Texas · Current officeholder
Cole Hefner
Republican Texas House, District 5
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Sponsored legislation
251 bills in the current data (114 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 8 | Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 22, 2025 |
| SB 12 | Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 19, 2025 |
| HCR 13 | Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm in Texas. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 17, 2025 |
| HB 8 | Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 17, 2025 |
| HB 7 | Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 17, 2025 |
| HB 25 | Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 17, 2025 |
| HB 18 | Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a member is absent from a legislative session; authorizing a civil penalty. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 17, 2025 |
| HB 4 | Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 5, 2025 |
| HB 1 | Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 5, 2025 |
| HR 128 | Amending the House Rules of Procedure to authorize additional constitutionally compliant, proportional penalties for members absent without leave for purpose of impeding the action of the House that do not unfairly impair members' representative functions. | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 4, 2025 |
| HB 27 | Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or permit amendments by the district. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | September 3, 2025 |
| HB 265 | Relating to governmental oversight of youth camps, including youth camp rules, duties, and the advisory committee. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | September 2, 2025 |
| HB 15 | Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | September 2, 2025 |
| HB 295 | Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 28, 2025 |
| HJR 10 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 26, 2025 |
| HB 298 | Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 26, 2025 |
| HB 17 | Relating to the requirements regarding notice of certain property tax-related information to be provided by taxing units and appraisal districts. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 26, 2025 |
| HB 12 | Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 26, 2025 |
| SB 15 | Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 25, 2025 |
| HB 291 | Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | August 22, 2025 |
| HB 24 | Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits. | Primary sponsor | In committee | August 21, 2025 |
| HB 64 | Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 20, 2025 |
| HB 236 | Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 20, 2025 |
| HB 229 | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities. | Primary sponsor | In committee | August 20, 2025 |
| HB 226 | Relating to the required provision to campers at youth camps of active radio frequency identification tags. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 20, 2025 |
| HB 214 | Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 20, 2025 |
| HB 186 | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 20, 2025 |
| HB 95 | Relating to establishing minimum credentialing qualifications for Emergency Management Coordinators appointed by Emergency Management Directors. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 18, 2025 |
| HB 52 | Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 18, 2025 |
| HB 167 | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 18, 2025 |
| HB 115 | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 18, 2025 |
| HB 162 | Relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by a political subdivision to acquire property outside the political subdivision's boundaries. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 15, 2025 |
| HCR 11 | Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm into Texas. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | August 4, 2025 |
| HB 8 | Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | August 4, 2025 |
| HB 4 | Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 4, 2025 |
| HB 276 | Relating to parasitic insect control. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | August 4, 2025 |
| HB 275 | Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of land subject to a quarantine established by the Texas Animal Health Commission for ticks or screwworms. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | August 4, 2025 |
| HB 274 | Relating to an interstate compact for animal health initiatives. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | August 4, 2025 |
| HB 273 | Relating to the creation of the Institute for Animal Health Research and Response. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | August 4, 2025 |
| HB 272 | Relating to creation of the Screwworm Abatement Trust (SWAT) Fund. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | August 4, 2025 |
| HB 14 | Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Primary sponsor | In committee | July 30, 2025 |
| HB 218 | Relating to the transfer of groundwater outside a groundwater conservation district's boundaries. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | July 28, 2025 |
| HB 217 | Relating to the liability of a groundwater conservation district for actions of the district restricting groundwater production from a well. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | July 28, 2025 |
| HB 216 | Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | July 28, 2025 |
| HB 215 | Relating to the liability of a landowner for the withdrawal and beneficial use of groundwater. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | July 28, 2025 |
| HB 84 | Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | July 14, 2025 |
| HB 36 | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 14, 2025 |
| HB 32 | Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | July 14, 2025 |
| SB 1362 | Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 22, 2025 |
| HB 5659 | Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 22, 2025 |
| HB 1056 | Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 22, 2025 |
| SCR 21 | In memory of Edwin Elmer Perryman of Tyler. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 965 | Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 890 | Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 840 | 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 523 | Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 467 | Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 379 | Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 36 | Relating to the homeland security activities of certain entities, including the establishment and operations of the Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 33 | Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 31 | Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2543 | Relating to the amount of certain revenue that may be used for and the location of state veterans cemeteries. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2514 | Relating to establishing the hostile foreign adversaries unit at the Department of Public Safety and training, prohibitions, and reporting requirements designed to combat foreign influence and foreign adversary operations; creating a criminal offense. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 24 | Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2383 | Relating to the employment of certain peace officers of the Department of Public Safety. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2366 | Relating to a grant program to fund certain short line railroad projects. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1814 | Relating to creation and maintenance of an electronic database to provide information to certain members of the United States armed forces regarding the resources and benefits provided to veterans. