Jay Dean

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 99 Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, related school finance reform, and directing the comptroller to identify alternatives to local ad valorem taxes; imposing taxes. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
• HB 101 Relating to requiring voter approval for certain local tax rate increases adopted pursuant to a disaster declaration. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
• HB 100 Relating to the use of certain federal funds received by the state to provide property tax refunds to Texas homestead owners. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
• HB 102 Relating to public school accountability, including reducing state required accountability exams to the minimum required by federal law and replacing current state required assessments with instructionally supportive assessments. · Introduced · Aug 18, 2025
• HB 103 Relating to a comprehensive review of taxable goods and services. · Aug 15, 2025
• HB 134 Relating to public school accountability, including reducing state required accountability exams to the minimum required by federal law and replacing current state required assessments with instructionally supportive assessments. · Jul 21, 2025
• HB 135 Relating to a comprehensive review of taxable goods and services. · Jul 21, 2025
• HB 119 Relating to requiring voter approval for certain local tax rate increases adopted pursuant to a disaster declaration. · Jul 17, 2025
• HB 118 Relating to the use of certain federal funds received by the state to provide property tax refunds to Texas homestead owners. · Jul 17, 2025
• HB 116 Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, related school finance reform, and directing the comptroller to identify alternatives to local ad valorem taxes; imposing taxes. · Jul 17, 2025
• HB 5659 Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District. · Became Law · Jun 22, 2025
• HB 2525 Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization that is engaged in providing housing and related facilities and services to persons who are at least 62 years of age. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2686 Relating to the registration of frac tanks; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3619 Relating to the rights and liabilities of the owner of the surface estate of the tract of land on which a well to be plugged or replugged by the Railroad Commission of Texas is located. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 458 Relating to an appraisal process for disputed losses under personal automobile or residential property insurance policies. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3211 Relating to vision care benefits, including participation of optometrists and therapeutic optometrists in vision care or managed care plans. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1202 Relating to third-party review of property development documents and inspections of improvements related to those documents, including home backup power installations. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 138 Relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 60 Relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of certain library materials. · 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
• SB 1423 Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2275 in Gregg County as the Bill Stoudt Parkway. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 1922 Relating to the accrual of a cause of action for purposes of certain laws governing certain construction liability claims. · 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 2516 Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2522 Relating to fingerprinting requirements for the issuance of dealer general distinguishing numbers to certain persons. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2529 Relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county judges. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 5331 Relating to the enforceability of certain state agency and local government contract language regarding required security incident notifications. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1021 Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of stalking and to the offense of improper contact with the person's victim. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2419 Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
• HB 3466 Relating to the cancellation of certain consumer transactions. · Passed One Chamber · May 20, 2025
• SB 2077 Relating to the qualifications of members of the board of directors of the Texas Mutual Insurance Company. · Became Law · May 19, 2025
• HB 1687 Relating to out-of-pocket expense credits for payments made directly to a physician or health care provider by an enrollee of a governmental employee health benefit plan. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
• HB 139 Relating to employer health benefit plans that do not include state-mandated health benefits. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
• HB 2959 Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2275 in Gregg County as the Bill Stoudt Parkway. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
• SB 1810 Relating to annual statistical reports for fixing title insurance premium rates. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
• HB 4609 Relating to participation in, administration of, contributions to, and benefits under the Texas Municipal Retirement System. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
• HB 1431 Relating to certain prohibited acts with respect to cell-cultured protein for human consumption. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
• HB 3306 Relating to the applicability of certain laws affecting indemnification agreements to certain contracts or agreements pertaining to electric utility infrastructure. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
• HB 1527 Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain peace officers. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2025
• HB 2109 Relating to the removal of certain proposed reservoir sites from the state water plan. · Introduced · May 10, 2025
• HB 4373 Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas. · Introduced · May 10, 2025
• HB 3344 Relating to the regulation and licensing of reroofing contractors by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; providing administrative and civil penalties; authorizing fees. · Introduced · May 8, 2025
• HB 3207 Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of intoxication assault; increasing a criminal penalty. · Introduced · May 6, 2025
• HB 3213 Relating to excavation for the installation of buried fiber-optic cable. · Introduced · May 2, 2025
• HB 4432 Relating to the qualifications of members of the board of directors of the Texas Mutual Insurance Company. · Introduced · May 1, 2025
• HB 5173 Relating to annual statistical reports for fixing title insurance premium rates. · Introduced · Apr 29, 2025
