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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 1073: Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1073 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state. Primary sponsor: Briscoe Cain (Republican), Cody Vasut (Republican), Will Metcalf (Republican), Bryan Hughes (Republican). It lists 41 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 23, 2025): Committee report sent to Calendars.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 41

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Briscoe CainPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Cody VasutPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Will MetcalfPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Bryan HughesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Daniel AldersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Greg BonnenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Brad BuckleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Donna CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Giovanni CapriglioneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
CookCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mano DeAyalaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse133
FloresCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
James FrankCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Bob HallCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Brian HarrisonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse10
Cole HefnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Adam HinojosaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Janis HoltCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Joan HuffmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Lacey HullCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Helen KerwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
KingCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Marc LaHoodCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse121
Jeff LeachCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Terri Leo-WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Mayes MiddletonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Matt MorganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Candy NobleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Tom OliversonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Jared PattersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
SchatzlineCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Matt ShaheenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Shelby SlawsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Kevin SparksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Valoree SwansonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse150
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Wes VirdellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Committee report sent to Calendars
  2. Committee report distributed
  3. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  4. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  5. Vote reconsidered in committee
  6. Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
  7. Considered in public hearing
  8. Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
  9. Read first time
  10. Received from the Senate
  11. Reported engrossed
  12. Record vote

Showing 12 most recent of 39 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source