Lauren Simmons

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 304 Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert. · Aug 27, 2025
• HB 271 Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee. · Aug 20, 2025
• HB 270 Relating to the revocation of certain licenses of persons found to have engaged in price gouging during a declared disaster. · Aug 20, 2025
• HB 278 Relating to the revocation of certain licenses of persons found to have engaged in price gouging during a declared disaster. · Aug 5, 2025
• HB 132 Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee. · Jul 18, 2025
• HB 2520 Relating to the open meetings law. · Vetoed · Jun 22, 2025
• SB 2069 Relating to the establishment of a work group to conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing an acute psychiatric bed registry. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 163 Relating to the possession and administration of epinephrine delivery systems by certain entities. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2492 Relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain crimes involving family violence may be held after bond is posted. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 4361 Relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3745 Relating to crime victims' compensation. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1401 Relating to the creation of the Texas Mental Health Profession Pipeline Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 367 Relating to verification of excused absences from public school for students with severe or life-threatening illnesses. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3161 Relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement System. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2402 Relating to the determination of fees, charges, and rates for certain benefits under Medicaid. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 217 Relating to establishing the Historic Texas Freedmen's Cemetery Designation Program; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HCR 9 Designating the first Saturday of every month as Small Business Saturday for a 10-year period ending in 2035. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 107 Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1137 Relating to group home consultant referrals; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2593 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3909 Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 346 Relating to the fee amounts prescribed by the secretary of state for expedited commercial and business record searches or filings and the exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for veteran-owned businesses. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2025
• HR 857 Congratulating the Houston Area Women's Center on the opening of the first phase of its new client services facility. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 1, 2025
• HB 3611 Relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• HB 1778 Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• HB 1327 Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• HR 1107 In memory of the Reverend Perry Cameron Colston. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2025
• HB 331 Relating to certain presumptions applicable to claims for benefits or compensation for certain medical conditions brought by certain first responders. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
• HR 869 In memory of Malania Watson Butler of Houston. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• HR 1069 Commending Senior Captain Edward Escamilla and firefighters Jonathan Guzman and Darren Jones of the Houston Fire Department for their actions in responding to an apartment fire. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• HR 874 Congratulating Landon Isaiah Bogar, Greyson Alec'Zander Baskin, and Carl Jude Jackson of Scouting America Troop No. 212 in Houston on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• HR 873 Congratulating Simon Bejarano, Jimmie Lee Finister III, Matthew Huntington Fisk, Climon Leroy Hall Jr., and William Coltrane Mouton of Scouting America Troop No. 242 in Houston on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• HR 858 Honoring the Reverend Allen Page III for his service as Pastor of the Day on May 6, 2025. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• HB 5228 Relating to the collection of certain incident-based data reported to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. · Passed One Chamber · May 22, 2025
• HB 1788 Relating to continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists on identifying and assisting victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking. · Passed One Chamber · May 21, 2025
• HB 1201 Relating to a pilot program to provide Medicaid coverage of doula services. · Passed One Chamber · May 21, 2025
• HB 5147 Relating to investigational stem cell treatment. · Passed One Chamber · May 21, 2025
• SB 1316 Relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations. · Became Law · May 21, 2025
• HB 2849 Relating to policies on the recess period in public schools. · Passed One Chamber · May 21, 2025
• HB 3339 Relating to a study on maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women in this state. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• HB 3977 Relating to conditions of employment for firefighters employed by certain political subdivisions. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• SB 375 Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• HB 2142 Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs on the feasibility of using certain models to address homelessness in this state. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
• HB 3554 Relating to establishment of the Texas Rare Disease Advisory Council. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2025
• HB 2140 Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
• HB 4279 Relating to the delivery of unclaimed property to certain urban scholarship funds; authorizing administrative penalties. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
• HB 513 Relating to the adoption and implementation of a surgical smoke evacuation system policy at certain health care facilities. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
• HB 4420 Relating to the collection of information on available beds at inpatient mental health facilities providing acute psychiatric treatment. · Introduced · May 13, 2025
• HB 678 Relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on certain student identification cards issued by a public institution of higher education. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2025
• HB 573 Relating to a request by a member of the legislature for an unannounced inspection of a permanent concrete batch plant by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2025
• HB 4027 Relating to the taking of certain depositions and the dismissal of certain civil actions in connection with allegations of family violence and abusive conduct. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2025
• HB 2186 Relating to the regulation of elevator mechanics, elevator apprentices, and contractors; requiring an occupational registration. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2025
• HB 175 Relating to establishing optional certifications for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program and establishing a grant program for those providers. · Passed One Chamber · May 9, 2025
• HB 2189 Relating to methods to improve health profession-related career and technology education and dual credit programs offered by public schools. · Passed One Chamber · May 9, 2025
