Lois Kolkhorst

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SB 12 Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. · Became Law · Sep 19, 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. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
HCR 13 Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm in Texas. · Became Law · Sep 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. · Became Law · Sep 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. · Became Law · Sep 17, 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
HB 25 Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · Became Law · Sep 5, 2025
SB 19 Relating to a prohibition on the making and acceptance of political contributions during a special legislative session. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 28, 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. · Introduced · Aug 26, 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. · Introduced · Aug 18, 2025
SB 16 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. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 2025
SB 3 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 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. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 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. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 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. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 2025
SB 10 Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 2025
SB 2 Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flood-prone areas. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 2025
SB 13 Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 2025
SB 1 Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 2025
SB 14 Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 2025
SB 11 Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 4, 2025
HB 762 Relating to severance pay for political subdivision employees and independent contractors. · Became Law · Jun 22, 2025
SB 31 Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. · Became Law · Jun 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. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 229 Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 1333 Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 2715 Relating to the removal from office of certain officers of political subdivisions. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 568 Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 1106 Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 2972 Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 20 Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3370 Relating to late applications for the appraisal of land for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified timber land following the death of the owner of the land. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 571 Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 34 Relating to prohibiting the investment of state money in certain countries and in certain private business entities in those countries. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 1300 Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 2024 Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or selling certain e-cigarette products; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 247 Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the appraised value of real property located in certain counties that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements and to the consideration of the price paid by certain governmental entities for a parcel of or easement in real property purchased for the purpose of installing or constructing such infrastructure when appraising other real property. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 261 Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 4211 Relating to certain residential property interests controlled by certain entities. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 1403 Relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding firearms in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 4238 Relating to the collection of consumer debt incurred by certain individuals as a result of identity theft. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 6 Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 4070 Relating to the sale, design, and manufacture of orthodontic devices. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 1443 Relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion or possession of a child-like sex doll. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 213 Relating to prohibiting insurers from requiring the tying of residential property and personal automobile insurance policies. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 2011 Relating to the right to repurchase from a condemning entity certain real property for which ad valorem taxes are delinquent. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 685 Relating to rates established by municipalities for water or sewer service for certain entities. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 2601 Relating to the landowner compensation program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 34 Relating to funding for certain volunteer fire departments, to the preparation for and the prevention, management, and potential effects of wildfires, and to emergency communications in this state. · Became Law · Jun 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. · 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
HB 4623 Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 130 Relating to genetic information security for residents of this state; providing a civil penalty; providing a private cause of action. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 12 Relating to the review and audit of certain state agency operations. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 15 Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 4219 Relating to a governmental body's response to a request for public information. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SCR 8 Expressing opposition to the creation of a central bank digital currency. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 835 Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 621 Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the assembly, association, and speech of property owners or residents related to governmental officials or candidates for political office. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3510 Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 6 in Brazos County as the Sergeant Mark Butler Memorial Highway. · Became Law · Jun 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. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 1661 Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3214 Relating to eligibility for a master plumber license. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 260 Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 1883 Relating to the approval of land use assumptions, capital improvement plans, and impact fees. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3627 Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 379 Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 2674 Relating to prohibiting the regulation of home school programs. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 4535 Relating to COVID-19 vaccine administration requirements. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 223 Relating to competitive requirements for a procurement by a municipality for lobbying, government relations, or similar services. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 2508 Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a qualifying condition or disease. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3000 Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 46 Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3923 Relating to state employment opportunities for individuals who do not hold a bachelor's degree. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 20 Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 103 Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of taxing unit bond, tax, and bond-related project information; providing a civil penalty. · Became Law · Jun 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. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 8 Relating to agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3053 Relating to municipal and county firearm buyback programs. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 851 Relating to the determination and reporting of the number of residence homesteads of certain property owners for which the owner is receiving certain ad valorem tax benefits. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 33 Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 2373 Relating to financial exploitation or financial abuse using artificially generated media or phishing communications; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 5195 Relating to modernization of state agency Internet websites and digital services. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 868 Relating to the allocation of money appropriated to the rural volunteer fire department assistance program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3228 Relating to the inclusion of certain provisions in lease agreements for wind or solar power facilities. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 5115 Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3284 Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Marriage and Family. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 2963 Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 143 Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas and the Public Utility Commission of Texas to address a failure by an operator to maintain an electrical power line serving a well site or certain surface facilities in accordance with the National Electrical Code. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 4163 Relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental requirements on an agricultural operation. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3041 Relating to measures to support the enrollment of students with a nontraditional secondary education at public institutions of higher education, including eligibility for certain student financial assistance programs. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 140 Relating to certain definitions relating to the regulation of and private rights of action arising from certain solicitation-related communications. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 1621 Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 18 Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 1379 Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for forgery. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 1871 Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of attempted capital murder of a peace officer; increasing a criminal penalty; changing eligibility for parole and mandatory supervision. · Became Law · Jun 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. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 2064 Relating to an exemption from certain taxes imposed on the transfer of a motor vehicle to a person from a decedent or the decedent's estate. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 40 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief. · Became Law · Jun 16, 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. · 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
HJR 7 Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue. · Passed Legislature · Jun 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. · Passed Legislature · Jun 2, 2025
HB 3700 Relating to the prevention, detection, and investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in programs administered by the Texas Workforce Commission or by the commission's contractors or grantees. · Became Law · 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. · Passed Legislature · May 29, 2025
HB 431 Relating to the regulation by a property owners' association of the installation of solar roof tiles. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
HB 48 Relating to the creation of an organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Department of Public Safety. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
HB 5138 Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. · Passed Legislature · May 29, 2025
HB 2703 Relating to designating July as American Patriotism Month. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
HB 3526 Relating to fiscal transparency for bonds issued by local governmental entities. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
HJR 133 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed under federal law to have been service-connected. · Passed Legislature · May 28, 2025
SB 618 Relating to the unlawful altering of election procedures; providing a civil penalty. · 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. · 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. · Passed One Chamber · May 28, 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. · Passed One Chamber · May 28, 2025
HB 1523 Relating to a temporary prohibition on the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects. · Passed One Chamber · May 28, 2025
HB 21 Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
SB 2063 Relating to ad valorem tax protests and appeals on the ground of the unequal appraisal of property. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
HB 186 Relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by children. · 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. · Became Law · May 27, 2025
SB 2306 Relating to the provision of adoption cost information by a licensed child-placing agency. · Became Law · May 27, 2025
SB 310 Relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain elections. · Passed One Chamber · 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
HB 3772 Relating to the sale of certain e-cigarettes in this state and a directory of e-cigarette manufacturers and their products; authorizing fees; authorizing administrative and civil penalties; creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · May 27, 2025
SB 1484 Relating to the marketing and sale of catfish and similar fish by food service establishments, food service suppliers, wholesalers, distributors, and wholesale distributors; providing administrative and civil penalties. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
SB 1585 Relating to a prohibition on governmental contracts with companies of foreign adversaries for certain information and communications technology; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
SB 1163 Relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board is required to postpone a protest hearing. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
SB 2035 Relating to prohibiting contributions, expenditures, and related activities involving political committees that support or oppose a ballot measure; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
SB 1730 Relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
SB 1798 Relating to the resident status, tuition rates, certain financial support, and certain documentation requirements for students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, including students not lawfully present in the United States. · Introduced · May 26, 2025
HB 517 Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction. · Became Law · May 26, 2025
SB 1897 Relating to advanced communications infrastructure security; authorizing a fee; providing administrative penalties. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
SB 1377 Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties. · Introduced · May 26, 2025
SB 1319 Relating to a limit on the number of athletic scholarships that may be awarded to foreign students by a public institution of higher education. · Introduced · May 25, 2025
SB 317 Relating to the removal, relocation, alteration, or construction of certain monuments or memorials located on public property; authorizing a civil penalty. · Introduced · May 25, 2025
SB 1285 Relating to the protection of bats. · Passed One Chamber · May 25, 2025
SB 2363 Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of unlawfully publishing a vote. · Introduced · May 25, 2025
HB 2730 Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to require a person allowed an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead to file a new application or confirm the person's current qualification for the exemption. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
HB 767 Relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 249 in Montgomery County as the Paul P. Mendes Memorial Parkway. · Became Law · 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. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
SB 1555 Relating to a grant program to fund certain railroad grade separation projects. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
SB 1999 Relating to protection for a public employee's or student's use of terms consistent with biological sex. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 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. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
