Gary Gates

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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 296 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. · Aug 25, 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 95 Relating to establishing minimum credentialing qualifications for Emergency Management Coordinators appointed by Emergency Management Directors. · Introduced · Aug 18, 2025
• HB 207 Relating to third-party review of development documents and inspection of improvements required to be approved by a political subdivision. · Jul 25, 2025
• HB 189 Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings. · Jul 23, 2025
• HB 4753 Relating to the municipal issuance of a document verifying that a certificate of occupancy has been issued for certain buildings. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 120 Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3214 Relating to eligibility for a master plumber license. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 15 Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 5661 Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 286; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 20 Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 5662 Relating to the powers, duties, and authority to issue bonds of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 related to roads. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 5655 Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2835 Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain apartment buildings. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 21 Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• HB 4308 Relating to the creation of industrial development districts in certain counties; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
• HB 23 Relating to the authority of certain persons to obtain third-party review of plats and property development plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an improvement related to such a document. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
• SB 673 Relating to municipal and county regulation of accessory dwelling units; authorizing a fee. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
• SB 291 Relating to the failure to disclose certain appraisal reports by an entity with eminent domain authority in connection with an offer to acquire real property. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2025
• SB 1450 Relating to third-party review of development documents and inspection of improvements required to be approved by a political subdivision. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• HB 5431 Relating to the exclusion of at-large and mayoral seats from the requirement of re-election following apportionment. · Passed One Chamber · 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
• HB 871 Relating to the residential and commercial building codes of municipalities. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• HB 4398 Relating to municipal permitting requirements for certain development projects supported with low income housing tax credit allocations. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2025
• HB 1227 Relating to municipal solid waste management services contracts; limiting the amount of a fee. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
• HB 2545 Relating to the establishment of the Rural Workforce Training Grant Program. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
• HB 1228 Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
• HB 1226 Relating to the dissolution by petition of a municipal management district; making conforming changes related to ship channel security districts. · Introduced · May 13, 2025
• HB 2867 Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
• HB 1225 Relating to the establishment of a bundled-pricing program to reduce certain health care costs in the state employees group benefits program. · Introduced · May 10, 2025
• HB 1585 Relating to housing finance corporations and to the location of residential developments owned by those corporations. · Passed One Chamber · May 8, 2025
• HB 2216 Relating to procedures and grounds related to the removal and placement of children, including for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity. · Passed One Chamber · May 7, 2025
• HB 5148 Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain multifamily residential buildings. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2025
• HB 363 Relating to the filing with the county clerk of certain counties of a draft of a petition requesting the creation of a municipal utility district. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 29, 2025
• HB 2578 Relating to landlord and tenant dispute information reported by courts and published on a publicly accessible Internet website. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 23, 2025
• HB 4108 Relating to the bidding process in a county commissioners court. · Introduced · Apr 14, 2025
• HB 2561 Relating to the meeting place of the board of a municipal utility district. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2025
• HB 5132 Relating to an exclusion for mixed beverage gross receipts tax and mixed beverage sales tax. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• HB 5408 Relating to General Land Office and Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs reviews of real property owned by the state. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• HB 5648 Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. · Became Law · Apr 7, 2025
• HB 3919 Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• HB 4306 Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations. · Introduced · Apr 1, 2025
• HB 4305 Relating to disclosure of rent and certain fees and charges by a landlord. · Introduced · Apr 1, 2025
• HB 4307 Relating to multifamily residential developments financed, owned, or operated by public facility corporations. · Introduced · Apr 1, 2025
• HB 3172 Relating to municipal regulation of multifamily and mixed-use development on religious land. · Introduced · Mar 27, 2025
• HB 3533 Relating to multifamily residential developments financed, owned, or operated by public facility corporations. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
• HB 3534 Relating to multifamily residential developments financed, owned, or operated by public facility corporations. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
• HB 3532 Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
• HB 1590 Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 1595 Relating to public housing authorities; authorizing a fee. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 5329 Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 262; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. · Became Law · Jun 17, 2023
• HB 5325 Relating to the boundaries of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 144. · Became Law · Jun 17, 2023
• HB 5326 Relating to the creation of the Orchard Municipal Utility District No. 2; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. · Became Law · Jun 17, 2023
• HB 5333 Relating to the creation of Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 252; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 5312 Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 147; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes. · 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 2533 Relating to the implementation of a statewide homeless data sharing network to share real time data on homelessness. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2023
• HB 1634 Relating to requirements for beneficial tax treatment related to a leasehold or other possessory interest in a public facility used to provide multifamily housing. · Passed One Chamber · May 22, 2023
• HB 2120 Relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology at an establishment at a public secondary school. · Passed One Chamber · May 18, 2023
• HB 2149 Relating to notice of rights provided to a patient receiving inpatient mental health, chemical dependency, or comprehensive medical rehabilitation services at certain facilities. · Passed One Chamber · May 16, 2023