• HB 4570 Relating to an appraisal process for disputed losses under personal automobile or residential property insurance policies. · Introduced · Apr 23, 2025
• HCR 65 In memory of Tracy Lee Vincent of Longview. · Became Law · Apr 22, 2025
• HB 4408 Relating to required reporting of information on the ownership and control of certain health care entities; providing a civil penalty; authorizing a fee. · Introduced · Apr 21, 2025
• HB 1951 Relating to certain agreements with collective bargaining organizations related to certain publicly funded public work contracts. · Introduced · Apr 9, 2025
• HB 5410 Relating to responsibility in tort for the treatment of fluid oil and gas waste for beneficial use. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• HB 5181 Relating to the minimum revenue calculation subject to the Texas Franchise Tax. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• HB 5198 Relating to a study of title insurance rates in Texas and other states. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• HB 2304 Relating to third-party review of property development documents and inspections of improvements related to those documents, including home backup power installations. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• HB 4569 Relating to an appraisal procedure for disputed losses under personal automobile insurance policies. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• HB 4433 Relating to the requirements for obtaining an interbasin water transfer permit. · Introduced · Apr 2, 2025
• HB 4009 Relating to employer health benefit plans that do not include state-mandated health benefits. · Introduced · Mar 27, 2025
• HJR 153 Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a reduction of the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes for the first tax year in which the owner qualifies the property for a residence homestead exemption based on the amount by which the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead reduced the appraised value of the owner's former residence homestead for the last tax year in which the owner qualified the former residence homestead for a residence homestead exemption. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
• HB 3212 Relating to providing for a reduction of the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes for the first tax year in which the owner qualifies the property for a residence homestead exemption based on the amount by which the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead reduced the appraised value of the owner's former residence homestead for the last tax year in which the owner qualified the former residence homestead for a residence homestead exemption. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
• HB 1335 Relating to underground facility safety. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 2131 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. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1940 Relating to the clarification of the authority of an appraisal office to approve and implement a plan providing for the reappraisal of property in the appraisal district less frequently than annually. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1925 Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain peace officers. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 2130 Relating to the payment of certain employer contributions for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HR 235 Recognizing February 18, 2025, as Texas Manufacturers' Day at the State Capitol. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 18, 2025
• HR 156 In memory of Tracy Lee Vincent of Longview. · Feb 3, 2025
• HB 1199 Relating to the inclusion of certain information regarding trailers in vehicle accident reports. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• HB 1198 Relating to a public awareness campaign to promote the proper attachment of trailers to certain motor vehicles. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• HB 4106 Relating to the procedure for resolving certain customer complaints before the Public Utility Commission of Texas. · Vetoed · Jun 18, 2023
• HB 3053 Relating to the municipal disannexation of certain areas annexed during a certain period of time. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• SB 1929 Relating to the registration of virtual currency mining facilities in the ERCOT power region that demand a large load of interruptible power. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 1225 Relating to the administration of certain required assessment instruments in paper format. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
• SB 2173 Relating to a pilot program for the safe disposal of prescription drugs, including controlled substance prescription drugs. · Became Law · May 29, 2023
• HB 2073 Relating to the recovery of fuel and purchased power costs by electric utilities. · Became Law · May 27, 2023
• HB 692 Relating to the authorization for certain land applications and disposal of dairy waste. · Became Law · May 24, 2023
• HB 1879 Relating to the provision of counseling services by certain providers under Medicaid and reimbursement for those services. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• SB 1425 Relating to disbursements from the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies. · Became Law · May 19, 2023
• HB 4207 Relating to municipally owned utility vegetation management. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
• SB 1016 Relating to the consideration of employee compensation and benefits in establishing the rates of electric utilities. · Became Law · May 5, 2023
• HB 4209 Relating to electricity service provided by certain municipally owned utilities. · Introduced · Mar 21, 2023
• HB 2790 Relating to access to social media and social networking websites on public school campuses. · Introduced · Mar 13, 2023
• HB 522 Relating to the designation of Celebration of Life Day as a state holiday. · Introduced · Feb 23, 2023

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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 25 Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. · 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
• 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
• HB 26 Relating to contracting with law enforcement agencies in certain counties. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
• HB 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, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. · Became Law · Sep 17, 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
• HB 27 Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or permit amendments by the district. · Passed Legislature · Sep 3, 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 48 Relating to the creation of a working group to study alert notification 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 66 Relating to the creation of the disaster relief and prevention matching grant and loan program and the disaster relief and prevention account. · Introduced · Aug 22, 2025
