Texas · Current officeholder
Angela Paxton
Republican Texas Senate, District 8
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Sponsored legislation
308 bills in the current data (221 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. | Primary 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | September 19, 2025 |
| SB 5 | Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | September 18, 2025 |
| SB 18 | Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control. | Primary sponsor | Vetoed | September 17, 2025 |
| SB 16 | Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | September 17, 2025 |
| SB 14 | Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | September 17, 2025 |
| SB 11 | Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. | Primary 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 |
| SB 3 | Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | September 5, 2025 |
| SB 1 | Relating to campground and youth camp safety. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | September 5, 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 |
| SR 77 | Recognizing Leia's Kids on the occasion of its inaugural gala. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | September 4, 2025 |
| SB 10 | Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | September 2, 2025 |
| SB 56 | Relating to autologous and direct blood donations. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 28, 2025 |
| SB 2 | Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | August 27, 2025 |
| SB 17 | Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. | Primary 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 |
| SB 6 | Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 20, 2025 |
| SB 13 | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 20, 2025 |
| SB 7 | Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability. | Primary sponsor | In committee | August 18, 2025 |
| SB 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | August 18, 2025 |
| SB 9 | 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | August 15, 2025 |
| SB 38 | Relating to incorporation as a Type C general-law municipality by certain areas located in or near a special flood hazard area. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 15, 2025 |
| SB 37 | Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 15, 2025 |
| SB 36 | Relating to powers of regional transportation authorities. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 15, 2025 |
| SB 35 | Relating to the criminal offense of interference with child custody. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 15, 2025 |
| SB 29 | Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 15, 2025 |
| SR 95 | Recognizing James L. Grigsby Jr. on the occasion of his retirement. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 15, 2025 |
| SB 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. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 12, 2025 |
| SB 6 | Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 12, 2025 |
| SB 43 | Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 12, 2025 |
| SB 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 | Passed one chamber | August 12, 2025 |
| SB 3 | Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 12, 2025 |
| SB 2 | Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flood-prone areas. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 12, 2025 |
| SB 10 | Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 12, 2025 |
| SB 1 | Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 12, 2025 |
| SB 9 | Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 6, 2025 |
| SB 7 | 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 | Passed one chamber | August 6, 2025 |
| SB 69 | Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 6, 2025 |
| SB 66 | Relating to powers of regional transportation authorities. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 4, 2025 |
| SB 65 | Relating to the criminal offense of interference with child custody. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 4, 2025 |
| SB 64 | Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 4, 2025 |
| SB 5 | Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 4, 2025 |
| SB 12 | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 4, 2025 |
| SB 974 | Relating to the eligibility of a person employed by a school district as a teacher to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district; creating a criminal offense. | Primary sponsor | Vetoed | June 22, 2025 |
| SB 3 | Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty. | Co-sponsor | Vetoed | June 22, 2025 |
| SB 25 | Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 22, 2025 |
| SB 965 | Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty. | Primary 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 865 | Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators and to a cardiac emergency response plan for certain school employees and volunteers. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 835 | Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 75 | Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 7 | Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 571 | Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 568 | Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 510 | Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 509 | Relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 506 | Relating to requirements for certain ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions. | 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 401 | Relating to participation by non-enrolled students in University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 38 | Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises. | 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 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. | Primary 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 3070 | Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 3039 | Relating to the transfer of students in public higher education and to transparency regarding certificate or degree program requirements. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 260 | Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2407 | Relating to the Lower Neches Valley Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying term length grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2406 | Relating to the Sabine River Authority of Texas, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying term lengths and grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2405 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments, and the Windham School District. | 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 2366 | Relating to a grant program to fund certain short line railroad projects. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2167 | Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 213 | Relating to prohibiting insurers from requiring the tying of residential property and personal automobile insurance policies. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2055 | Relating to participation in the Texas Leadership Scholars Program. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 204 | Relating to a handbook on parental rights in education and training requirements on parental rights in education for a member of the board of trustees of a school district. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2018 | Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1952 | Relating to the administration and operation of the school health and related services program. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1951 | Relating to the imposition of a penalty for failure to timely file a rendition statement or property report with the chief appraiser of an appraisal district. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1804 | Relating to restitution and compensation paid to victims of certain offenses for tattoo removal related to the offense. | Co-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 15 | Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1313 | Relating to prohibited signs, logos, and designs in advertising or marketing cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or other tobacco products; creating a criminal offense. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 13 | Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1212 | Relating to the prosecution and punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons; increasing a criminal penalty. | Primary 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 12 | Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 11 | Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 10 | Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. | Primary 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 5682 | Relating to the creation of the Colmena Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 5646 | Relating to admission of and resident tuition rates and fees at public institutions of higher education for certain students in military-related programs. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 5509 | Relating to the suspension or revocation of a hotel's certificate of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human trafficking. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 5342 | Relating to the provision of behavioral health crisis services, including measures to fund and support the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and related services. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 521 | Relating to accommodating voters with a disability; creating a criminal offense. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 47 | Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4623 | Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4129 | Relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3963 | Relating to an early childhood integrated data system. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3940 | Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits in relation to newborn children. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3348 | Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program in certain counties. | 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 3214 | Relating to eligibility for a master plumber license. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3181 | Relating to the enforcement of a court order for possession of or access to a child and related order modifications. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3073 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 2761 | Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of persons, continuous trafficking of persons, and compelling prostitution. | 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 2253 | Relating to the authority to cancel certain elections on a measure to authorize the issuance of bonds. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 2011 | Relating to the right to repurchase from a condemning entity certain real property for which ad valorem taxes are delinquent. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 2 | Relating to public education and public school finance. | Co-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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 1105 | Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. | 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. | Primary 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 |
| SR 629 | In memory of Joshua Daniel King. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 2, 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 |
| SR 717 | Recognizing The Hope Center in Plano for its service to the great State of Texas. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 1, 2025 |
| SR 686 | Recognizing Secretary of the Senate Patsy Spaw and her staff for their valuable contributions and service. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 1, 2025 |
| SR 677 | In memory of Isabel "Chavela" McClaugherty. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 1, 2025 |
| SR 676 | In memory of Betty Bell Muns. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 1, 2025 |
| SR 675 | In memory of James N. Muns. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 1, 2025 |
| SR 222 | In memory of former state Senator and Representative Joe J. Bernal of San Antonio. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 1, 2025 |
| SR 628 | In memory of former state representative James R. Pitts. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 31, 2025 |
| SR 627 | In memory of Joe Layton Wall. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 31, 2025 |
| SR 621 | Recognizing Nick Escue for his service in the office of State Senator Roland Gutierrez. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 31, 2025 |
| SR 612 | In memory of Barbara Leonard Hayes. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 31, 2025 |
| SR 695 | Returning Senate Bill No. 293 to the House for further consideration. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 30, 2025 |
| SCR 19 | Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a Texas Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 30, 2025 |
| SB 402 | Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 30, 2025 |
| SB 207 | Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health care appointments. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 30, 2025 |
| HB 451 | Relating to a screening for the risk of commercial sexual exploitation of certain children. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 29, 2025 |
| HB 3560 | Relating to the licensing of mental hospitals and mental health facilities and the definition of facility for the purposes of the employee misconduct registry. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 29, 2025 |
| HB 2742 | Relating to the split-payment of ad valorem taxes. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | 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 |
| SB 1844 | Relating to disannexation of certain areas of a municipality for failure to provide services. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 2703 | Relating to designating July as American Patriotism Month. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2025 |
| SB 505 | Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 2420 | Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 18 | Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 1273 | Relating to establishing the Higher Education Research Security Council. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 125 | Relating to autologous and direct blood donations. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 748 | Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 27, 2025 |
