Texas · Current officeholder
Dade Phelan
Republican Texas House, District 21
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Sponsored legislation
112 bills in the current data (68 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 |
| HB 1 | Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 5, 2025 |
| HR 143 | In memory of Mary Grace Baker of Beaumont. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | 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 64 | Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence. | Co-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 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 2 | Relating to the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 12, 2025 |
| HB 1 | Relating to disaster response and preparedness, including required training for justices of the peace and responding to mass fatality events; requiring a license; authorizing a fee. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 12, 2025 |
| HJR 29 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to make permanent the limit on the maximum appraised value of real property other than a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 30, 2025 |
| HB 234 | Relating to making permanent the limitation on increases in the appraised value of certain real property for ad valorem tax purposes. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 30, 2025 |
| HB 214 | Relating to restrictions on political contributions by out-of-state contributors; providing a civil penalty. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 28, 2025 |
| HB 143 | Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign and civil penalties for required disclosures on certain political advertising. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 21, 2025 |
| HB 142 | Relating to required disclosures on certain political advertising that contains altered media; creating a criminal offense. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 21, 2025 |
| HB 141 | Relating to restrictions on political contributions by out-of-state contributors; providing a civil penalty. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 21, 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 917 | Relating to certain boiler inspection reports and the composition and governance of the board of boiler rules. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 764 | Relating to the procedure for a hearing by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on the denial of an electrician's license or disciplinary action against an electrician. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2443 | Relating to electronic delivery of documents sent or received by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 21 | 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2075 | Relating to the establishment, powers and duties, terms, and governance of certain advisory bodies for programs administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. | 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1255 | Relating to the regulation of mold assessors and remediators. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1254 | Relating to the regulation of professional employer organizations. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1184 | Relating to the age of wine authorized to be sold by a wine collection seller. | Primary 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 148 | Designating Bridge City as the official Corn Dog Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 824 | Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students. | 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 4765 | Relating to the regulation of code enforcement officers and code enforcement officers in training. | 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 3629 | Relating to prohibiting a person required to register as a sex offender from serving as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 33 | Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3211 | Relating to vision care benefits, including participation of optometrists and therapeutic optometrists in vision care or managed care plans. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3000 | Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 300 | Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 2854 | Relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages resulting from those visits. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 20 | Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program. | 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 107 | Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry. | 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 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 |
| 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 11, 2025 |
| SB 378 | Relating to certain prohibited practices by a barber or cosmetologist. | Primary sponsor | Vetoed | June 2, 2025 |
| HB 11 | Relating to licensing reciprocity agreements entered into by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 29, 2025 |
| HB 37 | Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 2890 | Relating to an interstate compact for the liquefied natural gas industry. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 21 | Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2025 |
| SB 1355 | Relating to liquor sales on credit by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit to a wholesaler. | 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 2540 | Relating to the terms of certain agreements involving minor boundary adjustments between two contiguous school districts. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2025 |
| SB 842 | Relating to immunity for ringside physicians assigned to combative sports events. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 24, 2025 |
| SB 5 | Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 24, 2025 |
| HB 50 | Relating to informed consent for certain screening tests. | Co-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 |
| SB 383 | Relating to the interconnection to the ERCOT power grid of certain coastal facilities for the provision of electric service. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | 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 |
| HB 5669 | Relating to the name and powers of the Sabine Pass Port Authority; altering the terms of the authority's port commission; altering the authority to issue bonds. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 22, 2025 |
| SB 1065 | Relating to a required provision in certain governmental entity contracts regarding the carrying of handguns by license holders; providing civil penalties. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 21, 2025 |
| SB 2439 | Relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| HB 4769 | Relating to electronic delivery of documents sent or received by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| HB 475 | Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for multisystemic therapy services. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| HB 1738 | Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| HB 4766 | Relating to the regulation of sanitarians and sanitarians in training. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | 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 5573 | Relating to the reporting of violations of law and wasteful spending under the whistleblower protection laws. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 5212 | Relating to the disclosure of mandatory fees or surcharges charged to a consumer by a food service establishment; authorizing an administrative penalty. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 4773 | Relating to the transfer of certain malt beverages between two or more licensed premises operating under the same general ownership or management and the sale of those malt beverages. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 4732 | Relating to state recognition of and prohibited gaming activities by the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 3592 | Relating to restrictions on political contributions by out-of-state contributors; providing a civil penalty. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 4958 | Relating to required disclosures on political advertising supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil penalty. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 4830 | Relating to the regulation of service contracts and service contract providers and administrators. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 4768 | Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 5603 | Relating to a requirement for the Texas Department of Transportation to disclose certain service contract information and provide notice regarding certain changes to a contract. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 4820 | Relating to the issuance of obligations by certain water districts bordering certain counties during a disaster declaration. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HJR 138 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a carbon tax. | 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 5506 | Relating to immunity for ringside physicians assigned to combative sports events. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 10, 2025 |
| HR 1031 | In memory of Mary Helen VanDeaver of Clarksville. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 298 | Relating to the content of a driver's license or personal identification certificate. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 4517 | Relating to liquor sales on credit by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit to a wholesaler. | 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 7, 2025 |
| HB 2777 | Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with severe mental illness. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 6, 2025 |
| HB 4960 | Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign and civil penalties for required disclosures on certain political advertising. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 5, 2025 |
| HB 4767 | Relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 5, 2025 |
| HB 4406 | Relating to the reporting of direct campaign expenditures by certain persons and political committees. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 5, 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 366 | Relating to required disclosures on certain political advertising that contains altered media; creating a criminal offense. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2025 |
| HR 945 | In memory of Pope Francis. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 24, 2025 |
| HB 4400 | Relating to supplemental environmental projects authorized by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 17, 2025 |
| HB 4901 | Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2025 |
| HB 2470 | Relating to the age at which a person not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from possessing a firearm may carry a handgun or is eligible for a license to carry a handgun. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 14, 2025 |
| HJR 217 | Proposing a constitutional amendment conditioning the implementation of a school choice program on federal reimbursement of state expenses relating to securing the border. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HJR 202 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total market value of real property on which the ad valorem taxes have been prepaid and to establish the prepaid property tax trust fund to provide annual distributions to political subdivisions affected by the exemption. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5601 | Relating to conditioning the implementation of a school choice program on federal reimbursement of state expenses relating to securing the border. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5211 | Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain attorneys providing legal services in rural counties. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5210 | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of real property for which the owner of the property has prepaid those taxes. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 4855 | Relating to a patient's access to health records and access to and exchange of certain health benefit plan information; authorizing a civil penalty; authorizing fees. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HB 4770 | Relating to educational requirements for licensing as an audiologist. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HB 4618 | Relating to the terms of certain agreements involving minor boundary adjustments between two contiguous school districts. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HB 4407 | Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system and property tax appraisal and administration. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HB 17 | Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HB 4399 | Relating to the authority of an appraisal review board to direct changes in the appraisal roll and related appraisal records if a residence homestead is sold for less than the appraised value. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2025 |
| HJR 169 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by certain component institutions of the Texas State University System. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 2696 | Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2025 |
| HJR 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 and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HB 5 | Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HB 239 | Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using certain private spaces; authorizing a civil penalty. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |