Charles Perry

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• SB 12 Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. · Became Law · Sep 19, 2025
• 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
• SB 11 Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. · Became Law · Sep 17, 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 16 Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
• 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
• 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 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
• SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · Became Law · Sep 5, 2025
• SB 3 Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas. · Became Law · Sep 5, 2025
• HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · Became Law · Sep 5, 2025
• SR 1 Honoring the lives lost during the 2025 Texas flooding. · Passed One Chamber · Sep 4, 2025
• SB 2 Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. · Passed Legislature · Aug 27, 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 15 Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 25, 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 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
• SR 4 Recognizing Joseph C. Longway on the occasion of his retirement. · 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 76 Recognizing Tedd L. Mitchell for his service as chancellor of the Texas Tech University System. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 15, 2025
• SB 29 Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin. · Introduced · Aug 15, 2025
• SR 93 Memorializing the lives lost during the 2025 Texas floods. · Introduced · Aug 13, 2025
• SB 1 Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 2025
• SB 13 Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 2025
• SB 69 Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin. · Introduced · Aug 6, 2025
• SB 5 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 4, 2025
• SB 268 Relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners. · Vetoed · Jun 22, 2025
• HB 2842 Relating to the control by lethal means of white-tailed deer in certain areas. · Became Law · Jun 22, 2025
• SB 3 Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Vetoed · Jun 22, 2025
• SB 1253 Relating to impact and production fees for certain water projects and to the regulation of certain wells; authorizing a fee. · Vetoed · Jun 22, 2025
• HB 2712 Relating to test years used for ratemaking purposes by certain water and sewer utilities. · 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 269 Relating to required reports of certain vaccine-related or drug-related adverse events. · 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 2187 Relating to hospital staffing report and complaint processes and to retaliation and mandatory overtime protections for nurses. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2080 Relating to the review of the duties of a groundwater conservation district by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 5624 Relating to the liability of a motorized off-road vehicle entity for injuries arising from certain activities. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 264 Relating to discontinuing group self-insurance coverage and dissolving the Texas self-insurance group guaranty fund and trust fund under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1948 Relating to the regulation of fire prevention standards for certain agricultural facilities. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3112 Relating to the application of the open meetings law and public information law to government information related to certain cybersecurity measures. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 4630 Relating to the regulation of artesian water wells by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1558 Relating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 263 Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1610 Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registration requirements; increasing criminal penalties. · 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
• HB 4263 Relating to the procedures and practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department regarding grievances submitted by department employees and former department employees and to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to the department's release review panel and the authority of a panel member. · 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 1307 Relating to a biennial health coverage reference guide developed by the Texas Department of Insurance. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1261 Relating to the financing of water supply projects included in the state water plan; authorizing the issuance of obligations. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2143 Relating to the authority of a county to commission certain individuals as peace officers and establish certain law enforcement agencies. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HCR 135 Designating Slaton as the official Banana Pudding Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1728 Relating to the participation of certain juvenile justice entities in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2282 Relating to the amount of the reimbursement fee paid by a defendant for a peace officer's services in executing or processing an arrest warrant, capias, or capias pro fine. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 18 Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 4099 Relating to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 509 Relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 10 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2313 Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3000 Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 5560 Relating to penalties in certain suits involving a groundwater conservation district; increasing a penalty. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 502 Relating to peace officers commissioned by the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 24 Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students. · 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 46 Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 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 2078 Relating to the joint planning of desired future conditions in groundwater management areas. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 565 Relating to a compliance agreement for the suspension of an enforcement action against a regional water supply, sewer, wastewater treatment, or solid waste disposal service for certain violations. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 700 Relating to disclosures for certain commercial sales-based financing transactions, the effect of certain commercial sales-based financing contract provisions, and the registration of commercial sales-based financing brokers and providers; authorizing a fee and providing a civil penalty. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 510 Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws. · 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 370 Relating to the availability of certain personal information of a child, spouse, or surviving spouse of a current or former employee of the office of the attorney general or of a public defender's office. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3228 Relating to the inclusion of certain provisions in lease agreements for wind or solar power facilities. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2513 Relating to a paid leave of absence for public employees serving as fire protection personnel who are engaged in certain military service. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 75 Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1522 Relating to the regulation of continuing care facilities. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 4163 Relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental requirements on an agricultural operation. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 863 Relating to water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer and to the use of certain reclaimed water in an aquifer storage and recovery project. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1171 Relating to compensation, leave, and physical fitness programs and standards for certain employees of the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2155 Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2024 Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or selling certain e-cigarette products; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 740 Relating to certain proceedings by the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding water or sewer service. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2064 Relating to an exemption from certain taxes imposed on the transfer of a motor vehicle to a person from a decedent or the decedent's estate. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3595 Relating to an emergency preparedness and contingency operations plan, including temperature regulation, for assisted living facility residents during an emergency; providing penalties. · 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
• SCR 56 Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house of representatives to make corrections in H.B. No. 46. · Passed Legislature · Jun 3, 2025
• HCR 171 Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 46. · Passed Legislature · Jun 3, 2025
• SR 629 In memory of Joshua Daniel King. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 2, 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
• SCR 57 Instructing the enrolling clerk of the House to make corrections to H.B. No. 46. · Introduced · Jun 2, 2025
• SR 718 Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 46. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 1, 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 628 In memory of former state representative James R. Pitts. · Passed One Chamber · May 31, 2025
• SR 627 In memory of Joe Layton Wall. · Passed One Chamber · May 31, 2025
• SR 695 Returning Senate Bill No. 293 to the House for further consideration. · Passed One Chamber · May 30, 2025
• SB 2662 Relating to the enforcement of drought contingency plans by water and sewer utilities and the Public Utility Commission of Texas. · Became Law · May 30, 2025
• SB 2145 Relating to the authority of the advisory body of a public improvement district and the board of directors of a reinvestment zone to hold a meeting by a telecommunication device. · Became Law · May 30, 2025
• SB 1248 Relating to the disclosure of certain harvest report information submitted to the Parks and Wildlife Department. · Became Law · May 30, 2025
• SB 1247 Relating to consolidating certain nonresident hunting licenses. · Became Law · May 30, 2025
• SB 1173 Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• SB 1895 Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway Loop 88 in Lubbock County as the First Responders Memorial Loop. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• HB 2692 Relating to the San Antonio River Authority. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• HB 3229 Relating to recycling of certain renewable energy components; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• HB 142 Relating to the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general, the review of certain Medicaid claims, and the recovery of certain overpayments under Medicaid. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• HB 29 Relating to water losses reported by certain municipally owned utilities to the Texas Water Development Board; authorizing administrative penalties. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• SB 1214 Relating to the operations and administration of the Concho County Hospital District. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• SB 480 Relating to the authority of a local government to enter into an interlocal contract with certain governmental entities to participate in water research or planning activities. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• HB 5092 Relating to the operation and dissolution of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority and to agreements between Texas Tech University and the authority. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• HB 3483 Relating to the authority of a special utility district to issue a public security. · Passed One Chamber · May 28, 2025
• SB 296 Relating to driving safety or motorcycle operator training course dismissal. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• SR 586 Recognizing G. David Smith for becoming president-elect of the State Bar of Texas. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
• SB 505 Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty. · Passed One Chamber · May 27, 2025
• SB 2269 Relating to dispute resolution for and enforcement actions against certain long-term care facilities. · Became Law · May 27, 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 1377 Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties. · Introduced · 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 266 Relating to certain tax and fee collection procedures and taxpayer suits. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
• SB 1172 Relating to exempting certain transactions from regulation by the Texas Real Estate Commission. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
• SB 1855 Relating to requirements that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2025
• HB 2542 Relating to the establishment of a work group to study and make recommendations on certain services needed by individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 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 1942 Relating to the participation of an advanced practice registered nurse as a participating or preferred provider for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans. · Passed One Chamber · May 21, 2025
