Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Tan Parker
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/20/2025

Number of Bills: 55

SB 5 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Hagenbuch | et al.
Sponsor: Craddick | Thompson | Hunter | Bonnen | Curry
Last Action: 04/23/2025 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

SB 8 Author: Schwertner | Huffman
Coauthor: Campbell | Hagenbuch | Kolkhorst | Middleton | Parker
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker: Apr 17 2025 2:29PM
Caption: Relating to agreements between sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law.

SB 9 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 03/26/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 26 2025 11:31AM
Caption: Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, the regulation of charitable bail organizations, pretrial intervention programs, and the notice provided by peace officers to victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.

SB 15 Author: Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Gutierrez | Hagenbuch | et al.
Coauthor: Johnson | Kolkhorst | Parker
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.

SB 21 Author: Schwertner
Coauthor: Hinojosa, Adam | Parker | West
Last Action: 04/23/2025 H Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption: Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds.

SB 25 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living; authorizing a civil penalty.

SB 26 Author: Creighton
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Relating to public education, including the rights and compensation of public school educators and funding for teacher compensation under the Foundation School Program.

SB 27 Author: Creighton
Coauthor: Birdwell | Campbell | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | Kolkhorst | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 17 2025 2:29PM
Caption: Relating to the rights of public school educators and financial and other assistance provided to educators and to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.

SB 28 Author: Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Blanco | Gutierrez | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Hughes | Johnson | et al.
Last Action: 03/26/2025 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures: Mar 26 2025 11:31AM
Caption: Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses.

SB 31 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 03/27/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.

SB 40 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 03/26/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 26 2025 11:31AM
Caption: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds.

SB 75 Author: Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Birdwell | Gutierrez | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.

SB 213 Author: West
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Cook | Eckhardt | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 03/31/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to prohibiting insurers from requiring the tying of residential property and personal automobile insurance policies.

SB 324 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Hagenbuch | Hall | Hinojosa, Adam | Middleton | Parker
Last Action: 04/22/2025 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption: Relating to requiring state contractors, political subdivisions of this state, and private employers to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.

SB 326 Author: King
Coauthor: Blanco | Parker
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Apr 17 2025 2:29PM
Caption: Relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's violation of a public school's or public institution of higher education's student code of conduct was motivated by antisemitism.

SB 412 Author: Middleton
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Creighton | Flores | Hagenbuch | Hall | et al.
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.

SB 441 Author: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Coauthor: Creighton | Parker | West
Last Action: 03/19/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to civil liability for the production, solicitation, disclosure, or promotion of artificial intimate visual material.

SB 442 Author: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 03/13/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of unlawful production or distribution of certain sexually explicit media; increasing a criminal penalty.

SB 667 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 04/14/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain state governmental entities from investing in certain Chinese-affiliated entities.

SB 752 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Parker | Zaffirini
Last Action: 02/07/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption: Relating to measures to ensure the safety of individuals with disabilities during an emergency situation at public postsecondary institutions.

SB 835 Author: Paxton
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 02/13/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child.

SB 840 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 04/24/2025 H Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption: Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.

SB 867 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Campbell | Cook | Hinojosa, Adam | Middleton | Parker
Last Action: 04/14/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.

SB 942 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Parker | Paxton | Perry
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.

SB 1030 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Campbell | Parker
Last Action: 04/16/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to the exemption from sales and use taxes for certain aircraft components and other property required for normal aircraft operations.

SB 1098 Author: Blanco
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 04/07/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to the disclosure by a pharmacy to a patient of certain price information for a drug or biological product.

SB 1154 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 02/28/2025 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on weather and climate modification activities by a governmental entity.

SB 1207 Author: King
Coauthor: Parker | Paxton | Sparks | West
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools.

SB 1313 Author: Cook
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al.
Last Action: 04/14/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to prohibited signs, logos, and designs in advertising or marketing cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or other tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.

SB 1314 Author: Cook
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Blanco | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Parker | Paxton | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on certain e-cigarette products.

SB 1315 Author: Cook
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Parker | Paxton | et al.
Last Action: 02/28/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to county and municipal authority to prohibit the sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products near certain locations.

SB 1316 Author: Cook
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Apr 17 2025 2:29PM
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations.

SB 1317 Author: Cook
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Parker | Paxton | et al.
Last Action: 02/28/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to limitations on the age of individuals allowed to enter the premises of a smoke shop; creating a criminal offense.

SB 1349 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Kolkhorst | Parker
Last Action: 03/24/2025 S Committee report printed and distributed: Mar 24 2025 2:45PM
Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offenses of transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law and to a study and law enforcement training regarding transnational repression.

SB 1432 Author: Paxton
Coauthor: Alvarado | Cook | Parker | Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/06/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

SB 1470 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Creighton | Parker
Last Action: 04/14/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to requiring the Department of Public Safety to share data for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list.

SB 1497 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Blanco | Miles | Parker
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Relating to the search of certain wireless communications devices by a peace officer.

SB 1498 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Miles | Parker
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Relating to civil asset forfeiture of digital currency or other similar property.

SB 1499 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Miles | Parker
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Relating to the operations of the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center.

SB 1585 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 03/26/2025 S Committee report printed and distributed: Mar 26 2025 4:26PM
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on governmental contracts with companies of foreign adversaries for certain information and communications technology; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

SB 1638 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 03/11/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.

SB 1804 Author: Alvarado
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Parker | Paxton
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to restitution and compensation paid to victims of certain offenses for tattoo removal related to the offense.

SB 1871 Author: Perry | Creighton | Sparks
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Hall | Hinojosa, Adam | Kolkhorst | Parker | et al.
Last Action: 04/14/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.

SB 1872 Author: Perry | Sparks
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to the expulsion of a public school student for engaging in conduct that constitutes certain offenses.

SB 1873 Author: Perry | Sparks
Coauthor: Kolkhorst | Parker
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension.

SB 1874 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Kolkhorst | Parker
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to immunity from certain disciplinary proceedings against a professional employee of a school district for certain actions concerning public school discipline and law and order.

SB 1960 Author: Schwertner
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 04/15/2025 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to digital replication rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals; providing private causes of action; authorizing a fee.

SB 1961 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 04/10/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the reporting of data relating to postsecondary education and workforce trends by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission, to performance tier funding under the public junior college finance program, and to a biennial regional labor demand assessment by the coordinating board.

SB 2037 Author: Sparks
Coauthor: Parker | West
Last Action: 04/16/2025 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.

SB 2312 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Hall | Parker
Last Action: 04/14/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to the establishment and powers and duties of the Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict.

SB 2861 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 04/07/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to negotiated rulemaking by the commissioner of insurance.

SCR 13 Author: Hinojosa, Adam
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to s/c on State-Federal Relations by Speaker: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources.

SJR 1 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.

SJR 5 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons.

SR 198 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Campbell | Parker | Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/04/2025 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing March 2025 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

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