 268 Author: West | Miles
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Johnson
Last Action: 03/03/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.

SB 301 Author: Hinojosa
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/09/2021 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony in a criminal case involving a controlled substance.

SB 343 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Creighton | Hinojosa | Johnson | Perry | et al.
Sponsor: Harless
Last Action: 05/20/2021 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of certain information regarding conditions of bond imposed in criminal cases involving family violence.

SB 344 Author: Paxton
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/09/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the use of electronic signatures that employ blockchain or distributed ledger technology in certain business or governmental transactions.

SB 468 Author: Zaffirini | Seliger
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Johnson
Last Action: 03/09/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry.

SB 530 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Johnson
Sponsor: Cole
Last Action: 05/30/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of harassment; creating a criminal offense.

SB 672 Author: Buckingham | Campbell | Nelson | Schwertner
Coauthor: Blanco | Johnson | Menéndez | West | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Bonnen | Guillen
Last Action: 06/07/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to Medicaid coverage of certain collaborative care management services.

SB 780 Author: Hinojosa
Coauthor: Blanco | Buckingham | Campbell | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Sponsor: Raymond
Last Action: 05/24/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of a local government to enter into an intergovernmental support agreement with a branch of the armed forces of the United States.

SB 820 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Johnson
Last Action: 03/11/2021 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the purchase and installation of climate control systems at facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

SB 1047 Author: Seliger
Coauthor: Huffman | Johnson
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 06/14/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.

SB 1276 Author: Taylor
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/18/2021 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption: Relating to public health improvement and pollution reduction through recycling incentives; assessing a fee.

SB 1325 Author: Hinojosa
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/18/2021 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to certificates of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects.

SB 1376 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Johnson | Springer
Last Action: 03/18/2021 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Caption: Relating to the administration, implementation, and enforcement of federal produce safety standards by the Department of Agriculture.

SB 1911 Author: Blanco
Coauthor: Johnson
Sponsor: Rose
Last Action: 06/14/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the content of an application for Medicaid.

SB 2092 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Alvarado | Blanco | Gutierrez | Hinojosa | Johnson | et al.
Last Action: 04/01/2021 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to a cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

SB 2154 Author: Schwertner
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Hall | Hinojosa | et al.
Sponsor: Paddie
Last Action: 06/18/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the membership of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

SCR 29 Author: Miles
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Buckingham | et al.
Sponsor: White | Murr | Reynolds | Rose
Last Action: 06/16/2021 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Expressing commitment to eliminating racially offensive place names and urging the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to approve requests to change racially offensive names of geographic features.

SCR 34 Author: Alvarado
Coauthor: Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 04/21/2021 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Urging the United States Congress to pass the I am Vanessa Guillén Act.

SJR 18 Author: West
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/03/2021 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the commissioners court of a county to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by the county of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead.

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