• HB 4438 Relating to a preceptorship program in a pediatric subspecialty for medical students in this state. · Introduced · May 7, 2025
• HB 514 Relating to a maternal health care workforce campaign. · Passed One Chamber · May 7, 2025
• HB 4665 Relating to providing training for employees and operators of certain child-care facilities. · Passed One Chamber · May 7, 2025
• HB 2967 Relating to vision screenings for public and private school students, including vision screening information reporting for public school students, and to the creation of a vision care grant program for certain students. · Passed One Chamber · May 7, 2025
• HB 2476 Relating to a grant program for living expenses for certain students enrolled at public institutions of higher education. · Introduced · May 6, 2025
• HB 1879 Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert. · Introduced · May 5, 2025
• HB 3002 Relating to requiring debt collectors to provide certain disclosures to consumers. · Introduced · May 5, 2025
• HB 2711 Relating to the establishment of a work group to conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing an acute psychiatric bed registry. · Introduced · May 5, 2025
• HB 2295 Relating to newborn screening tests for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. · Introduced · May 5, 2025
• HB 569 Relating to an opportunity to correct certain defects in an early voting ballot voted by mail. · Introduced · May 2, 2025
• HB 1583 Relating to the peace officer's notification of emergency detention form for persons evidencing mental illness and retention of that form. · Passed One Chamber · May 1, 2025
• HB 2139 Relating to voting by a voter unable to enter a polling place. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2025
• HB 1503 Relating to the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2025
• HB 2735 Relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 28, 2025
• HB 1154 Relating to the establishment of a skilled labor task force by certain local workforce development boards. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 23, 2025
• HR 621 Congratulating Ivy L. Walls on her receipt of a 2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 21, 2025
• HR 834 Recognizing April 14, 2025, as Red and White Day at the State Capitol in honor of the advocacy efforts of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 15, 2025
• HB 5237 Relating to wrongful death actions arising from the death of an unborn child resulting from an abortion. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• HB 5241 Relating to an action to remedy certain conditions affecting safety or habitability of certain residential rental property; providing a civil penalty. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• HB 4704 Relating to a public school paid parental leave policy, an allotment under the Foundation School Program for the cost of providing paid parental leave under that policy, and the eligibility of certain children for free prekindergarten programs. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• HR 613 Congratulating Ellery A. Richard of Second Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Houston on his 21st pastoral anniversary. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 1, 2025
• HR 482 Honoring Winfred A. Simmons for his contributions as a school athletics coach. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 1, 2025
• HR 446 Commending the Teen and Police Service Academy of Houston. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 31, 2025
• HB 3873 Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed of Harris County. · Introduced · Mar 27, 2025
• HB 3989 Relating to the establishment of the supporting life pilot program as part of the Thriving Texas Families Program. · Introduced · Mar 27, 2025
• HR 596 Recognizing March 2025 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 26, 2025
• HB 3183 Relating to the creation of the Texas African American Heritage Commission. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
• HB 3155 Relating to the disclosure of fees by certain landlords in residential rental application transactions. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
• HB 3268 Relating to the denial or reduction of an award otherwise payable under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
• HB 3184 Relating to authorization for a county or municipality to establish a local minimum wage. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
• HB 2924 Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for certain costs incurred while a chronically ill Medicaid recipient who is a child receives hospital care. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2792 Relating to a study on capital punishment in this state and to a moratorium on executions. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2801 Relating to the definition of an epinephrine delivery device and the use of those devices in public and private schools. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HJR 131 Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2906 Relating to the civil liability of towing companies, booting companies, and parking facility owners for certain violations. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2904 Relating to restrictions on, and required disclosures relating to, rent increases for residential and manufactured home tenancies. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2907 Relating to the use by a landlord or landlord's manager or agent of a tenant's name or likeness for a commercial purpose. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2925 Relating to a grant program for hospitals to assist with certain costs incurred by families of chronically ill children receiving hospital care. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2909 Relating to the expunction of records in residential eviction suits. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2900 Relating to a landlord's duty to provide and maintain in good operating condition heating and air conditioning equipment in an apartment unit. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2905 Relating to rental application fees; providing an administrative penalty. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2901 Relating to the maximum amount of a security deposit for a residential lease. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HJR 132 Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction of this state. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2908 Relating to a tenant's receipt of a security deposit refund. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2903 Relating to a landlord's duty to acknowledge receipt of a notice to repair or remedy a condition that materially affects the physical health or safety of a tenant. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• HB 2604 Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. · Introduced · Mar 18, 2025
• HR 442 Recognizing March 18, 2025, as Omega Psi Phi Day at the State Capitol. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 18, 2025
• HB 2493 Relating to the regulation of certain eviction-related service businesses. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HCR 103 Expressing support for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's application to the Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 2533 Relating to the removal of a conservator, board of managers, or other alternative management of a campus or school district in certain circumstances. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 2473 Relating to emergency insurance premium relief programs for certain residential property insurance policies. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 2474 Relating to a study regarding the education and retention of obstetricians and gynecologists in this state. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 2477 Relating to coverage for doula services under certain group benefit plans for governmental employees and retirees. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 2471 Relating to security deposits collected by a municipal utility district. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 2472 Relating to the payment of gratuities to tipped employees; creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 2475 Relating to medical education coursework in cultural competence and implicit bias. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