• HB 3220 Relating to an assessment on the use of surplus government property to provide housing to homeless veterans. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2023
• HB 2615 Relating to the operation by a school district of a foundation and trade diploma program to provide eligible high school students with educational training under a plan for the issuance of a high school diploma and the application of certain student-based allotments under the public school finance system. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
• HB 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 3276 Relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2023
• HB 2665 Relating to an interim study of the municipal regulation of short-term rental properties and residential amenity rental properties. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2023
• HB 3568 Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing; authorizing a fee; authorizing a penalty. · Introduced · Apr 20, 2023

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 25 Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. · 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 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 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
• HR 58 Amending the permanent rules of the House of Representatives to remove the political party restriction on the vice-chair of a standing committee and to provide that the vice-chair of a committee does not receive a separate budget for that position. · Aug 25, 2025
• HB 291 Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state. · Aug 22, 2025
• HB 64 Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
• HB 186 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
• HB 167 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 115 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
• 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 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 274 Relating to an interstate compact for animal health initiatives. · Aug 4, 2025
• HB 272 Relating to creation of the Screwworm Abatement Trust (SWAT) Fund. · Aug 4, 2025
• HB 273 Relating to the creation of the Institute for Animal Health Research and Response. · Aug 4, 2025
• HB 4 Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. · Introduced · Aug 4, 2025
• 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 84 Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin. · Jul 14, 2025
• SB 1362 Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · Jun 22, 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 4226 Relating to exemptions from the taxes imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle for a vehicle purchased, used, or rented by a nonprofit food bank or a provider of housing and related services. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2477 Relating to certain municipal regulation of conversion of certain office buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 1875 Relating to a study by the General Land Office regarding veterans cemeteries in this state. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 1481 Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 823 Relating to labeling and representation of imported shrimp; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2217 Relating to establishing a grant program to equip motor vehicles used by peace officers with certain bullet-resistant components. · 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 300 Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1233 Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3441 Relating to the liability of vaccine manufacturers that advertise a harmful vaccine. · 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 840 Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2 Relating to public education and public school finance. · 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 100 Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 33 Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 4099 Relating to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2688 Relating to the public retirement systems of certain municipalities. · 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 24 Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 75 Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 40 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief. · Became Law · Jun 16, 2025
• SB 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
• 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
• SJR 5 Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony. · Passed Legislature · Jun 2, 2025
• HB 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
• 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
• HCR 40 Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for border security costs incurred under Operation Lone Star. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
• SB 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 3073 Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
• SB 16 Relating to requiring a person to submit proof of citizenship to register to vote, including the eligibility of certain voters to vote a limited federal ballot if the voter cannot supply the required proof and the procedures for the counting of those ballots; creating criminal offenses. · Passed One Chamber · May 25, 2025
• 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
• SB 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
• HR 1028 Recognizing May 21, 2025, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2025
• HB 1089 Relating to creation of the gulf coast protection account to be administered by the General Land Office. · 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
• HB 5187 Relating to certain municipal regulation of conversion of certain office buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
• SJR 3 Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2025
• HB 3695 Relating to copayments required by a health maintenance organization or preferred provider benefit plan for visiting physical therapists. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
• HB 3134 Relating to advanced air mobility. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
• HB 2587 Relating to an annual report on the financial impact on hospitals for providing certain uncompensated care. · Introduced · May 13, 2025
• HJR 138 Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a carbon tax. · Introduced · May 12, 2025
• HB 4688 Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator. · Introduced · May 12, 2025
• HB 2275 Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. · Introduced · May 9, 2025
• HB 1674 Relating to the production, sale, and use of certain agricultural products containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · May 9, 2025
• HB 3061 Relating to enhancing the punishment for committing certain criminal offenses while disguised or masked. · Introduced · May 8, 2025
• HB 5337 Relating to requiring a person to submit proof of citizenship to register to vote; creating criminal offenses. · Introduced · May 7, 2025
• HB 3673 Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions. · Introduced · May 7, 2025
• SB 844 Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary. · Passed One Chamber · May 6, 2025
• SB 2 Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program. · Became Law · May 3, 2025
• HB 3356 Relating to reliability requirements for certain electric generation facilities. · Introduced · Apr 29, 2025
• HB 3364 Relating to the establishment of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship and to the practice of veterinary medicine by telephone or electronic means. · Introduced · Apr 28, 2025
• HR 945 In memory of Pope Francis. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 24, 2025
• HB 2684 Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty. · Introduced · Apr 21, 2025
• HB 2433 Relating to the collection of state, municipal, and county hotel occupancy taxes by an accommodations intermediary. · Introduced · Apr 21, 2025