• SB 1087 Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax. · Introduced · May 20, 2025
• SB 305 Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway. · Became Law · May 20, 2025
• SB 1035 Relating to equitable relief from the enforcement of certain governmental requirements that affect agricultural operations. · Became Law · May 19, 2025
• SB 522 Relating to the certification and regulation of certain out-of-state certified public accountants. · Became Law · May 19, 2025
• SB 1086 Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax. · Introduced · May 19, 2025
• SR 542 Recognizing Tim Pierce on the occasion of his retirement. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• SR 536 Honoring Mark Garcia for his 25 years of service as Texas Senate auditor. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• SB 304 Relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts over health and safety and nuisance abatement ordinances. · Became Law · May 15, 2025
• SB 1066 Relating to the requirement for performance and payment bonds from certain contractors of the Parks and Wildlife Department. · Became Law · May 15, 2025
• SB 2660 Relating to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; authorizing a fee. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
• HJR 2 Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift. · Passed Legislature · May 14, 2025
• SR 519 Recognizing Chris Kemp on the occasion of his retirement. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
• HB 1461 Relating to the confinement or detention of certain individuals in a county jail or other facility operated by or for the county and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement or detention. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
• HB 4735 Relating to rural development funds and insurance tax credits for certain investments in those funds; authorizing fees. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
• SB 1727 Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings, the adjudication and disposition of cases involving delinquent conduct, and certain offenses or conduct committed by a child or by a person placed in or committed to certain juvenile facilities; changing the eligibility for community supervision. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2025
• SB 262 Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy. · Became Law · May 8, 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 2846 Relating to the control of disease in wildlife; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Passed One Chamber · May 6, 2025
• SB 2357 Relating to a maternal health training program for certain health care providers. · Passed One Chamber · May 6, 2025
• SB 1870 Relating to municipal and county enforcement of drug and consumable hemp product laws; providing civil penalties. · Passed One Chamber · May 6, 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 2677 Relating to disclosures for certain commercial sales-based financing transactions and the registration of commercial sales-based financing brokers; authorizing a fee and providing a civil penalty. · Introduced · May 5, 2025
• SB 503 Relating to the establishment of an electronic registry of livestock marks and brands. · Became Law · May 3, 2025
• SB 2844 Relating to the regulation of deer breeding; creating criminal offenses. · Passed One Chamber · May 2, 2025
• SB 2693 Relating to the role of advocacy and support groups in the juvenile justice system. · Passed One Chamber · May 2, 2025
• SB 306 Relating to the protection of expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. · Introduced · May 1, 2025
• SB 2843 Relating to a study of the effectiveness of rules and policies implemented by the Parks and Wildlife Department to manage and contain chronic wasting disease and of cervid resistance to chronic wasting disease. · Passed One Chamber · May 1, 2025
• SB 325 Relating to county regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats. · Introduced · May 1, 2025
• SCR 50 Urging Congress to reform the federal guest worker program. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2025
• SB 2658 Relating to the production and study of brackish groundwater. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2025
• SR 455 In memory of William "Bud" D. Howell of Lubbock. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 29, 2025
• SB 1868 Relating to adding certain substances to the Texas Controlled Substances Act and regulating kratom and kratom products; increasing civil penalties; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 28, 2025
• SB 1891 Relating to test years used for ratemaking purposes by certain water and sewer utilities. · Introduced · Apr 28, 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
• SB 1871 Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
• SB 1873 Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
• SB 2397 Relating to the establishment of the task force on disability policy. · Introduced · Apr 22, 2025
• SB 1869 Relating to the procedures for modifying the schedules of controlled substances. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
• SB 1874 Relating to immunity from certain disciplinary proceedings against a professional employee of a school district for certain actions concerning public school discipline and law and order. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
• SB 1872 Relating to the expulsion of a public school student for engaging in conduct that constitutes certain offenses. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
• SB 2694 Relating to the operation and dissolution of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority and to agreements between Texas Tech University and the authority. · Became Law · Apr 22, 2025
• SR 393 Recognizing April 16, 2025, as Texas Juvenile Justice Professional Day. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 16, 2025
• SB 1211 Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain tangible personal property used in hydraulic fracturing. · Introduced · Apr 16, 2025
• SB 302 Relating to the payment of certain costs associated with certain assignments of a statutory probate court judge. · Introduced · Apr 16, 2025
• SB 2661 Relating to penalties in certain suits involving a groundwater conservation district; increasing a penalty. · 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 2845 Relating to the voluntary removal of either a breeder deer's identification tag or button tag on liberation of the breeder deer onto a release site. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• SB 1190 Relating to water losses reported by certain municipally owned utilities to the Texas Water Development Board; authorizing administrative penalties. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• SR 369 Recognizing Adelle Marie Bentley Holland of Lubbock on the occasion of her 100th birthday. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 7, 2025
