Brian Birdwell

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• SB 8 Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. · Became Law · Sep 22, 2025
• SB 18 Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control. · Vetoed · Sep 17, 2025
• SB 14 Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
• SB 3 Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas. · Became Law · Sep 5, 2025
• SR 4 In memory of James Bruce Bugg Jr. of San Antonio. · Passed One Chamber · Sep 4, 2025
• SR 1 Honoring the lives lost during the 2025 Texas flooding. · Passed One Chamber · Sep 4, 2025
• SB 10 Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units. · Passed Legislature · Sep 2, 2025
• SB 2 Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. · Passed Legislature · Aug 27, 2025
• SB 6 Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 20, 2025
• SB 13 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 20, 2025
• SR 10 Congratulating Ernest Servantes and David Kirkland on the selection of Burnt Bean Co. in Seguin as the No. 1 restaurant in the Texas Monthly 2025 list of the 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 15, 2025
• SR 14 Congratulating the Midway High School baseball team on winning the 2025 University Interscholastic League Class 6A Division I state championship. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 15, 2025
• SB 9 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability. · Introduced · Aug 15, 2025
• SR 15 Congratulating the Tarleton State University women's rodeo team on winning a National Championship. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 15, 2025
• SR 12 Recognizing the Tarleton State University men's rodeo team for winning a National Championship. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 15, 2025
• SR 13 Congratulating the Midway High School softball team on winning the 2025 University Interscholastic League Class 6A Division I state softball championship. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 15, 2025
• SR 93 Memorializing the lives lost during the 2025 Texas floods. · Introduced · Aug 13, 2025
• SB 9 Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 6, 2025
• SB 1758 Relating to the operation of a cement kiln and the production of aggregates near a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility. · Became Law · Jun 22, 2025
• SB 10 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 876 Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 377 in Hood and Johnson Counties as the Bob Cornett Parkway. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 11 Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2014 Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Somervell County Hospital District. · 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
• HB 4903 Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1198 Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 4112 Relating to the disposal or storage of high-level radioactive waste. · 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
• SB 1243 Relating to the dissolution of a public utility agency. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2781 Relating to the imposition of civil penalties for certain violations with respect to political contributions and expenditures made by certain persons who engage in lobbying activities. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 3048 Relating to the creation of the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 5093 Relating to disclosure under the public information law of certain contact information of a notary public that is maintained by the secretary of state. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 13 Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1242 Relating to the acquisition of land and facilities by the Texas State Technical College System. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 5696 Relating to the creation of The Reserve Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 4384 Relating to the recovery of certain costs associated with a gas utility's plant, facilities, or equipment placed in service. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 869 Relating to the deadline for the Texas Ethics Commission to resolve certain complaints. · 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
• 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
• SR 629 In memory of Joshua Daniel King. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 2, 2025
• SR 222 In memory of former state Senator and Representative Joe J. Bernal of San Antonio. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 1, 2025
• SR 686 Recognizing Secretary of the Senate Patsy Spaw and her staff for their valuable contributions and service. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 1, 2025
• SR 615 Recognizing Brenda Kaye Abbott on the occasion of her 80th birthday. · Passed One Chamber · May 31, 2025
• SR 628 In memory of former state representative James R. Pitts. · Passed One Chamber · May 31, 2025
• SR 619 In memory of Thomas Morrell Terry Jr. · Passed One Chamber · May 31, 2025
• SB 2053 Relating to creating the Governor's Medal of Service award to recognize service to the people of Texas. · Became Law · May 30, 2025
• SR 695 Returning Senate Bill No. 293 to the House for further consideration. · Passed One Chamber · May 30, 2025
• SR 625 Recognizing the McLennan Community College Dance Team for winning two Championship titles. · Passed One Chamber · May 29, 2025
• HB 2663 Relating to the affirmation required to be made by an operator as part of an application to the Railroad Commission of Texas for an extension of the deadline for plugging an inactive well; providing an administrative penalty. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• SR 587 Recognizing the Association of Water Board Directors-Texas on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. · Passed One Chamber · May 28, 2025
• SB 1146 Relating to the plugging or replugging of certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• SB 2052 Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship between a parent and a nonparent. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• SB 18 Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
• SB 1759 Relating to the declaration of an oil or gas emergency by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the liability of a person for assistance, advice, or resources provided in relation to an oil or gas emergency. · Became Law · May 27, 2025
• SR 585 Recognizing May 27, 2025, as Western Swing Day. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
• SB 2050 Relating to the recycling and disposal of consumer energy storage modules. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
• SB 2785 Relating to notification and disclosure of records and information concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to county or district attorneys. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
• SB 872 Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle involving theft of a firearm; increasing a criminal penalty. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
• SB 2782 Relating to discovery requirements related to sworn complaints made to the Texas Ethics Commission. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