• HB 291 Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state. · Aug 22, 2025
• HB 24 Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits. · Introduced · Aug 21, 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 186 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
• HB 236 Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
• HB 64 Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
• HB 95 Relating to establishing minimum credentialing qualifications for Emergency Management Coordinators appointed by Emergency Management Directors. · Introduced · Aug 18, 2025
• HB 63 Relating to requirements for campgrounds located in a floodway; authorizing an administrative penalty; providing a private cause of action. · Introduced · Aug 18, 2025
• HB 115 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. · Introduced · Aug 18, 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 167 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. · Introduced · Aug 18, 2025
• HR 19 Urging Governor Abbott to return federal reconciliation bill funds to taxpayers through property tax relief. · Aug 15, 2025
• HB 274 Relating to an interstate compact for animal health initiatives. · 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 276 Relating to parasitic insect control. · 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
• 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 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
• HB 273 Relating to the creation of the Institute for Animal Health Research and Response. · Aug 4, 2025
• HB 272 Relating to creation of the Screwworm Abatement Trust (SWAT) Fund. · Aug 4, 2025
• HB 216 Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits. · Jul 28, 2025
• HB 215 Relating to the liability of a landowner for the withdrawal and beneficial use of groundwater. · Jul 28, 2025
• HB 218 Relating to the transfer of groundwater outside a groundwater conservation district's boundaries. · 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 84 Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin. · Jul 14, 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 1056 Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 22, 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 24 Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2306 Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 49 Relating to the treatment and beneficial use of fluid oil and gas waste and related material, including a limitation on liability for that treatment or use. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 4076 Relating to prohibiting organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of vaccination status. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3479 Relating to the Rio Grande vegetative management program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 33 Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services. · 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 102 Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2 Relating to public education and public school finance. · 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
• HB 14 Relating to support for the development of the nuclear energy industry. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 17 Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty. · 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 1586 Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1233 Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 300 Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. · 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 1481 Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 12 Relating to the review and audit of certain state agency operations. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 43 Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 38 Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises. · 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
• SJR 59 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. · Passed Legislature · Jun 2, 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 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 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
• HB 21 Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · 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
• SB 455 Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. · Became Law · 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
• SB 2188 Relating to the regulation of certain space flight activities, including the closure of certain areas for those activities. · 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 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Became Law · May 24, 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
• 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
• 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 2587 Relating to an annual report on the financial impact on hospitals for providing certain uncompensated care. · Introduced · May 13, 2025
• HB 4688 Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator. · Introduced · May 12, 2025
• HB 32 Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises. · Introduced · May 12, 2025
• HJR 138 Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a carbon tax. · Introduced · May 12, 2025
• HB 298 Relating to the content of a driver's license or personal identification certificate. · Introduced · May 9, 2025
• HB 2275 Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. · Introduced · May 9, 2025
• HJR 5 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 removing that system and its campuses from the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education. · Passed One Chamber · May 8, 2025
• HB 3061 Relating to enhancing the punishment for committing certain criminal offenses while disguised or masked. · Introduced · May 8, 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 5337 Relating to requiring a person to submit proof of citizenship to register to vote; creating criminal offenses. · Introduced · May 7, 2025
• SB 844 Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary. · Passed One Chamber · May 6, 2025
• HB 4253 Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar. · Introduced · May 5, 2025
• HB 5580 Relating to agreements between sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law. · Introduced · May 2, 2025
• HB 54 Relating to the display of and allowance for non-human behaviors in Texas schools. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2025
• HB 3240 Relating to the establishment of the Texas geothermal energy production policy council. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 28, 2025
• HB 5510 Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs, and to the destruction of certain property; making conforming changes and harmonizing conforming provisions; creating criminal offenses; authorizing a private civil right of action. · Introduced · Apr 25, 2025
• HR 945 In memory of Pope Francis. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 24, 2025