• SB 2719 Relating to the lease of certain state property from the Department of State Health Services to Travis County. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• SB 2772 Relating to the dissemination of juvenile justice information by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• SB 2659 Relating to recycling of certain renewable energy components; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• SB 2657 Relating to the inclusion of recycling or disposal provisions in certain lease agreements of wind or solar power facilities. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• SB 2720 Relating to the authority of the Department of State Health Services to lease certain real property. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• SR 353 Recognizing the Poka Lambro Telephone Cooperative on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 2, 2025
• SR 355 In memory of Jonathan David Corder of Levelland. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 2, 2025
• SR 354 In memory of Crystal Jeanette Goforth of Levelland. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 2, 2025
• SB 508 Relating to preparing and delivering precinct election returns; increasing a criminal penalty. · Introduced · Mar 31, 2025
• SB 2388 Relating to managed care contracts, including the procurement of managed care contracts, under Medicaid and the child health plan program. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2025
• SB 2358 Relating to the establishment of an electronic health record loan program for certain health care facilities. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2025
• SB 2356 Relating to hospital staffing report processes and to retaliation and mandatory overtime protections for nurses; providing administrative penalties. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2025
• SB 2144 Relating to the authority of a reserve peace officer. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
• SR 297 In memory of William Patrick Tynan of Lubbock. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 24, 2025
• SB 2142 Relating to the creation of the consumable hemp products account in the general revenue fund and imposing fees for licensing manufacturers of consumable hemp products and registering certain retailers of consumable hemp products. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
• SB 507 Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
• SR 305 In memory of Jill Diane Warrington Glover. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 20, 2025
• SB 1505 Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
• SR 265 Recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 19, 2025
• SB 1289 Relating to the permissible uses of the Texas water fund. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• SR 273 Recognizing the Lubbock Monterey Chapter of AMBUCS on the occasion of its Visibility Month. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 18, 2025
• SR 272 Recognizing the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Concho Valley on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 18, 2025
• SB 1645 Relating to a study by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center on health, nutrition, physical activity, and chronic health issues in this state. · Introduced · Mar 18, 2025
• SB 1866 Relating to the Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• SB 1867 Relating to the addition of certain substances to Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• SB 1890 Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• SB 1875 Relating to the repeal of the requirement that certain entities subject to the franchise tax must file a public information report with the comptroller of public accounts. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• SB 2952 Relating to the regulation of hemp and nonconsumable hemp products; increasing a criminal penalty; increasing a civil penalty and providing other penalties; requiring an occupational license; imposing and authorizing certain fees. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• SB 2988 Relating to certification by the commission prior to the award of health plan provider contracts under Medicaid managed care. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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 25 Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
• SB 14 Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 12, 2025
• SB 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 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 650 Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages. · 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 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 912 Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 34 Relating to funding for certain volunteer fire departments, to the preparation for and the prevention, management, and potential effects of wildfires, and to emergency communications in this state. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 713 Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 4623 Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 835 Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 43 Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 260 Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1388 Relating to family support services provided under a Health and Human Services Commission program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 1871 Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of attempted capital murder of a peace officer; increasing a criminal penalty; changing eligibility for parole and mandatory supervision. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1737 Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2508 Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a qualifying condition or disease. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 293 Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2406 Relating to the Sabine River Authority of Texas, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying term lengths and grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors. · 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
• HB 14 Relating to support for the development of the nuclear energy industry. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 568 Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1300 Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1313 Relating to prohibited signs, logos, and designs in advertising or marketing cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or other tobacco products; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2407 Relating to the Lower Neches Valley Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying term length grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 40 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief. · Became Law · Jun 16, 2025