• SB 875 Relating to prohibiting election activities committed by a member of the board of trustees or superintendent of an independent school district or on certain school district premises; creating criminal offenses. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
• SB 2203 Relating to the certification of discovery issues to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in contested cases referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings by the commission. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
• HB 206 Relating to a limitation on a county's authority to require a cash bond before approving the construction of a pipeline. · Became Law · May 26, 2025
• HB 180 Relating to border protection agreements between this state and the United Mexican States. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 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 3074 Relating to communications between the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the governor, the lieutenant governor, or a member of the legislature. · Passed One Chamber · May 25, 2025
• SB 2200 Relating to a prohibition on the operation or movement of certain overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials under certain circumstances; creating a criminal offense. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• SB 2199 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for loading certain overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials at a weight that exceeds the weight limitations authorized for the vehicle. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• SR 561 Recognizing the Boerne Little League All-Stars for advancing to the Little League Baseball World Series championship game. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 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
• 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
• HB 214 Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses regarding the acquisition of firearms, firearm and ammunition smuggling, and terrorism. · Passed One Chamber · May 22, 2025
• SJR 40 Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the powers of the governor, the legislature, and the supreme court following certain disaster or emergency declarations. · Passed One Chamber · May 22, 2025
• SB 2784 Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Somervell County Hospital District. · Introduced · May 22, 2025
• HB 2070 Relating to individuals whose name may be added to the central child abuse or neglect registry. · Passed One Chamber · May 21, 2025
• SB 2201 Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• SB 1197 Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a spaceport; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · May 19, 2025
• SB 870 Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal. · Became Law · May 19, 2025
• SB 2204 Relating to the applicability of uniform grant and contract management standards to certain Texas Water Development Board programs. · Became Law · May 19, 2025
• SR 546 Recognizing Baylor College of Medicine on the occasion of its 125th anniversary. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• SB 1757 Relating to the operation of rock crushing facilities. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• SB 879 Relating to an exemption for drillers or operators of closed-loop geothermal injection wells from certain requirements applicable to persons involved in activities under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas. · Became Law · May 19, 2025
• SR 536 Honoring Mark Garcia for his 25 years of service as Texas Senate auditor. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• SR 541 Recognizing Caterpillar Inc. on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• SJR 37 Proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying that a voter must be a United States citizen. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2025
• SR 521 In memory of Victor Valencia. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
• SB 1145 Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to issue permits for the land application of water produced from certain mining and oil and gas extraction operations. · Became Law · May 13, 2025
• SB 1147 Relating to the withdrawal of the State of Texas from the Interstate Mining Compact. · Became Law · May 13, 2025
• HJR 98 Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. · Passed Legislature · May 13, 2025
• SR 509 Recognizing the members of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Texas. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
• SB 2779 Relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax revenues. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2025
• SR 506 Recognizing May 2025 as Jewish American Heritage Month. · Passed One Chamber · May 8, 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
• SB 28 Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses. · Passed One Chamber · May 6, 2025
• SB 1754 Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to enter into an agreement to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the value of property on which a renewable energy facility is located or is planned to be located. · Passed One Chamber · May 2, 2025
• SB 1756 Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects and other qualified projects. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2025
• SB 1573 Relating to a limitation on the use of certain unsubstantiated information relating to peace officer misconduct. · Introduced · Apr 29, 2025
• SR 465 Recognizing April 29, 2025 as Donate Life Texas Day. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 29, 2025
• SB 39 Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 29, 2025
• SB 1199 Relating to the investigation of the death of a prisoner in county jail. · Introduced · Apr 29, 2025
• SR 453 In memory of Stanley C. Parker of Waco. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 28, 2025
• SJR 68 Proposing a constitutional amendment to clarify and implement certain provisions governing the impeachment, trial, removal from office, and disqualification of public officers. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 24, 2025
• SJR 54 Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. · Introduced · Apr 24, 2025
• SR 446 Recognizing the Eleventh Court of Appeals on the occasion of the court's centennial. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 24, 2025
• SB 2051 Relating to the impeachment or removal from office of certain public officers, including procedures governing the impeachment, trial on impeachment, and disqualification of state officers, and to the grounds for which certain public officers may be removed from office. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 24, 2025
• SR 421 Recognizing Blue Branch Historic Ranch and Anxiety Solutions of America for their service on behalf of veterans and first responders. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
• SB 878 Relating to limitations on the use of public money under certain economic development agreements or programs adopted by certain political subdivisions. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
• SJR 39 Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a regular session of the legislature. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
• SR 416 Recognizing the intern cohort of Dean Senator Zaffirini for their service during the 89th Legislative Session. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
