Texas Legislature
Bills Cosponsored
Sen. Sarah Eckhardt
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 12/3/2024

Number of Bills: 38

HB 8 Author: VanDeaver | Kuempel | Buckley | Bonnen | Longoria
Sponsor: Creighton
Cosponsor: Hinojosa | West | Menéndez | Birdwell | Paxton | et al.
Last Action: 06/09/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program.

HB 12 Author: Rose | Thompson, Senfronia | Walle | Thierry | Howard
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Cosponsor: Johnson | Alvarado | Zaffirini | West | Hinojosa | et al.
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following a pregnancy.

HB 90 Author: Patterson | Buckley | Cook | Raymond | Shine
Sponsor: Huffman
Cosponsor: Paxton | West | Eckhardt | Blanco
Last Action: 06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to benefits for certain members of the Texas military forces and survivors of members of the Texas military forces.

HB 238 Author: Bernal | Romero, Jr. | Garcia | Lujan
Sponsor: Flores
Cosponsor: Eckhardt | Blanco | Hinojosa | Menéndez
Last Action: 05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.

HB 400 Author: Klick
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Cosponsor: West | Hinojosa | Miles | Alvarado | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to innovation grant programs to support residency training programs in psychiatric specialty fields and recruitment, training, and retention programs in behavioral health fields.

HB 567 Author: Bowers | Rose | Reynolds | Sherman, Sr. | Buckley
Sponsor: Miles
Cosponsor: West | Whitmire | Blanco | Menéndez | Eckhardt
Last Action: 05/27/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.

HB 916 Author: Ordaz | Slawson | Frank | Rose | Howard
Sponsor: Paxton
Cosponsor: LaMantia | Blanco | Huffman | Eckhardt | Alvarado | et al.
Last Action: 06/09/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs.

HB 1193 Author: Turner | Jones, Venton | Collier
Sponsor: Miles
Cosponsor: Johnson | West | Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to prohibiting housing discrimination by a property owners' association against a residential tenant based on the tenant's method of payment.

HB 1211 Author: Guillen | Ramos | Plesa
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Cosponsor: West | Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to financial assistance, including repayment of loans, for certain students attending postsecondary educational institutions.

HB 1337 Author: Hull | Oliverson | Harless | González, Jessica | Johnson, Ann
Sponsor: Menéndez
Cosponsor: West | Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to step therapy protocols required by health benefit plans for coverage of prescription drugs for serious mental illnesses.

HB 1357 Author: Holland
Sponsor: Huffman
Cosponsor: Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/13/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for certain medication-assisted treatments for opioid or substance use disorder.

HB 1432 Author: Meza | Garcia | Wu | Lujan
Sponsor: Whitmire
Cosponsor: Eckhardt | Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to required findings for the issuance of a protective order.

HB 1563 Author: Harless | Spiller | Herrero | Swanson | Anderson
Sponsor: Hall
Cosponsor: Eckhardt
Last Action: 05/17/2023 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Relating to the confinement in a county jail of a person pending a transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the compensation for certain costs of confinement.

HB 1809 Author: Hunter
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Cosponsor: Eckhardt | Hinojosa
Last Action: 05/27/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the commercial oyster mariculture advisory board.

HB 1890 Author: Jetton
Sponsor: Menéndez
Cosponsor: Eckhardt | West
Last Action: 05/27/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the operation of a hospital at home program by certain hospitals; authorizing a fee.

HB 2100 Author: Price
Sponsor: Schwertner
Cosponsor: Hinojosa | West | Blanco | Eckhardt | Alvarado | et al.
Last Action: 06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals.

HB 2177 Author: Stucky
Sponsor: LaMantia
Cosponsor: Eckhardt | Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/10/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to establishing a digital course materials pilot program.

HB 2263 Author: Darby
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/12/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of a natural gas local distribution company to offer energy conservation programs.

HB 2575 Author: Button | González, Mary | Smith | Morales, Christina | Lopez, Janie
Sponsor: Hancock
Cosponsor: Miles | Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | West
Last Action: 05/23/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the workforce diploma pilot program.