• SB 9 Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions. · Became Law · Jun 16, 2025
• SB 23 Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue. · Became Law · Jun 16, 2025
• 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 2703 Relating to designating July as American Patriotism Month. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• SJR 1 Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances for illegal aliens charged with certain offenses punishable as a felony. · Passed One Chamber · May 28, 2025
• HJR 133 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed under federal law to have been service-connected. · Passed Legislature · May 28, 2025
• SB 2891 Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
• SB 464 Relating to the operation near a public or private primary or secondary school of a retail establishment selling cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products; creating a criminal offense. · Passed One Chamber · 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
• SB 1316 Relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations. · Became Law · May 21, 2025
• SB 855 Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care. · Became Law · May 21, 2025
• SB 990 Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder. · Passed One Chamber · May 21, 2025
• 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
• SB 942 Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception. · Passed One Chamber · May 20, 2025
• SB 1169 Relating to the provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently. · Became Law · May 20, 2025
• SB 1967 Relating to the provision of financial assistance by the Texas Water Development Board for certain projects. · Became Law · May 20, 2025
• SCR 13 Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources. · Became Law · May 15, 2025
• SB 513 Relating to a rural community-based care pilot program. · Became Law · May 13, 2025
• SB 2060 Relating to funding mechanisms within the Office of the Governor and Texas Public Utility Commission to support the deployment of advanced nuclear reactors in this state. · Introduced · May 13, 2025
• SB 365 Relating to the period for which an applicant for admission as an undergraduate student to a public institution of higher education is entitled to an academic fresh start. · Became Law · May 6, 2025
• SB 229 Relating to prohibiting a retail seller of motor vehicles from imposing certain restrictions on the purchase of a motor vehicle. · Introduced · May 1, 2025
• SB 2728 Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits in relation to newborn children. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2025
• SB 2408 Relating to the Trinity River Authority of Texas, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors. · Became Law · Apr 30, 2025
• SB 2930 Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2025
• SB 2409 Relating to the Angelina and Neches River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors. · Became Law · Apr 30, 2025
• SB 1314 Relating to a prohibition on certain e-cigarette products. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 22, 2025
• SB 1124 Relating to discovery in a criminal case. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 17, 2025
• SB 814 Relating to automatic orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain misdemeanor defendants following successful completion of a period of deferred adjudication community supervision. · Introduced · Apr 14, 2025
• SB 1354 Relating to the minimum reimbursement amount for prescription drugs and devices to health benefit plan network pharmacists and pharmacies. · Introduced · Apr 14, 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
• SB 881 Relating to the issuance by the Texas Medical Board of certain licenses to practice medicine and the authority of an insured to select certain license holders under the insured's health policy; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees. · Introduced · Apr 2, 2025
• SB 1315 Relating to county and municipal authority to prohibit the sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products near certain locations. · Introduced · Apr 2, 2025
• SB 1317 Relating to limitations on the age of individuals allowed to enter the premises of a smoke shop; creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · Apr 2, 2025
• SB 287 Relating to prohibiting the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of certain sexually oriented businesses; creating a criminal offense; providing a criminal penalty. · Introduced · Apr 1, 2025
• SB 469 Relating to the provision of counseling services by certain providers under Medicaid and reimbursement for those services. · Introduced · Mar 18, 2025
• SB 1991 Relating to the conduct of the state lottery; creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• SB 501 Relating to underground facility safety. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
• SB 391 Relating to a reliability plan for electric transmission service in the Permian Basin. · Introduced · Feb 25, 2025
• 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 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 6 Relating to an appropriation for border security. · Passed One Chamber · Nov 1, 2023
• SB 11 Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from a foreign nation. · Passed One Chamber · Oct 16, 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 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
• 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 1040 Relating to health benefit plan coverage of a transplant of an organ that originated from or is transplanted in a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 1236 Relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the bed or bank of a navigable river or stream; providing a penalty. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 763 Relating to allowing public schools to employ or accept as volunteers chaplains. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 200 Relating to the period for which an applicant for admission as an undergraduate student to a public institution of higher education is entitled to an academic fresh start. · Vetoed · Jun 18, 2023
• SB 17 Relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at public institutions of higher education. · Became Law · Jun 17, 2023
• HB 1287 Relating to the exclusion of certain resources in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
• HB 711 Relating to certain contract provisions and conduct affecting health care provider networks. · Became Law · Jun 12, 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 3186 Relating to youth diversion strategies and procedures for children accused of certain fine-only offenses in municipal and justice courts and related criminal justice matters; authorizing fees. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023
• HB 3287 Relating to the locations of the campuses of the Texas State Technical College System. · Became Law · Jun 10, 2023