Texas Legislature
Bills Cosponsored
Sen. Royce West
87th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/26/2024

Number of Bills: 26

HB 54 Author: Talarico | White | Israel | Bucy | Patterson
Sponsor: Whitmire
Cosponsor: Zaffirini | Hinojosa | West
Last Action: 05/26/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to accompanying and filming peace officers of state and local law enforcement agencies for producing reality television programs.

HB 133 Author: Rose | Thompson, Senfronia | Walle | Thierry | Reynolds
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Cosponsor: Alvarado | Blanco | Miles | West | Johnson | et al.
Last Action: 06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the provision of certain benefits under Medicaid and the Healthy Texas Women program, including the transition of case management for children and pregnant women program services and Healthy Texas Women program services to a managed care program.

HB 332 Author: Talarico | Bernal | Buckley
Sponsor: Lucio
Cosponsor: West | Blanco
Last Action: 05/25/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the use of the compensatory education allotment for programs that build certain social and emotional skills.

HB 567 Author: Frank | Noble | Wu | Bell, Keith | Dutton
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Hall | West | Lucio | Hinojosa
Last Action: 05/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 572 Author: Dutton
Sponsor: Lucio
Cosponsor: West | Buckingham
Last Action: 06/14/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the inclusion of students enrolled in a dropout recovery school as students at risk of dropping out of school for purposes of compensatory, intensive, and accelerated instruction and to a study by the Texas Education Agency on competency-based educational programs.

HB 867 Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: West
Last Action: 05/19/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the issuance of a qualified domestic relations order for the payment of spousal maintenance and child support obligations.

HB 999 Author: Bernal | Patterson | Guillen | Morales Shaw
Sponsor: Menéndez
Cosponsor: West
Last Action: 05/31/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the use of individual graduation committees for certain high school students.

HB 1032 Author: Thierry | Button | Ordaz Perez | Hefner | Johnson, Jarvis
Sponsor: Alvarado
Cosponsor: West
Last Action: 05/26/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to authorizing school districts to provide funding using money received under the Foundation School Program to community-based organizations for purposes of reimbursing private employers for paid internships provided to certain students in career and technology education programs in the district.

HB 1147 Author: Huberty | Guillen | Wilson
Sponsor: Taylor
Cosponsor: Buckingham | West
Last Action: 06/03/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to military readiness for purposes of the indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system and the college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program.

HB 1195 Author: Geren | Goldman | Frullo | Meyer | Bonnen
Sponsor: Hancock
Cosponsor: Alvarado | Paxton | Hinojosa | West
Last Action: 05/08/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the franchise tax treatment of certain loans and grants made under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

HB 1252 Author: Moody | Thompson, Senfronia | Thompson, Ed
Sponsor: Hall
Cosponsor: Lucio | West | Creighton | Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/15/2021 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the limitation period for filing a complaint and requesting a special education impartial due process hearing.

HB 1461 Author: Parker | Anchia | Stucky | Talarico | Lambert
Sponsor: Creighton
Cosponsor: West
Last Action: 05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to a study by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas regarding the use of health reimbursement accounts in conjunction with Medicare plans available through the individual marketplace to provide health and pharmacy benefit coverage for certain retired school employees.

HB 1468 Author: Bell, Keith | Huberty | Toth | González, Mary | Dutton
Sponsor: Taylor
Cosponsor: West | Paxton | Lucio | Bettencourt
Last Action: 05/30/2021 H Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
Caption: Relating to a local remote learning program operated by a public school.

HB 1504 Author: Morales, Christina | Wu | Allen | Huberty | Johnson, Jarvis
Sponsor: Alvarado
Cosponsor: West | Blanco
Last Action: 05/26/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to ethnic studies instruction in public schools.

HB 1603 Author: Huberty | Spiller
Sponsor: Seliger
Cosponsor: Hughes | Schwertner | Perry | Zaffirini | West | et al.
Last Action: 06/07/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements.

HB 1658 Author: Murphy
Sponsor: Nelson
Cosponsor: West
Last Action: 05/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the methods by which the comptroller may provide notice of a deficiency determination or jeopardy determination.

HB 1754 Author: Hernandez
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Cosponsor: West
Last Action: 05/25/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on certain student identification cards issued by a public school or public institution of higher education.

HB 1763 Author: Oliverson | Hefner | Lucio III | Bell, Cecil | Raymond
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Hall | et al.
Last Action: 05/26/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the contractual relationship between a pharmacist or pharmacy and a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager.

HB 2116 Author: Krause | Darby | Oliverson | Martinez | Morales, Eddie
Sponsor: Powell
Cosponsor: West
Last Action: 06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to certain agreements by architects and engineers in or in connection with certain construction contracts.

HB 2211 Author: Metcalf | Bonnen | Moody | Oliverson | Klick
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: Hall | West | Kolkhorst
Last Action: 06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to in-person visitation with hospital patients during certain periods of disaster.

HB 3298 Author: Allison | Guillen
Sponsor: Paxton
Cosponsor: West | Hinojosa
Last Action: 05/26/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to computer science and technology education, training, and curriculum.

HB 3449 Author: Price
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: West
Last Action: 05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to the membership of a public school concussion oversight team and the removal of a public school student from an interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected concussion.

HB 3456 Author: White
Sponsor: Eckhardt
Cosponsor: West | Lucio
Last Action: 06/14/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to inclusion of funds received by certain educational institutions or programs in foundation school program funds for purposes of certain budget reductions.

HB 3932 Author: Bernal | Guillen
Sponsor: Menéndez
Cosponsor: Blanco | West
Last Action: 06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the State Advisory Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.

HB 4545 Author: Dutton
Sponsor: Taylor
Cosponsor: West | Bettencourt
Last Action: 06/16/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the assessment of public school students, the establishment of a strong foundations grant program, and providing accelerated instruction for students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.

HCR 51 Author: Morales, Christina | Neave | Minjarez | Romero, Jr. | Perez
Sponsor: Alvarado
Cosponsor: Lucio | Blanco | Campbell | Eckhardt | West | et al.
Last Action: 06/14/2021 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Urging the United States Congress to pass the I am Vanessa Guillén Act.

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