HB 2620 Author: Geren | Herrero | Toth | Darby | Buckley
Sponsor: King
Cosponsor: Eckhardt | Hall | West
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the confinement in a county jail of a person pending a transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to compensation to a county for certain costs of confinement.

HB 2629 Author: Rogers | Geren | Longoria | Klick | Stucky
Sponsor: Middleton
Cosponsor: Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the reporting of direct campaign expenditures by certain persons and political committees.

HB 2651 Author: Howard | Jetton | Johnson, Ann | Harless | Oliverson
Sponsor: Blanco
Cosponsor: LaMantia | Eckhardt | West | Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to required training and continuing education requirements for persons who provide medical care or other support to survivors of sexual assault.

HB 2708 Author: Swanson | Jones, Venton
Sponsor: Flores
Cosponsor: Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/02/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to visitation policies for inmates and state jail felony defendants.

HB 2802 Author: Rose | Jones, Jolanda | Plesa
Sponsor: Blanco
Cosponsor: LaMantia | Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/11/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the Medicaid application form and communication with Medicaid recipients.

HB 2873 Author: Howard
Sponsor: Blanco
Cosponsor: Hinojosa | Eckhardt | West | Menéndez | Alvarado
Last Action: 05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to a strategic plan for improving maternal health, including the consolidation and repeal of certain planning and reporting requirements.

HB 3058 Author: Johnson, Ann | Leach | Slawson | Howard | Thompson, Senfronia
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Eckhardt | Hinojosa | Bettencourt | Kolkhorst
Last Action: 06/17/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the provision of certain medical treatment to a pregnant woman by a physician or health care provider.

HB 3075 Author: Kacal
Sponsor: Flores
Cosponsor: Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/11/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a correctional facility or detention facility; creating a criminal offense.

HB 3130 Author: Guerra | Hernandez | Noble | Howard
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Cosponsor: Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/11/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the protection of certain occupational licensing information regarding clients of family violence shelter centers, victims of trafficking shelter centers, and sexual assault programs and survivors of family violence, domestic violence, and sexual assault.

HB 3323 Author: Goodwin | González, Jessica | Plesa
Sponsor: West
Cosponsor: Blanco | Eckhardt | Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/11/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to food system security and resiliency planning.

HB 3338 Author: Cole | González, Jessica | Oliverson | Hernandez | Talarico
Sponsor: Johnson
Cosponsor: West | Hinojosa | Miles | Eckhardt | Blanco
Last Action: 05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to measures to prevent and respond to opioid-related drug overdoses, including policies and training regarding the use of opioid antagonists, at student residences on campuses of public institutions of higher education; providing immunity.

HB 3418 Author: Canales | Wilson
Sponsor: Nichols
Cosponsor: Eckhardt
Last Action: 05/17/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the implementation by the Texas Department of Transportation of a vehicle mileage user fee pilot program and a task force to assist in developing and evaluating the program.

HB 3466 Author: Campos | Garcia
Sponsor: Campbell
Cosponsor: Eckhardt | Blanco
Last Action: 06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the administration of certain programs regarding Holocaust Remembrance Week and the establishment and expansion of community collaboratives.

HB 3556 Author: Stucky | Harless | Meyer | Garcia
Sponsor: Parker
Cosponsor: Eckhardt | Blanco
Last Action: 06/13/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a local area activation of the alert system for certain missing children.

HB 3730 Author: Wilson
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/10/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the directory of users of the centralized telephone service for entities in the capitol complex.

HB 4018 Author: Ashby | Johnson, Ann | Garcia
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Cosponsor: Whitmire | Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/02/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the use of Parks and Wildlife Department land for carbon sequestration or similar ecosystem services projects.

HB 4451 Author: Bhojani | Morales, Christina | Ordaz | Bumgarner | Clardy
Sponsor: Flores
Cosponsor: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/11/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to a report by the Texas Workforce Commission regarding apprenticeship opportunities in this state for emerging and high-demand industries.

HB 4609 Author: Ashby
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Cosponsor: Eckhardt
Last Action: 05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to a study by the Texas A&M Forest Service of the potential effects of wildfires in this state.

HB 5195 Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Sponsor: Johnson
Cosponsor: Miles | Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/09/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the services provided to certain children detained in a juvenile detention facility.

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