David Cook

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 70 Relating to the combination of certain election precincts. · Nov 7, 2023
• HB 14 Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of operation of a stash house; increasing a criminal penalty. · Introduced · Oct 12, 2023
• HB 72 Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons. · Oct 6, 2023
• HB 198 Relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• HB 4520 Relating to employment and retirement consequences for an educator convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 386 Relating to the prosecution of a capital murder committed against a peace officer or fireman. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 1518 Relating to the establishment of a terrorist offender registry and to the supervision of those terrorist offenders; creating criminal offenses related to terrorism. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 718 Relating to additional periods of possession of or access to a child to compensate for denial of court-ordered possession or access. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 2120 Relating to the establishment of a family protection representation program within the Texas Indigent Defense Commission. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 1516 Relating to the procedures for an application for a writ of habeas corpus and the issuance of the writ. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 2277 Relating to special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship. · Vetoed · 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 4797 Relating to training on the treatment of toll project roadways during inclement weather. · Became Law · Jun 17, 2023
• SB 526 Relating to requiring prior approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a degree or certificate program to certain persons who are incarcerated or subject to involuntary civil commitment. · Vetoed · Jun 16, 2023
• HB 1696 Relating to the relationship between managed care plans and optometrists and therapeutic optometrists. · Became Law · Jun 14, 2023
• HB 2850 Relating to discovery procedures for civil actions brought under the Family Code. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 2060 Relating to the creation of the artificial intelligence advisory council. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 969 Relating to local regulation to enforce child custody orders; authorizing a civil penalty. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 1730 Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 1163 Relating to creating the criminal offense of boating while intoxicated with a child passenger; changing the eligibility for deferred adjudication community supervision. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 55 Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 2468 Relating to the entitlement of an injured employee to lifetime income benefits under the workers' compensation system. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 1589 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain family violence assaults. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 2961 Relating to criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 456 Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain interests in a mineral in place owned by certain charitable organizations. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 1825 Relating to the consumption, possession, and sale of alcoholic beverages at certain performing arts facilities owned by certain school districts. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 2019 Relating to the statute of limitations for certain burglary offenses. · Became Law · Jun 12, 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 4337 Relating to licenses and similar documents issued by certain foreign governments. · Became Law · Jun 11, 2023
• HB 3929 Relating to the adoption by the Supreme Court of Texas of the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. · Became Law · Jun 11, 2023
• HB 2969 Relating to prohibiting a maximum age or age differential for prospective adoptive parents. · Became Law · Jun 11, 2023
• HB 3956 Relating to the creation of DNA records for a person arrested for a felony offense and the expunction of DNA records in certain circumstances. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• HB 2671 Relating to the postponement of a hearing for a temporary order in certain family law cases referred to mediation. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• HB 659 Relating to specialty license plates issued for recipients of the Commendation Medal. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• HB 3485 Relating to a contractor's or subcontractor's right to elect not to proceed with additional work under a contract. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• HB 4077 Relating to the procedure for qualifying for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of an elderly person. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• HB 660 Relating to the enforcement and administration of certain protective orders. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• HB 5310 Relating to the creation of the Tarrant County Municipal Utility District No. 2; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. · Became Law · Jun 9, 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 1819 Relating to the repeal of the authority of political subdivisions to adopt or enforce juvenile curfews. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 2070 Relating to the continuation of spousal maintenance ordered under certain circumstances. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HCR 45 Redesignating the City of Mansfield as the official Pickle Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• SB 1653 Relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 1547 Relating to claims for reimbursement between marital estates. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 17 Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys. · Became Law · Jun 7, 2023
• HB 1959 Relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are children of peace officers. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
• HB 1989 Relating to the fees assessed by a district clerk for copies of certain court documents. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
• HB 219 Relating to the release of a deed of trust or other contract lien securing a home loan after payoff by mortgagor. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
• HB 3 Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties. · May 30, 2023
• HB 6 Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons. · May 30, 2023
• HB 4 Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of operation of a stash house; increasing a criminal penalty. · May 30, 2023
• SB 1403 Relating to an interstate compact for border security, including building a border wall and sharing state intelligence and resources. · Became Law · May 29, 2023
• HR 2440 Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 17. · Passed One Chamber · May 28, 2023
• HR 2031 In memory of Kathleen Kennedy Mazanti. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2023
• HR 2032 In memory of Dr. Arnold J. Morris Jr. of Arlington. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2023
• HB 4061 Relating to prohibiting a registered sex offender in certain circumstances from going within a certain distance of the residence of the victim of the offense for which the offender is subject to registration. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2023
• SB 1124 Relating to qualifications of a sheriff or a candidate for sheriff. · Became Law · May 24, 2023
• SB 760 Relating to taking a blood specimen from the body of a deceased person during an inquest. · Became Law · May 23, 2023
• SB 65 Relating to excluding the furnishing of an academic transcript from the definition of "information service" for purposes of sales and use taxes. · Became Law · May 23, 2023
• HB 2371 Relating to the disposition of burial spaces and abandoned plots in certain cemeteries in the possession and control of a municipality. · Became Law · May 23, 2023
• SB 2256 Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• SB 1267 Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of operation of a stash house; increasing a criminal penalty. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• SB 1515 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• SB 1011 Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• HB 3443 Relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed to carry a handgun. · Passed One Chamber · May 21, 2023