• SB 14 Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings. · Became Law · Apr 23, 2025
• HB 3125 Relating to establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a geothermal energy workforce education and training initiative. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 23, 2025
• HB 2684 Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty. · Introduced · Apr 21, 2025
• HB 5243 Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. · Introduced · Apr 15, 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 4660 Relating to space flight activities. · Introduced · Apr 14, 2025
• HB 8 Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district. · Introduced · Apr 9, 2025
• HB 10 Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings. · Introduced · Apr 8, 2025
• HB 5541 Relating to discrimination by a state agency against an applicant for or holder of an occupational license. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• HB 13 Relating to creating the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 3, 2025
• HB 17 Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · Apr 2, 2025
• HB 4100 Relating to prohibited retaliation against a physician or health care provider for reporting certain violations or taking certain actions with respect to the provision of health care services; providing a civil remedy. · Introduced · Mar 27, 2025
• HB 3538 Relating to the Managed Care Consumer Choice Program. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
• HB 3003 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. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
• HB 2816 Relating to protection of the rights of conscience of persons from providing and health care facilities from offering certain health care services; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2696 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. · Introduced · Mar 18, 2025
• HB 2519 Relating to disclosures required to record an instrument conveying real property. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 2258 Imposing private civil liability on anyone who causes or contributes to the social transitioning of a minor. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1806 Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1468 Relating to vaccine exemptions for individuals covered under a vaccine preventable disease policy implemented by certain health care facilities. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
• HB 1485 Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, and related school finance reform; imposing taxes. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
• HB 1497 Relating to the placement of a nativity scene on the Capitol grounds. · Introduced · Mar 11, 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 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
• HB 1158 Relating to parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
• HB 1049 Relating to the issuance of gold and silver specie and the establishment of a currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
• HB 1009 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
• HB 960 Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, and related school finance reform; imposing taxes. · Introduced · Mar 6, 2025
• HB 717 Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty. · Introduced · Mar 4, 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
• 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 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 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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 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 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 12 Relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following a pregnancy. · 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 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
• SB 10 Relating to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. · 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 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 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 3550 Relating to standards for and services provided by prescribed pediatric extended care centers, including Medicaid reimbursement for those services. · 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 14 Relating to third-party review of plats and property development plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an improvement related to such a document. · 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 25 Relating to wholesale importation of prescription drugs in this state; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 9 Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services. · 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 19 Relating to the creation of a specialty trial court to hear certain cases; authorizing fees. · 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 17 Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys. · Became Law · Jun 7, 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
• 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 1238 Relating to broadband development. · 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 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
• 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 800 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 · 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
• HJR 134 Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of county treasurer of Galveston County. · Passed Legislature · May 19, 2023
• HB 2549 Relating to light pollution mitigation for wind turbine generators. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2023
• SJR 28 Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of county treasurer of Galveston County. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2023
• HB 2401 Relating to certain contracting requirements under the Medicaid managed care delivery model. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2023
• SB 1017 Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate an energy source or engine. · Became Law · May 13, 2023
• HB 11 Relating to the rights and certification of public school educators, including financial and other assistance and waivers provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators, methods of instruction provided in public schools, and certain allotments under the Foundation School Program. · Passed One Chamber · 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 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 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
• 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 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 13 Relating to training, preparedness, and funding for school safety and emergencies in public schools. · Passed One Chamber · May 2, 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 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