• SB 1196 Relating to the procedures and notice required before an individual's name is added to the central child abuse or neglect registry. · Introduced · Apr 14, 2025
• SB 1195 Relating to the procedures for removing names from the central registry of child abuse and neglect. · Introduced · Apr 14, 2025
• SCR 24 Expressing support for the strengthening of our partnership with Israel and for the creation of a Texas Trade and Investment Office in Israel. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2025
• SB 2202 Relating to the trafficking of a firearm to a foreign terrorist organization and to the unlawful transfer of firearms between this state and the United Mexican States; creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• SB 2780 Relating to the recovery of a gas utility's gross plant placed in service not yet being recovered in rates. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• SB 2783 Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the display of certain flags. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• SR 311 Recognizing March 27, 2025, as CASA Day. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 27, 2025
• SR 330 Recognizing Tim Lee on the occasion of his 21st anniversary working with the Texas Legislature. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 26, 2025
• SR 329 Recognizing March 26, 2025, as REALTOR Day. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 26, 2025
• SB 2205 Relating to the revocation of a driver's license for failure to pay a civil penalty imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2025
• SR 306 Recognizing March 19, 2025, as Texas Small Business Development Center Day. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 25, 2025
• SR 305 In memory of Jill Diane Warrington Glover. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 20, 2025
• SR 261 Recognizing March 19, 2025, as Ellis County Day. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 19, 2025
• SR 265 Recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 19, 2025
• SR 286 Recognizing March 19, 2025, as Hill County Day. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 19, 2025
• SR 280 Recognizing March 19, 2025, as Waco Day. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 19, 2025
• SR 271 Recognizing March 17, 2025, as Profound Autism Awareness Day. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 18, 2025
• SB 2049 Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• SR 258 In memory of U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner of Houston. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 13, 2025
• SB 1755 Relating to the facility or location at which public school prekindergarten classes may be provided in partnership with a private entity. · Introduced · Mar 13, 2025
• SR 242 Recognizing March 16-22, 2025, as National Surveyors Week. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 12, 2025
• SB 1571 Relating to disclosure under the public information law of certain contact information of a notary public that is maintained by the secretary of state. · Introduced · Mar 6, 2025
• SB 1570 Relating to the creation of the Tarleton State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. · Introduced · Mar 6, 2025
• SB 1572 Relating to the operation of vehicles transporting steel; authorizing a fee. · Introduced · Mar 6, 2025
• SR 180 Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Nurse Day. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 4, 2025
• SR 201 In memory of William A. Lawson of Houston. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 4, 2025
• SJR 53 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to designate subjects for legislation during a special session. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• SR 169 Recognizing the participants, organizers, and sponsors of A Smokey Initiative BBQ Cook-Off. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 27, 2025
• SR 175 Recognizing February 2025 as Black History Month. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 27, 2025
• SR 152 Recognizing February 26, 2025, as Orange and Maroon Legislative Day. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 26, 2025
• SR 142 Recognizing Baylor University's Bob Bullock Scholars Program. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 25, 2025
• SR 140 Recognizing A Girl and A Gun Waco Chapter on the occasion of its 14th anniversary. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 25, 2025
• SR 141 Recognizing February 25, 2025, as Baylor Day. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 25, 2025
• SR 105 Recognizing Tarleton State University on the occasion of its 125th anniversary. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 20, 2025
• SR 102 Recognizing the members of the Alamo Letter Society for their commitment to preserving a vital part of the state's historic struggle. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 18, 2025
• SB 873 Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state over certain criminal actions. · Introduced · Feb 13, 2025
• SJR 42 Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the time during which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during a regular session. · Introduced · Feb 13, 2025
• SR 98 Recognizing Senator Judith Zaffirini on the occasion of her birthday. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 13, 2025
• SB 874 Relating to the eligibility of a person convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude to serve in certain roles at a charter holder or an open-enrollment charter school. · Introduced · Feb 13, 2025
• SJR 41 Rescinding the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution. · Introduced · Feb 13, 2025
• SR 66 Recognizing February 11, 2025, as University of Houston Day. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 11, 2025
• SJR 38 Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the authority of the governor to veto a bill passed by both houses of the Texas Legislature with a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house. · Introduced · Feb 11, 2025
• SR 45 Recognizing February 10 and 11, 2025, as Tarrant County Days. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 11, 2025
• SR 70 Recognizing February 11, 2025, as Texas State Technical College Day. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 11, 2025
• SR 28 Recognizing February 6, 2025 as Hood County Day. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 5, 2025
• SR 25 Recognizing the Impact Center of Arlington on the occasion of their reopening. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 4, 2025
• SR 20 Recognizing February 4, 2025 as Texas Energy Day. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 4, 2025
• SR 14 In memory of Jesus "Jesse" Vargas of Brazoria County. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 28, 2025
• SR 17 Recognizing January 28, 2025, as Sexual Assault Survivors Day. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 28, 2025
• SB 5 Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program and the establishment of a school safety grant program; making an appropriation. · Passed One Chamber · Dec 5, 2023
• SR 62 In memory of Brad Jones. · Passed One Chamber · Dec 1, 2023
• SR 4 In memory of Barbara Jean York Hancock. · Passed One Chamber · Nov 9, 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
