Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Jane Nelson
87th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/24/2024

Number of Bills: 26

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 18 Author: Creighton
Coauthor: Hall | Hughes | Kolkhorst | Nelson | Springer
Last Action: 04/19/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Apr 19 2021 11:22AM
Caption: Relating to authority of the governor and certain political subdivisions to regulate firearms, ammunition, knives, air guns, explosives, and combustibles and certain associated businesses during certain disasters and emergencies.

SB 21 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Nelson
Last Action: 04/20/2021 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Apr 20 2021 10:23AM
Caption: Relating to rules for fixing the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a bail 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 23 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Creighton | Kolkhorst | Nelson | Springer
Sponsor: Oliverson | Harless
Last Action: 06/01/2021 E Effective on 1/1/22
Caption: Relating to an election to approve a reduction or reallocation of funding or resources for certain county law enforcement agencies.

SB 24 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Creighton | Eckhardt | Hinojosa | Kolkhorst | Lucio | et al.
Sponsor: Bonnen | Pacheco | White
Last Action: 06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the procedures required before a law enforcement agency hires certain persons.

SB 153 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Hall | Nelson | Springer
Sponsor: Sanford | Burrows | Frullo
Last Action: 06/14/2021 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the exclusion of certain payment processing services from the definition of "data processing service" for purposes of sales and use taxes.

SB 162 Author: Blanco
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Hinojosa | Hughes | Miles | et al.
Sponsor: Geren
Last Action: 05/30/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to a false statement made to illegally acquire a firearm; creating a criminal offense.

SB 248 Author: Johnson
Coauthor: Buckingham | Hinojosa | Kolkhorst | Nelson | Perry | et al.
Sponsor: Thierry
Last Action: 06/18/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and e-cigarettes; requiring occupational permits; imposing fees; providing civil and administrative penalties; creating criminal offenses.

SB 313 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Alvarado | Kolkhorst | Nelson | West | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Meyer
Last Action: 06/14/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for firearm safety equipment.

SB 315 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Blanco | Nelson | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Hunter | Thompson, Senfronia | Jetton | Thierry | Shaheen
Last Action: 05/24/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to restrictions on the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises of a sexually oriented business; creating a criminal offense.

SB 321 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Nelson | Perry | Springer
Sponsor: Bonnen | Murphy | Gervin-Hawkins
Last Action: 06/18/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

SB 442 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Buckingham | Nelson | Paxton
Sponsor: Dutton
Last Action: 05/23/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to local school health advisory councils and health education provided by public schools, including requirements regarding human sexuality instruction.

SB 766 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Kolkhorst | Nelson
Sponsor: Leach | Thompson, Senfronia | Hunter | Thierry
Last Action: 06/18/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to sexually oriented businesses, including a requirement to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify, and restricting the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises; creating criminal offenses.

SB 768 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Nelson | Nichols
Sponsor: Johnson, Ann
Last Action: 06/14/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for manufacture or delivery of fentanyl and related substances; creating a criminal offense.

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 945 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Alvarado | Nelson | Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/20/2021 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of sexual assault.

SB 1065 Author: Alvarado
Coauthor: Blanco | Buckingham | Campbell | Eckhardt | Huffman | et al.
Sponsor: Bernal
Last Action: 06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to coverage for diagnostic imaging for breast cancer under certain health benefit plans.

SB 1126 Author: Springer | Miles
Coauthor: Nelson | Paxton | West | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Stucky
Last Action: 05/26/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Woman's University System.

SB 1449 Author: Bettencourt | Creighton | Hancock | Hinojosa | Johnson | et al.
Coauthor: Kolkhorst | Nelson | Springer
Sponsor: Murphy
Last Action: 06/07/2021 E Effective on 1/1/22
Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount.

SB 1615 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Lucio | Menéndez | Nelson
Sponsor: VanDeaver | Bernal
Last Action: 05/31/2021 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the adult high school charter school program.

SB 2116 Author: Campbell | Hall
Coauthor: Birdwell | Buckingham | Kolkhorst | Nelson | Paxton | et al.
Sponsor: Parker
Last Action: 06/18/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to prohibiting contracts or other agreements with certain foreign-owned companies in connection with critical infrastructure in this state.

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.

SB 2255 Author: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Buckingham | et al.
Coauthor: Nelson
Last Action: 05/11/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a pilot program to provide telemedicine medical services to certain cancer patients receiving pain management services and supportive palliative care.

SCR 3 Author: Paxton | Campbell | Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Creighton | Huffman | Hughes | Menéndez | Nelson | et al.
Sponsor: Shaheen | Martinez | Ellzey | Oliverson
Last Action: 06/07/2021 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Condemning China's practice of involuntary organ harvesting.

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.

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