| SR 551 | In memory of Lucia Nedelcu. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2025 |
| SB 747 | Relating to public school policies and programs regarding the production or distribution of certain intimate visual material by public school students. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2025 |
| SB 570 | Relating to an attendance policy adopted by public schools to prevent truancy. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2025 |
| SB 2747 | Relating to limitations applicable to certain agreements providing for a rebate of municipal sales and use taxes or a grant or loan based on those taxes. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2025 |
| SB 2721 | Relating to the deceased, including requirements for donating or claiming bodies or anatomical specimens, the licensing and regulation of persons who provide services or conduct education or research in relation to the deceased, and responsibilities of political subdivisions for certain bodies after death; creating criminal offenses; authorizing administrative penalties; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2025 |
| SB 1730 | Relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2025 |
| HB 4582 | Relating to reimbursement of infrastructure costs incurred by a developer of certain housing developments by certain municipalities and counties. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2025 |
| SB 3065 | Relating to the creation of the Wolf Creek Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 25, 2025 |
| SB 2881 | Relating to the access and communications settings for accounts of minor users of digital services. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 25, 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. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 25, 2025 |
| SB 1380 | Relating to health benefit plan preauthorization requirements for participating physicians and providers providing certain health care services. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 25, 2025 |
| SB 985 | Relating to the combination of certain election precincts. | 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 |
| SB 2419 | Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 24, 2025 |
| SB 2311 | Relating to the requirements for the operational plan for certain general residential operations licensed by the Health and Human Services Commission. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 24, 2025 |
| HB 2000 | Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 24, 2025 |
| SB 511 | Relating to prohibiting an officer or employee of this state or of a political subdivision of this state from distributing certain voter registration application forms and to the notice of availability of such forms; creating criminal offenses. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 23, 2025 |
| SB 2880 | Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs; making conforming changes and harmonizing conforming provisions; authorizing a private civil right of action. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 23, 2025 |
| SB 2794 | Relating to the criminal offense of interference with child custody. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 23, 2025 |
| HB 1731 | Relating to the physician assistant licensure compact; authorizing a fee. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 23, 2025 |
| SR 530 | In memory of Gerald Todd Wimpee. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 22, 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. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 22, 2025 |
| SB 3075 | Relating to powers of regional transportation authorities. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | May 22, 2025 |
| SB 2403 | Relating to the functions and duties of the Texas Ethics Commission. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 22, 2025 |
| HB 610 | Relating to a severance payment to a superintendent of a school district. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 22, 2025 |
| SJR 34 | Proposing a constitutional amendment affirming the rights and responsibilities of parents. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 21, 2025 |
| SB 3064 | Relating to the creation of the Colmena Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 21, 2025 |
| SB 2231 | Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to waive fees for admission applications submitted to public institutions of higher education during certain periods. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 21, 2025 |
| SB 1316 | Relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 21, 2025 |
| SB 942 | Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 20, 2025 |
| SB 769 | Relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding enrollment and success in higher education for students with disabilities. | Co-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 |
| SR 546 | Recognizing Baylor College of Medicine on the occasion of its 125th anniversary. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| SR 545 | Recognizing Summer Willis for her advocacy on behalf of survivors of sexual violence. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| SR 536 | Honoring Mark Garcia for his 25 years of service as Texas Senate auditor. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| SR 531 | In memory of Cooper Steven Dawson. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| SB 610 | Relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2025 |
| SB 3051 | Relating to the creation of the Grassland Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2025 |
| SB 2034 | Relating to the receivership of a single-source continuum contractor providing child welfare services. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2025 |
| SB 2032 | Relating to certain requirements regarding a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2025 |
| SB 2751 | Relating to the inspection of residential and day placement facilities for special education students. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 16, 2025 |
| HB 5014 | Relating to the rights of special forces veterans who hold a license to carry a handgun. | Co-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 |
| SCR 13 | 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2025 |
| SB 2298 | Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue and certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project by certain municipalities. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| SB 2297 | Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| SR 395 | Recognizing the ninth class of Governor William P. Clements Jr. Scholars. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| SB 466 | Relating to the definition of fetal death certificate. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| SB 451 | Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| SB 205 | Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| SR 512 | Recognizing May 13, 2025, as Falun Dafa Day. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 13, 2025 |
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