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 17 | Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1637 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1558 | Relating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1455 | Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1233 | Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1207 | Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 10 | Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HCR 149 | Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to U.S. Navy SEAL Nathan Gage Ingram of Roanoke. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HCR 136 | In memory of Deputy Melissa Pollard of the Wood County Sheriff's Office. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 75 | Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 6 | Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 5664 | Relating to the operation of Wood County Central Hospital District of Wood County, Texas. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4804 | Relating to the revocation of a driver's license or personal identification certificate and to disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4623 | Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4535 | Relating to COVID-19 vaccine administration requirements. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4529 | Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities that maintain a certificate to operate issued by the United States Department of Defense. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4429 | Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Blanco and Burnet Counties as the Muckleroy Family Memorial Highway. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 43 | Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4264 | Relating to creation of a grant program for certain peace officers who hold a master proficiency certificate. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4211 | Relating to certain residential property interests controlled by certain entities. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4076 | Relating to prohibiting organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of vaccination status. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 39 | Relating to information and data regarding the incidence of veteran deaths in this state. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3642 | Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways, to certain memorial markers on certain highways, and to the installation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3441 | Relating to the liability of vaccine manufacturers that advertise a harmful vaccine. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 34 | Relating to prohibiting the investment of state money in certain countries and in certain private business entities in those countries. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 300 | Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 2525 | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization that is engaged in providing housing and related facilities and services to persons who are at least 62 years of age. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 2488 | Relating to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas workers' compensation system by remote communication. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 2306 | Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 229 | Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 20 | Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 2 | Relating to public education and public school finance. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 1586 | Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 1481 | Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 1443 | Relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion or possession of a child-like sex doll. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 14 | Relating to support for the development of the nuclear energy industry. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 132 | Relating to the confidentiality of information used to prevent, detect, respond to, or investigate a hostile act of a foreign adversary of the United States. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 130 | Relating to genetic information security for residents of this state; providing a civil penalty; providing a private cause of action. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 128 | Relating to certain sister-city agreements between governmental entities and foreign countries and communities. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 127 | Relating to measures to protect institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; increasing a criminal penalty. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 12 | Relating to the review and audit of certain state agency operations. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 119 | Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 102 | Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 9 | Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 16, 2025 |
| SB 40 | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 16, 2025 |
| SB 4 | Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 16, 2025 |
| SB 23 | Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 16, 2025 |
| HB 9 | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 12, 2025 |
| HB 2464 | Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate a home-based business. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 12, 2025 |
| SB 2308 | Relating to the establishment of a consortium to conduct United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development clinical trials with ibogaine to secure the administration's approval of the medication's use for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy and to the administration of that treatment. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 11, 2025 |
| SJR 5 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | June 2, 2025 |
| HB 150 | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Cyber Command and the transfer to it of certain powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 2, 2025 |
| HR 1496 | Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3642. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 1, 2025 |
| SB 2332 | Relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 30, 2025 |
| SB 1646 | Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 30, 2025 |
| SCR 22 | Designating the cannon as the official state gun of Texas. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 29, 2025 |
| HB 4 | Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 29, 2025 |
| SJR 1 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances for illegal aliens charged with certain offenses punishable as a felony. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 796 | Relating to the authority of the legislature to determine that certain federal directives are unconstitutional and to prohibit certain government officers and employees from enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of the directive. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 5663 | Relating to the authority of the Wood County Central Hospital District of Wood County, Texas, to provide brain and memory care services to residents of the hospital district through the creation and operation of brain and memory health care services districts. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 3225 | Relating to the restriction of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 21 | Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2025 |
| SJR 84 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 781 | Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 455 | Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 3073 | Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 1422 | Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Memorial Bridge. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 1236 | Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 1080 | Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| HCR 40 | Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for border security costs incurred under Operation Lone Star. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 186 | Relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by children. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 1612 | Relating to construction contract trust funds. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2025 |
| HB 23 | Relating to the authority of certain persons to obtain third-party review of plats and property development plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an improvement related to such a document. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2025 |
| SB 16 | Relating to requiring a person to submit proof of citizenship to register to vote, including the eligibility of certain voters to vote a limited federal ballot if the voter cannot supply the required proof and the procedures for the counting of those ballots; creating criminal offenses. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 25, 2025 |
| SB 5 | Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 24, 2025 |
| SB 1349 | 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 24, 2025 |
| HR 1028 | Recognizing May 21, 2025, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 24, 2025 |
| 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. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 23, 2025 |
| HR 862 | In memory of Deputy Melissa Pollard of the Wood County Sheriff's Office. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 23, 2025 |
| SJR 85 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 22, 2025 |
| SJR 2 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 22, 2025 |
| HCR 102 | Urging Congress to preserve Sections 45U, 45Y, and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 22, 2025 |
| SB 1744 | Relating to the designation of State Loop 255 in Camp County as the Camp County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 21, 2025 |
| SB 2312 | Relating to the establishment and powers and duties of the Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 20, 2025 |
| HJR 1 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 20, 2025 |
| HB 4662 | Relating to financial assistance for rail facilities. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 20, 2025 |
| SB 659 | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of smuggling of persons. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| SB 412 | Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2025 |
| SB 1099 | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an illegal alien. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| HB 3722 | Relating to the height of a structure near certain airspace designated for use by Department of Defense contractors. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| HCR 89 | Designating the cannon as the official state gun of Texas. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 16, 2025 |
| SJR 3 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 386 | Relating to change order limits for certain construction contracts. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 3453 | Relating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 2879 | Relating to the justified use of force, including deadly force, by certain persons on certain residential property or manufactured home community property. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 3695 | Relating to copayments required by a health maintenance organization or preferred provider benefit plan for visiting physical therapists. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 3552 | Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, destruction, or unlawful possession of copper or brass, to criminal conduct committed in, around, or in relation to critical infrastructure facilities or equipment or interrupting or impairing the operation of those facilities or equipment, and to the sale of regulated materials, including copper or brass material, to metal recycling entities and training on identifying those materials; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 1228 | Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HJR 98 | Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 2867 | Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 2587 | Relating to an annual report on the financial impact on hospitals for providing certain uncompensated care. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 2486 | Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 1128 | Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 13, 2025 |
| SB 1101 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of smuggling of persons. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 12, 2025 |
| HJR 138 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a carbon tax. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 5032 | Relating to the display of certain historical state documents. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 4688 | Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 3717 | Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing the administration's approval as a medication for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 3317 | Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 3219 | Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 2969 | Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 10, 2025 |
| HB 2109 | Relating to the removal of certain proposed reservoir sites from the state water plan. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 10, 2025 |
| HB 41 | Relating to the acquisition or use of certain foreign equipment or services by a governmental entity. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 2275 | Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 129 | Relating to a prohibition on certain governmental contracts with foreign adversary companies and federally banned companies; authorizing a civil penalty. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 133 | 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 8, 2025 |
| HB 5337 | Relating to requiring a person to submit proof of citizenship to register to vote; creating criminal offenses. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 7, 2025 |
| HB 4201 | Relating to the locations where a handgun license holder may carry a handgun. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 7, 2025 |
| HB 3673 | Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 7, 2025 |
| HB 3302 | Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Bridge. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 7, 2025 |
| HB 3287 | Relating to construction contract trust funds. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 5, 2025 |
| SB 2 | Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 3, 2025 |
| HB 267 | Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 1, 2025 |
| HB 1583 | Relating to the peace officer's notification of emergency detention form for persons evidencing mental illness and retention of that form. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 1, 2025 |
| HB 54 | Relating to the display of and allowance for non-human behaviors in Texas schools. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 3285 | Relating to requiring operators of smart devices to provide information to users about the collection of personal data. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 118 | Relating to the establishment and powers and duties of the Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 4675 | Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by a person not lawfully present in the United States. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 29, 2025 |
| HB 4483 | Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 29, 2025 |
| HB 2436 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 29, 2025 |
| HR 971 | Declaring the Council on American-Islamic Relations unwelcome at the Texas Capitol. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | April 28, 2025 |
| HB 5510 | Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs, and to the destruction of certain property; making conforming changes and harmonizing conforming provisions; creating criminal offenses; authorizing a private civil right of action. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 25, 2025 |
| SB 14 | Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 23, 2025 |
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