• SB 1469 Relating to requiring certain information before being employed by a child-care facility. · Became Law · May 19, 2023
• SB 49 Relating to crime victims' compensation. · Became Law · May 19, 2023
• HB 213 Relating to jury instructions regarding parole eligibility and the release on parole of certain inmates convicted of an offense committed when younger than 18 years of age; changing parole eligibility. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2023
• HB 3659 Relating to civil asset forfeiture proceedings, to the seizure and forfeiture of certain property, and to the reporting and disposition of proceeds and property from civil asset forfeiture. · Passed One Chamber · May 17, 2023
• HB 3388 Relating to court administration for cases referred to criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County. · Passed One Chamber · May 16, 2023
• HB 4498 Relating to the transfer and statutory novation of insurance policies from a transferring insurer to an assuming insurer through an insurance business transfer plan; authorizing fees. · Passed One Chamber · May 16, 2023
• HB 3386 Relating to the criminal district courts, statutory county courts, and criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County. · Passed One Chamber · May 16, 2023
• HB 3380 Relating to the Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act; creating criminal offenses. · Passed One Chamber · May 16, 2023
• HB 1120 Relating to orders for possession of and access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. · Passed One Chamber · May 16, 2023
• HB 1215 Relating to consideration of criminal history of applicants for public employment. · Passed One Chamber · May 16, 2023
• HB 16 Relating to the adjudication and disposition of cases involving delinquent conduct, certain juvenile court proceedings, and planning and funding for services for children in the juvenile justice system. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2023
• HJR 172 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2023
• HB 381 Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2023
• HB 4518 Relating to the authority of a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment and to victims' rights regarding a motion to grant a commutation. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2023
• HB 3183 Relating to the use of in-custody informant testimony in a criminal trial. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2023
• HB 2066 Relating to the diversion of certain foster youth from the juvenile justice system, including through emergency behavior intervention by certain persons providing foster care services. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2023
• HB 2696 Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2023
• SB 1375 Relating to the sampling or tasting of distilled spirits by the manufacturer to a consumer at a temporary event. · Became Law · May 13, 2023
• SB 159 Relating to eligibility requirements for a certified public accountant certificate and to take the uniform CPA examination. · Became Law · May 13, 2023
• SB 60 Relating to operating agreements between holders of a distiller's and rectifier's permit and certain alcoholic beverage permit holders. · Became Law · May 13, 2023
• SB 2144 Relating to advanced air mobility technology. · Became Law · May 13, 2023
• HB 1654 Relating to the eligibility of a child for a determinate sentence for engaging in delinquent conduct that constitutes certain organized criminal activity. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2023
• HB 4540 Relating to certain benefits payable by the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2023
• HB 5005 Relating to the disclosure under the public information law of a motor vehicle license plate number captured in a video recording maintained by a law enforcement agency. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2023
• HB 3381 Relating to creating the criminal offense of misrepresenting medical history to obtain unnecessary medical treatment for a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
• HB 4930 Relating to the adoption of a climate policy in a municipal charter. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
• HB 2948 Relating to the modification of a possession order and temporary possession of a child when a conservator of the child is incapacitated. · Passed One Chamber · May 11, 2023
• HB 1546 Relating to the recovery of fees, court costs, and expenses in family law proceedings. · Passed One Chamber · May 11, 2023
• HB 622 Relating to the publication of required notice by certain political subdivisions by alternative media. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
• SB 1055 Relating to the creation of a new university in Nacogdoches, Texas, within The University of Texas System and the allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education; abolishing Stephen F. Austin State University. · Became Law · May 10, 2023
• HB 4185 Relating to a pilot program to award grants for personalized treatment protocols for veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2023
• HB 2665 Relating to an interim study of the municipal regulation of short-term rental properties and residential amenity rental properties. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2023
• HB 980 Relating to the privilege against disclosure of certain collaborative family law communications. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2023
• HB 3752 Relating to statutory damages in actions brought by social media users against social media platforms for prohibited censorship. · Introduced · May 10, 2023
• HB 2493 Relating to maintenance and production of electronic public information under the public information law. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2023
• HB 82 Relating to an interstate compact for border security, including building a border wall and sharing state intelligence and resources. · Introduced · May 9, 2023
• HB 3548 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of certain hospital personnel. · Introduced · May 6, 2023
• HB 797 Relating to eligibility requirements for a certified public accountant certificate and to take the uniform CPA examination. · Introduced · Apr 20, 2023
• HB 3549 Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device and to certain consequences on conviction of that offense. · Introduced · Mar 21, 2023
• HB 4049 Relating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and duties from the Department of Family and Protective Services. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2023
• HB 52 Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty. · Introduced · Feb 23, 2023

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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 4 Relating to prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions, and authorizing or requiring under certain circumstances the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; creating criminal offenses. · Introduced · Nov 13, 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
• SB 7 Relating to prohibiting a private employer from adopting or enforcing certain COVID-19 vaccine mandates; authorizing an administrative penalty. · To Executive · Nov 2, 2023
• SB 4 Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties. · To Executive · Nov 2, 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
• HB 7 Relating to prohibiting a private employer from adopting or enforcing certain COVID-19 vaccine mandates; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Introduced · Oct 13, 2023
• HB 23 Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from a foreign nation. · Introduced · Oct 12, 2023
• HB 5 Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties. · Introduced · Oct 12, 2023
• HB 78 Relating to parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools. · Oct 6, 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
• 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
• 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 12 Relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following a pregnancy. · 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
• SB 975 Relating to the procedures for the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license is surrendered. · Became Law · 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 833 Relating to consideration by insurers of certain prohibited criteria for ratemaking. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 379 Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain family care items. · 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
• 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 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 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 1243 Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 1605 Relating to instructional material and technology, the adoption of essential knowledge and skills for certain public school foundation curriculum subjects, and the extension of additional state aid to school districts for the provision of certain instructional materials; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · 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 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 1277 Relating to pedestrian use of a sidewalk. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 5012 Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects and other qualified projects. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 968 Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services. · 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 44 Relating to provider discrimination against a Medicaid recipient or child health plan program enrollee based on immunization status. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 3858 Relating to peace officer wellness programs within certain law enforcement agencies. · Became Law · Jun 11, 2023
• HCR 29 Designating the second to last week in April as Texas Christian Heritage Week for a 10-year period ending in 2033. · Became Law · Jun 11, 2023
• HB 584 Relating to the development of a state information technology credential offered by public junior colleges or public technical institutes to address shortages in the state information resources workforce. · Became Law · Jun 10, 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
• SB 28 Relating to financial assistance provided and programs administered by the Texas Water Development Board. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 8 Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 9 Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 916 Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 63 Relating to reports of child abuse or neglect and certain preliminary investigations of those reports. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 1666 Relating to the commingling of funds by digital asset service providers; providing an administrative penalty. · 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 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
• SB 490 Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers. · Became Law · May 29, 2023
• HB 4843 Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole for certain felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited, to certain consequences on conviction of certain of those offenses, and to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony. · Passed Legislature · May 28, 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
• 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 100 Relating to public education and public school finance, including the rights, certification, and compensation of public school educators, contributions by a public school to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and an education savings account program for certain children. · Passed Legislature · May 26, 2023
• SJR 81 Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and certain component institutions of the Texas State University System and repealing the limitation on the allocation to the Texas State Technical College System and its campuses of the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education. · Passed Legislature · May 26, 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
• HB 3899 Relating to the issuance of bonds by certain local government corporations. · 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 840 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of certain hospital personnel. · Became Law · May 24, 2023
• SB 2021 Relating to requirements for certain Internet websites containing sexual material harmful to minors; providing a civil penalty. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• HB 2466 Relating to the creation of the Texas technology and innovation program. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• SB 403 Relating to a study on the adverse reactions and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• SB 177 Relating to informed consent before provision of certain medical treatments and exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination requirements. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• HB 2549 Relating to light pollution mitigation for wind turbine generators. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2023
• HB 4084 Relating to certain disclosures and other requirements relating to the sale of concert and other event tickets. · Passed One Chamber · May 16, 2023
• HB 3363 Relating to the confinement or detention of certain individuals in a county jail or other facility operated by or for the county and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement or detention. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2023
• HB 4402 Relating to the administration of certain assessment instruments, the accountability rating system for assessing campus and district performance, public school career and technology education programs, and an extracurricular and cocurricular allotment under the Foundation School Program. · 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 1980 Relating to the procedures for the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license is surrendered. · Introduced · May 11, 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 300 Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain family care items. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 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 20 Relating to measures to ensure the safety and welfare of the border region of this state, including protection from ongoing criminal activity and public health threats and the establishment of the Border Protection Unit; creating a criminal offense; creating a civil penalty. · Introduced · May 9, 2023
• SB 838 Relating to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools providing silent panic alert technology in classrooms. · Became Law · May 5, 2023
• HB 1600 Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for illegal entry into this state from Mexico by a person who is not a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States. · Introduced · May 3, 2023
• HB 65 Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of avoiding certain law enforcement checkpoints or evading an arrest or detention; increasing criminal penalties. · Introduced · 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 13 Relating to training, preparedness, and funding for school safety and emergencies in public schools. · Passed One Chamber · May 2, 2023
• HB 3756 Relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle. · Passed One Chamber · 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 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 3568 Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing; authorizing a fee; authorizing a penalty. · Introduced · Apr 20, 2023
• HJR 201 Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the technical institution infrastructure fund and the available workforce education fund to support the capital needs of career and technical education programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System, the Lamar Institute of Technology, Lamar State College-Orange, and Lamar State College-Port Arthur. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2023
• HB 4198 Relating to conduct constituting the criminal offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty. · Introduced · Mar 21, 2023
• HB 3883 Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2023
• HB 1155 Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for certain public school students. · Introduced · Mar 2, 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 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