• SR 72 In memory of Barbara Jean York Hancock. · Introduced · Nov 1, 2023
• SR 32 Recognizing the City of Granbury on the occasion of the dedication of the site at Memorial Lane. · Passed One Chamber · Oct 19, 2023
• SB 11 Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from a foreign nation. · Passed One Chamber · Oct 16, 2023
• SR 2 Recognizing Israel's right to use decisive force in defending its citizens and reaffirming Texas' support for Israel. · Passed One Chamber · Oct 9, 2023
• SR 41 Recognizing Kim Patterson on the occasion of her retirement. · Passed One Chamber · Jul 13, 2023
• SR 35 Adopting Rules of Impeachment of Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr., Attorney General of the State of Texas. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 21, 2023
• SR 36 Ordering Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr., Attorney General of the State of Texas, to appear before the Texas Senate at or before 9:00 a.m. on September 5, 2023. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 21, 2023
• SB 599 Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district or county clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district or county clerk. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 785 Relating to the ownership of and certain insurance policy provisions regarding the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of land. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 1893 Relating to prohibiting the use of certain social media applications and services on devices owned or leased by governmental entities. · 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 4885 Relating to programs established and funded under the Texas emissions reduction plan. · 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 3727 Relating to municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes. · 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 3514 Relating to the authority of a municipality to annex property in certain water districts. · Became Law · Jun 11, 2023
• HB 5142 Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to veterans. · Became Law · Jun 11, 2023
• HCR 104 Designating Granbury as the official Celebration Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033. · Became Law · Jun 11, 2023
• HB 4142 Relating to the award of attorney's fees in an action to enforce a motor vehicle mortgagee's lien. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• HB 2835 Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 144 in Hood and Somervell Counties as the Ed Shipman Memorial Highway. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• HB 2291 Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired judges and justices. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• SB 1900 Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against, and the prosecution of certain organized crime offenses involving a foreign terrorist organization and of sedition. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 1913 Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm to Market Road 2526 in Eastland County as the Sergeant Barbara Fenley Memorial Highway. · 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
• HB 1615 Relating to strategies to increase the availability of child-care and prekindergarten programs. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• SR 10 Recognizing Ellis County Precinct Two for its commitment to workplace safety. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 8, 2023
• SB 2 Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from a foreign nation. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 7, 2023
• SB 8 Relating to measures to address public safety threats in this state presented by transnational criminal activity, including by establishing a Texas Border Force and making funds available to certain governmental entities. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 7, 2023
• SR 2 Recognizing the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport for receiving a 2022 ASQ award. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 6, 2023
• HB 28 Relating to enhancing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the criminal offense of aggravated assault. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
• SB 786 Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of closed-loop geothermal injection wells. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
• SB 29 Relating to prohibited governmental entity implementation or enforcement of a vaccine mandate, mask requirement, or private business or school closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
• HB 2353 Relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
• HB 1297 Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
• SB 1420 Relating to municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
• SR 678 Requesting Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for funds used or will be used to meet federal obligations to secure the southern border. · Passed One Chamber · May 29, 2023
• SR 728 In memory of Gloria Morris Ashford of Dallas. · Passed One Chamber · May 29, 2023
• SR 686 Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on S.B. 1893. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 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

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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 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
• 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
• SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · Became Law · Sep 5, 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 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 2 Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flood-prone areas. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 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 1 Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. · 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 1 General Appropriations Bill. · Became Law · Jun 22, 2025
• SB 25 Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty. · Became Law · Jun 22, 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 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
• SB 37 Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 75 Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2 Relating to public education and public school finance. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 31 Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• 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
• SB 843 Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2601 Relating to the landowner compensation program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 7 Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 260 Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1220 Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state. · 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• SJR 87 Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony who have previously been convicted of or who were released on bail for certain offenses punishable as a felony at the time of the new offense. · Passed One Chamber · May 28, 2025
• SB 3073 Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings. · 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 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
