Gary VanDeaver

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HB 22 Relating to the authority of the comptroller to provide funding for the deployment and operation of certain emergency communication equipment. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 15, 2026
SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. · Became Law · Sep 18, 2025
HB 20 Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · Became Law · Sep 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. · Became Law · Sep 5, 2025
HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · Became Law · Sep 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. · Sep 4, 2025
HB 265 Relating to governmental oversight of youth camps, including youth camp rules, duties, and the advisory committee. · Passed One Chamber · Sep 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. · Introduced · Aug 28, 2025
SB 2 Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. · Passed Legislature · Aug 27, 2025
HB 3 Relating to the interoperability of emergency communication equipment and infrastructure in this state, including the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council, a grant program administered by the council, and the purchase of certain public safety radio communication systems. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 27, 2025
HB 298 Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence. · Introduced · Aug 26, 2025
HJR 10 Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives. · Introduced · Aug 26, 2025
HB 291 Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state. · Aug 22, 2025
HB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. · Introduced · Aug 21, 2025
HB 2 Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, including required training for justices of the peace and responding to mass fatality events; requiring a license; authorizing fees. · Introduced · Aug 21, 2025
HB 64 Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
HB 226 Relating to the required provision to campers at youth camps of active radio frequency identification tags. · Introduced · Aug 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. · Introduced · Aug 18, 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. · Introduced · Aug 12, 2025
HB 2 Relating to the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council. · Introduced · Aug 12, 2025
HB 18 Relating to the authority of the comptroller to provide funding for the deployment and operation of certain emergency communication systems. · Introduced · Aug 12, 2025
HB 276 Relating to parasitic insect control. · Aug 4, 2025
HB 274 Relating to an interstate compact for animal health initiatives. · Aug 4, 2025
HB 272 Relating to creation of the Screwworm Abatement Trust (SWAT) Fund. · Aug 4, 2025
HB 273 Relating to the creation of the Institute for Animal Health Research and Response. · Aug 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. · Introduced · Aug 4, 2025
HCR 11 Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm into Texas. · Aug 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. · Aug 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. · Aug 4, 2025
HB 11 Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. · Introduced · Jul 30, 2025
HB 14 Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. · Introduced · Jul 30, 2025
HB 218 Relating to the transfer of groundwater outside a groundwater conservation district's boundaries. · Jul 28, 2025
HB 215 Relating to the liability of a landowner for the withdrawal and beneficial use of groundwater. · Jul 28, 2025
HB 216 Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits. · Jul 28, 2025
HB 217 Relating to the liability of a groundwater conservation district for actions of the district restricting groundwater production from a well. · Jul 28, 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. · Jul 14, 2025
HB 92 Relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law. · Jul 14, 2025
HB 33 Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 102 Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 31 Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 20 Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3441 Relating to the liability of vaccine manufacturers that advertise a harmful vaccine. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 300 Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 1481 Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. · Became Law · Jun 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. · Became Law · Jun 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. · Became Law · Jun 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. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2025
HR 170 In memory of Jill Glover of Double Oak. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 1, 2025
HB 21 Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
HCR 59 Designating April as Promise Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035. · Passed One Chamber · May 28, 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. · Became Law · May 27, 2025
HCR 40 Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for border security costs incurred under Operation Lone Star. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 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. · Passed One Chamber · May 25, 2025
HR 1028 Recognizing May 21, 2025, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2025
SB 1855 Relating to requirements that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2025
SB 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Became Law · May 24, 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. · Passed Legislature · 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. · Passed Legislature · May 22, 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. · Passed Legislature · May 20, 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. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2025
HB 3695 Relating to copayments required by a health maintenance organization or preferred provider benefit plan for visiting physical therapists. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
HB 4442 Relating to an elective course on mindfulness for middle school, junior high school, and high school students. · Introduced · 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. · Passed Legislature · May 13, 2025
HB 5337 Relating to requiring a person to submit proof of citizenship to register to vote; creating criminal offenses. · Introduced · 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. · Introduced · May 7, 2025
HB 54 Relating to the display of and allowance for non-human behaviors in Texas schools. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2025
HR 945 In memory of Pope Francis. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 24, 2025
HB 4901 Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices. · Introduced · Apr 15, 2025
HB 8 Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district. · Introduced · Apr 9, 2025
HB 5325 Relating to requirements that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
HB 44 Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
HB 1497 Relating to the placement of a nativity scene on the Capitol grounds. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
HB 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Introduced · Mar 10, 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. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
HB 1009 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
HB 239 Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using certain private spaces; authorizing a civil penalty. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
SB 3 Relating to an appropriation to provide funding for the construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier infrastructure and border security operations, including funding for additional overtime expenses and costs due to certain increased law enforcement presence. · Became Law · Dec 18, 2023
HB 3 Relating to an appropriation to provide funding for the construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier infrastructure and border security operations, including funding for additional overtime expenses and costs due to certain increased law enforcement presence. · Introduced · Nov 10, 2023
HB 4 Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from a foreign nation and indemnification of certain claims relating to the enforcement of that offense. · Passed One Chamber · Nov 2, 2023
HB 6 Relating to making an appropriation for the construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier infrastructure. · Passed One Chamber · Oct 26, 2023
SB 2 Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration; authorizing the imposition of a fee. · Became Law · Jul 22, 2023
SB 3 Relating to the amount of the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax and the exclusion of certain taxable entities from the requirement to file a franchise tax report. · Became Law · Jul 22, 2023