• HB 1952 Relating to the composition of county appraisal district boards of directors. · Introduced · Apr 17, 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 5243 Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. · 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 2068 Relating to the governance and territory of the Harris County Flood Control District. · Became Law · Apr 9, 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 4198 Relating to the standards for a school district's library collection development policies; providing a civil penalty. · Introduced · Mar 31, 2025
• HB 3934 Relating to governmental action that infringes on the right to keep and bear arms in this state. · Introduced · Mar 27, 2025
• HB 1490 Relating to creating a criminal offense for certain conduct involving the unauthorized use of a vehicle. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2025
• HB 3404 Relating to certain municipal and county regulation of certain multifamily and mixed-use residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy. · Introduced · Mar 21, 2025
• HB 76 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds. · Introduced · Mar 18, 2025
• HJR 15 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons. · Introduced · Mar 18, 2025
• HJR 16 Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony. · Introduced · Mar 18, 2025
• HB 2696 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. · Introduced · Mar 18, 2025
• HB 3 Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program. · Introduced · Mar 12, 2025
• HB 1497 Relating to the placement of a nativity scene on the Capitol grounds. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
• HB 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
• HJR 3 Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
• HB 1009 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
• HB 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 749 Relating to notice provided by food service establishments serving shrimp imported from outside of the United States. · Introduced · Mar 5, 2025
• HB 735 Relating to required labeling of meat, poultry, shrimp, and certain related food products. · Introduced · Mar 4, 2025
• HB 515 Relating to public school policies regarding student use of personal electronic devices. · Introduced · Mar 3, 2025
• HB 239 Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using certain private spaces; authorizing a civil penalty. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
• HB 194 Relating to the establishment of faith-based child-care facilities. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
• HB 162 Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
• HB 2071 Relating to certain public facilities, including public facilities used to provide affordable housing. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 975 Relating to the procedures for the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license is surrendered. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• 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 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
• HB 3 Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the development and implementation of purchases relating to and funding for public school safety and security requirements and the provision of safety-related resources. · Became Law · Jun 14, 2023
• HB 2127 Relating to state preemption of and the effect of certain state or federal law on certain municipal and county regulation. · Became Law · Jun 14, 2023
• HB 18 Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services and electronic devices, including the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 2 Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties. · Passed Legislature · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 969 Relating to local regulation to enforce child custody orders; authorizing a civil penalty. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
• HB 90 Relating to benefits for certain members of the Texas military forces and survivors of members of the Texas military forces. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 25 Relating to wholesale importation of prescription drugs in this state; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 19 Relating to the creation of a specialty trial court to hear certain cases; authorizing fees. · 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 3554 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 3553 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses if committed at certain locations. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 9 Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• HB 916 Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
• 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 490 Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers. · Became Law · May 29, 2023
• HB 7 Relating to measures to address public safety threats in this state presented by transnational criminal activity, including by establishing a Texas Border Force, and to compensate persons affected by those threats; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses. · Passed Legislature · May 27, 2023
• HB 567 Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race. · Became Law · May 27, 2023
• HB 3899 Relating to the issuance of bonds by certain local government corporations. · Passed Legislature · May 26, 2023
• HB 1613 Relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans. · Passed Legislature · May 25, 2023
• SB 177 Relating to informed consent before provision of certain medical treatments and exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination requirements. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• SB 2021 Relating to requirements for certain Internet websites containing sexual material harmful to minors; providing a civil penalty. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2023
• HB 683 Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2023
• HB 4713 Relating to group health benefit plan coverage for early treatment of first episode psychosis. · Passed One Chamber · May 11, 2023
• HB 1980 Relating to the procedures for the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license is surrendered. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
• HB 2886 Relating to the establishment of the office of food system security and resiliency in the Department of Agriculture. · Passed One Chamber · May 11, 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 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 249 Relating to a school security volunteer program in certain counties. · Passed One Chamber · May 2, 2023
• HB 5338 Relating to the Harris County Flood Control District and the transfer to it of the assets, programs, and facilities of the Harris County Toll Road Authority; providing for the appointment of the governing body. · Became Law · Apr 25, 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
• HR 1167 Recognizing April 20, 2023, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 20, 2023
• HJR 201 Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the technical institution infrastructure fund and the available workforce education fund to support the capital needs of career and technical education programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System, the Lamar Institute of Technology, Lamar State College-Orange, and Lamar State College-Port Arthur. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2023
• HB 3883 Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2023
• HB 1155 Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for certain public school students. · Introduced · Mar 2, 2023
• HJR 75 Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding certain organizational and procedural matters related to the legislature. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2023
• HB 521 Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant. · Introduced · Feb 23, 2023
• HB 522 Relating to the designation of Celebration of Life Day as a state holiday. · Introduced · Feb 23, 2023