• SB 987 Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state over certain criminal actions. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• SB 2880 Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs; making conforming changes and harmonizing conforming provisions; authorizing a private civil right of action. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 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 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 128 Relating to hospital reporting requirements regarding suspected child abuse, exploitation, or neglect; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 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
• 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
• SJR 57 Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of state funds to pay for the obligations of a local public retirement system. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 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 2 Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program. · Became Law · May 3, 2025
• SB 819 Relating to renewable energy generation facilities; authorizing fees. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
• SB 26 Relating to public education, including the rights and compensation of public school educators and funding for teacher compensation under the Foundation School Program. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2025
• SR 374 In memory of Clyde Vance Dunnam of Waco. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 8, 2025
• SR 352 Recognizing April 2, 2025, as Texas Food Bank Day. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 2, 2025
• SB 1397 Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district in Ellis County. · Introduced · Mar 6, 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
• SB 1 Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program. · Passed One Chamber · Nov 10, 2023
• SB 2 Relating to a local optional teacher designation system implemented by a school district, the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the public school finance system, and certain allotments under the Foundation School Program; making an appropriation. · Passed One Chamber · Nov 10, 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
• SB 1 Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program. · Passed One Chamber · Oct 13, 2023
• SB 2 Relating to a local optional teacher designation system implemented by a school district, a security officer employed by a school district, the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the public school finance system, and certain allotments under the Foundation School Program; making an appropriation. · Passed One Chamber · Oct 13, 2023
• SB 2 Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration; authorizing the imposition of a fee. · Became Law · Jul 22, 2023
• SB 3 Relating to the amount of the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax and the exclusion of certain taxable entities from the requirement to file a franchise tax report. · Became Law · Jul 22, 2023
• HJR 2 Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to establish a temporary limit on the maximum appraised value of real property other than a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes; to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads; to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts; to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations; and to authorize the legislature to provide for a four-year term of office for a member of the governing body of certain appraisal entities. · Passed Legislature · Jul 14, 2023
• SB 1 Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, and limitations on taxes and providing franchise tax relief. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 30, 2023
• SJR 1 Proposing a constitutional amendment 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 provide supplemental payments to full-time classroom teachers in school districts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. · Introduced · Jun 30, 2023
• SB 26 Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, and limitations on taxes and providing franchise tax relief. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 27, 2023
• SB 1290 Relating to a study of the effects of the installation, operation, removal, and disposal of solar, wind turbine, and energy storage equipment. · 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 252 Relating to the licensing of certain veterans by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those veterans by political subdivisions. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 12 Relating to the authority to regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 17 Relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at public institutions of higher education. · Became Law · Jun 17, 2023
• HB 1243 Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 1181 Relating to the publication or distribution of sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet website; providing a civil penalty. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 2706 Relating to the regulation of manufactured homes. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 3287 Relating to the locations of the campuses of the Texas State Technical College System. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• HB 73 Relating to limitation of certain liability of owners, lessees, and occupants of land in connection with livestock and agricultural land. · 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
• SB 22 Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's offices, constable's offices, and prosecutor's offices in rural counties. · Became Law · Jun 7, 2023
• SB 1089 Relating to repealing the ability to declare certain unopposed candidates for office as elected. · Became Law · 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
• SB 1133 Relating to a program to compensate landowners for property damage caused by certain criminal activities. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
• SB 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, an increase in the amount of certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, an adjustment in 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 the exemption amounts, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue. · Passed One Chamber · May 30, 2023
• SJR 1 Proposing a constitutional amendment 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, and to except 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 · May 30, 2023
• SB 9 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 24, 2023
• SB 371 Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. · Became Law · May 23, 2023
• SB 559 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, 2023
• SB 515 Relating to investigations of child abuse and neglect and the procedures for adding names to or removing names from the central registry of child abuse and neglect. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• SB 617 Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records. · Became Law · May 19, 2023
• SCR 25 Expressing opposition to the creation of a central bank digital currency. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2023