HJR 2 Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to establish a temporary limit on the maximum appraised value of real property other than a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes; to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads; to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts; to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations; and to authorize the legislature to provide for a four-year term of office for a member of the governing body of certain appraisal entities. · Passed Legislature · Jul 14, 2023
HB 3 Relating to the amount of the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax and the exclusion of certain taxable entities from the requirement to file a franchise tax report. · Introduced · Jul 13, 2023
HB 2 Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration; authorizing the imposition of a fee. · Introduced · Jul 13, 2023
HJR 1 Proposing a constitutional amendment excepting certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. · Introduced · Jul 5, 2023
HB 1 Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and additional state aid for certain school districts impacted by compression. · Introduced · Jul 5, 2023
HB 2629 Relating to the reporting of direct campaign expenditures by certain persons and political committees. · Vetoed · Jun 18, 2023
HB 4 Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
SB 12 Relating to the authority to regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
SB 15 Relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
HB 6 Relating to the designation of fentanyl poisoning or fentanyl toxicity for purposes of the death certificate and to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · Jun 17, 2023
HB 3 Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the development and implementation of purchases relating to and funding for public school safety and security requirements and the provision of safety-related resources. · Became Law · Jun 14, 2023
HB 2127 Relating to state preemption of and the effect of certain state or federal law on certain municipal and county regulation. · Became Law · Jun 14, 2023
HB 18 Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services and electronic devices, including the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
HB 2 Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties. · Passed Legislature · Jun 13, 2023
HB 900 Relating to the regulation of library materials sold to or included in public school libraries. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
HB 90 Relating to benefits for certain members of the Texas military forces and survivors of members of the Texas military forces. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
HB 25 Relating to wholesale importation of prescription drugs in this state; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
HB 3554 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 3553 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses if committed at certain locations. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 5 Relating to agreements authorizing a limitation on taxable value of certain property to provide for the creation of jobs and the generation of state and local tax revenue; authorizing fees; authorizing penalties. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 9 Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 2012 Relating to the display of the national motto in public school and institution of higher education classrooms. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
SB 1045 Relating to the creation of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals with jurisdiction over certain civil cases, the compensation of the justices of that court, and the jurisdiction of the courts of appeals in this state. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 19 Relating to the creation of a specialty trial court to hear certain cases; authorizing fees. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 17 Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys. · Became Law · Jun 7, 2023
HB 1 Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and additional state aid for certain school districts impacted by compression. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 2, 2023
SB 14 Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
HJR 1 Proposing a constitutional amendment excepting certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 2, 2023
HB 1750 Relating to the applicability of certain city requirements to agricultural operations. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
SB 490 Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers. · Became Law · May 29, 2023
HB 7 Relating to measures to address public safety threats in this state presented by transnational criminal activity, including by establishing a Texas Border Force, and to compensate persons affected by those threats; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses. · Passed Legislature · May 27, 2023
SJR 3 Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes, to increase the amount of an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. · Passed Legislature · May 26, 2023
SB 1418 Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. · Passed Legislature · May 26, 2023
SB 3 Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration. · Passed Legislature · May 26, 2023
HB 1613 Relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans. · Passed Legislature · May 25, 2023
SB 2038 Relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election. · Became Law · May 19, 2023
HB 2549 Relating to light pollution mitigation for wind turbine generators. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2023
HB 4656 Relating to the creation of a temporary educator certificate for educators certified by other states. · Passed One Chamber · May 18, 2023
HB 4306 Relating to a study by the attorney general on the feasibility of linking debit card transactions to bullion in the Texas Bullion Depository. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2023
HB 1888 Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2023
HB 840 Relating to the establishment of a bundled-pricing program to reduce certain health care costs in the state employees group benefits program. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
HB 2794 Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem in certain suits filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services. · Passed One Chamber · May 11, 2023
HB 2615 Relating to the operation by a school district of a foundation and trade diploma program to provide eligible high school students with educational training under a plan for the issuance of a high school diploma and the application of certain student-based allotments under the public school finance system. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
HB 3771 Relating to the creation of the employer child-care contribution partnership program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission; authorizing a civil penalty. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2023
HB 3023 Relating to weight limitations for liquefied petroleum gas motor vehicles. · Passed One Chamber · May 9, 2023
HB 1973 Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Introduced · May 9, 2023
HB 600 Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. · Introduced · May 8, 2023
HB 1952 Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain minors. · Introduced · May 4, 2023
HB 1805 Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions. · Passed One Chamber · May 3, 2023
HB 2 Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system and property tax appraisal and administration. · Passed One Chamber · May 2, 2023
HB 5217 Relating to release of an area from and limitations on the expansion of a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. · Introduced · May 2, 2023
HB 2662 Relating to broadband development. · Introduced · May 1, 2023
HJR 144 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of money in the state highway fund for roadways for seaports, airports, spaceports, land ports of entry, and international bridges. · Introduced · Apr 24, 2023
HB 3568 Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing; authorizing a fee; authorizing a penalty. · Introduced · Apr 20, 2023
HB 1804 Relating to the instructional material list and supplemental instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education. · Introduced · Apr 20, 2023
HR 1167 Recognizing April 20, 2023, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 20, 2023
HB 4684 Relating to nursing educational programs offered by for-profit entities. · Introduced · Mar 22, 2023
HB 4378 Relating to a cause of action for drag performances performed in the presence of a minor. · Introduced · Mar 21, 2023
HB 61 Relating to prohibited logistical support by a governmental entity for procurement of an abortion or an abortion provider's services. · Introduced · Feb 23, 2023
HB 522 Relating to the designation of Celebration of Life Day as a state holiday. · Introduced · Feb 23, 2023
HB 521 Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant. · Introduced · Feb 23, 2023
HB 571 Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. · Introduced · Feb 23, 2023

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