• HB 1989 Relating to the confidentiality and reporting of certain maternal mortality information to the Department of State Health Services, to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing certain information on maternal mortality and morbidity, to the reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee members, and to a work group establishing a maternal mortality and morbidity data registry. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1883 Relating to coverage of medically necessary health care and treatment under the state employees group benefits program. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1877 Relating to the receipt of financial benefits by the superintendent of a school district for certain services performed by the superintendent. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1882 Relating to the authority of a business to establish certain employee-related groups or practices. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1881 Relating to a study regarding establishing a public medical school as a professional school of Texas Southern University. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 2190 Relating to immunity from criminal liability for certain health care practitioners. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1878 Relating to the misuse of money received for an open-enrollment charter school to support an out-of-state school. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 2138 Relating to preventing discrimination in foster care. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 2141 Relating to the applicability of certain criminal offenses to the provision of gender-affirming care. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1880 Relating to requiring certain employers to provide paid sick leave to employees; providing administrative penalties. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1884 Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1601 Relating to the prohibition, prevention, and remedying of certain discrimination. · Introduced · Mar 12, 2025
• HB 1077 Relating to the right of public employees to collectively bargain with governmental entities. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
• HR 374 Congratulating students from Jack Yates High School for advancing to the finals at the 2025 UIL Young Filmmakers Festival. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 6, 2025
• HB 480 Relating to required provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage for employees of building and construction contractors and subcontractors. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• HB 410 Relating to pet deposits or fees collected by landlords. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• HB 343 Relating to providing a cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Employees Retirement System of Texas. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• HB 301 Relating to leave for state employees for prenatal care. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• HB 230 Relating to the establishment of the office of community violence intervention and prevention within the Department of State Health Services and a grant program for violence intervention and prevention services. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
• HB 193 Relating to the minimum wage. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
• HR 141 Recognizing February 11, 2025, as University of Houston Day at the State Capitol. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 11, 2025
• HR 161 Congratulating Beyoncé for winning three Grammys at the 2025 Grammy Awards. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 4, 2025

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 413 Relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial. · Vetoed · Jun 22, 2025
• SB 31 Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 824 Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 1481 Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 1105 Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 27 Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school students in public schools. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 1677 Relating to a study on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 1188 Relating to the provision of information regarding a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents or guardians of certain special education students. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• HB 37 Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• SB 1080 Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions. · Became Law · May 27, 2025
• HB 220 Relating to the care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities. · Passed One Chamber · May 25, 2025
• HR 1028 Recognizing May 21, 2025, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2025
• SB 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
• HB 50 Relating to informed consent for certain screening tests. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• HB 1738 Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. · 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
• HB 4442 Relating to an elective course on mindfulness for middle school, junior high school, and high school students. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
• HB 178 Relating to social studies curriculum choice for public school students. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
• HB 4838 Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2025
• HB 3673 Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions. · Introduced · May 7, 2025
• HB 1773 Relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board. · Passed One Chamber · May 7, 2025
• HB 463 Relating to certain pretrial hearings for defendants charged with certain controlled substance offenses and the expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain controlled substance offenses. · Passed One Chamber · May 1, 2025
• HCR 19 Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to name the building being constructed in Phase Two of the Texas Capitol Complex Master Plan at the northwest corner of Congress Avenue and 15th Street the Irma Rangel Building. · Apr 28, 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 44 Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• HB 2058 Relating to perinatal palliative care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal palliative care grant program, and a perinatal palliative care hospital recognition program. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HCR 94 Designating May 8 as Vaccination Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035. · Mar 11, 2025
• HB 1331 Relating to the curriculum requirements for high school students in public schools. · 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 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
• HB 515 Relating to public school policies regarding student use of personal electronic devices. · Introduced · Mar 3, 2025
• HB 440 Relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025