SB 1978 Relating to the interconnection of a facility in the ERCOT power region to certain other facilities. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
HJR 34 Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of real property located in a county that borders the United Mexican States that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements. · Passed Legislature · May 23, 2025
SB 2532 Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain municipalities that receive municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue and other money from a local park board of trustees. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
SB 383 Relating to the interconnection to the ERCOT power grid of certain coastal facilities for the provision of electric service. · Passed One Chamber · May 22, 2025
SB 2309 Relating to election integrity and security of ballot boxes, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; authorizing a penalty. · 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. · Passed Legislature · May 22, 2025
SB 2639 Relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark and the inclusion of a property in a historic district or similar preservation district by certain municipalities. · Passed One Chamber · May 22, 2025
SB 2529 Relating to the vote required by the governing body of a taxing unit to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate or authorize the issuance of tax bonds. · Passed One Chamber · May 22, 2025
SB 871 Relating to the authority of the legislature, governor, and certain political subdivisions with respect to disasters and emergencies. · Passed One Chamber · May 22, 2025
SB 524 Relating to the exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for certain businesses owned by veterans. · Passed One Chamber · May 21, 2025
SB 1877 Relating to the authority of the Office of Public Utility Counsel to access certain data. · Became Law · May 21, 2025
SB 990 Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder. · Passed One Chamber · May 21, 2025
SJR 34 Proposing a constitutional amendment affirming the rights and responsibilities of parents. · Passed Legislature · May 21, 2025
SB 27 Relating to the rights of public school educators and financial and other assistance provided to educators and to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators. · Passed Legislature · May 21, 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
SB 767 Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires. · Became Law · May 19, 2025
SB 2619 Relating to certain accountability-related policies and procedures related to public schools, the availability of information regarding a board of trustees of a school district or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school, and the approval by the Texas Education Agency of training provided to a member of a board of trustees of a school district. · Passed One Chamber · May 16, 2025
SB 945 Relating to the adoption of political shareholder proposals by insurers and insurer holding companies. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2025
SB 1468 Relating to the authority of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System to construct, acquire, improve, extend, and equip utility systems located on university system property. · Became Law · May 15, 2025
SB 867 Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
SB 318 Relating to the establishment of the election integrity division in the office of the attorney general. · Passed One Chamber · 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. · Became Law · May 15, 2025
SB 946 Relating to the prohibition on certain discrimination in the extension of credit to organizations based on social credit or value-based standards. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2025
SB 2943 Relating to the prohibition of certain actions by a state agency against an applicant for or holder of an occupational license. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
SB 466 Relating to the definition of fetal death certificate. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
SB 1950 Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals for unemployment benefits and the validity of certain claims for unemployment benefits submitted to the Texas Workforce Commission. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
HJR 2 Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift. · Passed Legislature · May 14, 2025
SR 395 Recognizing the ninth class of Governor William P. Clements Jr. Scholars. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
SB 1809 Relating to the creation of the offense of fraudulent use, possession, or tampering with a gift card, gift card packaging, or gift card data or redemption information. · Became Law · May 13, 2025
SB 2340 Relating to examination of the records of filing entities and foreign filing entities by the attorney general; creating a criminal offense. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2025
SB 715 Relating to reliability requirements for certain electric generation facilities. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2025
SB 2010 Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to establish and operate a guaranteed income program. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2025
SJR 18 Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust. · Passed Legislature · May 7, 2025
SB 1026 Relating to the authority of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. · Passed One Chamber · May 7, 2025
SB 1183 Relating to electronic benefits transfer cards used by or for recipients of benefits under certain assistance programs. · Passed One Chamber · May 6, 2025
SB 503 Relating to the establishment of an electronic registry of livestock marks and brands. · Became Law · May 3, 2025
SB 1395 Relating to the membership of a school district's local school health advisory council. · Passed One Chamber · May 2, 2025
SB 229 Relating to prohibiting a retail seller of motor vehicles from imposing certain restrictions on the purchase of a motor vehicle. · Introduced · May 1, 2025
SB 2253 Relating to the certification of public school educators, including financial and other assistance provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2025
SB 407 Relating to a health care facility's required policy for vaccine preventable diseases. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2025
SB 2434 Relating to the prioritization of natural gas deliveries to certain electric power generation units. · Introduced · Apr 29, 2025
SB 758 Relating to the definition of a governmental body for the purposes of the public information law. · Introduced · Apr 29, 2025
SB 49 Relating to performance tier funding under the public junior college state finance program. · Introduced · Apr 29, 2025
SB 423 Relating to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas workers' compensation system by remote communication. · Introduced · Apr 22, 2025
SB 1873 Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
SB 388 Relating to the legislature's goals for electric generation capacity in this state. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
SB 707 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. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
SB 1067 Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education and employees of public institutions of higher education and their spouses from soliciting or accepting gifts, grants, donations, or investments from certain foreign entities. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
SB 883 Relating to patient access to prescription drugs for off-label use for COVID-19 treatment. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
SB 32 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 and a franchise tax credit for the payment of certain related ad valorem taxes. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
SB 1874 Relating to immunity from certain disciplinary proceedings against a professional employee of a school district for certain actions concerning public school discipline and law and order. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
SB 1871 Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
SJR 12 Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right to direct a child's education. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 17, 2025
SB 406 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 persons. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 17, 2025
SB 2365 Relating to a policy prohibiting the use of personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 17, 2025

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