Texas Legislature
Bills Cosponsored
Rep. Josey Garcia
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/29/2024

Number of Bills: 15

SB 3 Author: Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Meyer | Bonnen | Burrows | Thierry | Raymond
Cosponsor: Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action: 05/26/2023 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration.

SB 379 Author: Huffman | Alvarado | Campbell | Eckhardt | Kolkhorst | et al.
Sponsor: Howard | Button
Cosponsor: Allen | Allison | Anchía | Anderson | Bernal | et al.
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain family care items.

SB 412 Author: Paxton
Sponsor: Guillen | Ramos | Morales, Eddie | Plesa
Cosponsor: Bonnen | Bumgarner | Cain | Garcia | Gerdes | et al.
Last Action: 05/19/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to protections for pregnant and parenting students enrolled in public institutions of higher education.

SB 490 Author: Hughes
Sponsor: Harris, Caroline | Klick | Frank | Campos | Collier
Cosponsor: Allen | Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Last Action: 05/29/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers.

SB 838 Author: Creighton
Sponsor: Thierry | Buckley | King, Tracy O. | Collier
Cosponsor: Anderson | Bumgarner | Cain | Cole | Cook | et al.
Last Action: 05/05/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools providing silent panic alert technology in classrooms.

SB 840 Author: West
Sponsor: Anchía | Johnson, Julie | Jones, Venton
Cosponsor: Bowers | Buckley | Campos | Cook | Gamez | et al.
Last Action: 05/24/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of certain hospital personnel.

SB 1040 Author: Kolkhorst
Sponsor: Oliverson | Capriglione | Harris, Caroline | Jetton | Anderson
Cosponsor: Bhojani | Campos | Garcia | Guerra | Martinez | et al.
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage of a transplant of an organ that originated from or is transplanted in a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting.

SB 1207 Author: Menéndez
Sponsor: Allison | Cortez | Lujan | Bernal | Lopez, Ray
Cosponsor: Campos | Dorazio | Garcia | Gervin-Hawkins | Martinez Fischer
Last Action: 05/15/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the retirement system in certain municipalities for firefighters and police officers.

SB 1325 Author: Alvarado
Sponsor: Goodwin | Thompson, Senfronia | Sherman, Sr. | Raymond | Leach
Cosponsor: Allen | Anchía | Bernal | Bowers | Bryant | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the notice given to certain victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.

SB 1524 Author: Blanco
Sponsor: Lujan | Canales | Lopez, Ray | Cortez | Guillen
Cosponsor: Garcia | Gerdes | Kitzman | Lambert
Last Action: 05/23/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to provide department services on federal military property.

SB 1615 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Wilson
Cosponsor: Garcia
Last Action: 05/19/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the cosmetology licensure compact.

SB 1849 Author: Kolkhorst
Sponsor: Noble
Cosponsor: Garcia
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to an interagency reportable conduct search engine, standards for a person's removal from the employee misconduct registry and eligibility for certification as certain Texas Juvenile Justice Department officers and employees, and the use of certain information by certain state agencies to conduct background checks.

SB 2057 Author: Hinojosa | LaMantia
Sponsor: Lopez, Janie | Ashby | Flores | Holland | Troxclair
Cosponsor: Allison | Bernal | Bowers | Campos | Dorazio | et al.
Last Action: 05/23/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the operation and management of the Iwo Jima monument and museum by the Texas Historical Commission.

SB 2144 Author: Parker
Sponsor: Cook | Capriglione | Guerra | Bucy | Noble
Cosponsor: Anchía | Garcia | Johnson, Julie | Lozano | Martinez | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to advanced air mobility technology.

SJR 3 Author: Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Meyer | Bonnen | Burrows | Thierry | Raymond
Cosponsor: Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action: 05/26/2023 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes, to increase the amount of an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.

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