Dennis Paul

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HB 23 Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community. · Became Law · Apr 15, 2026
HB 22 Relating to the authority of the comptroller to provide funding for the deployment and operation of certain emergency communication equipment. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 15, 2026
SB 8 Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. · Became Law · Sep 22, 2025
SB 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
HB 192 Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties. · 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 18 Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a member is absent from a legislative session; authorizing a civil penalty. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
HB 26 Relating to contracting with law enforcement agencies in certain counties. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
HB 25 Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
HB 20 Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
HB 7 Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
HB 4 Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. · Became Law · Sep 5, 2025
HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · Became Law · Sep 5, 2025
HR 128 Amending the House Rules of Procedure to authorize additional constitutionally compliant, proportional penalties for members absent without leave for purpose of impeding the action of the House that do not unfairly impair members' representative functions. · Sep 4, 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 308 Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property. · Aug 28, 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
HB 3 Relating to the interoperability of emergency communication equipment and infrastructure in this state, including the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council, a grant program administered by the council, and the purchase of certain public safety radio communication systems. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 27, 2025
SB 2 Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. · Passed Legislature · Aug 27, 2025
HJR 1 Proposing a constitutional amendment specifying the authority of the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense prescribed by the election laws of this state. · Introduced · Aug 26, 2025
HB 298 Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence. · Introduced · Aug 26, 2025
HB 12 Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. · Introduced · Aug 26, 2025
HJR 10 Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives. · Introduced · Aug 26, 2025
HB 17 Relating to the requirements regarding notice of certain property tax-related information to be provided by taxing units and appraisal districts. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 26, 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 68 Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board on the costs of developing flood infrastructure in this state. · Introduced · Aug 22, 2025
HB 291 Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state. · Aug 22, 2025
HB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. · Introduced · Aug 21, 2025
HB 2 Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, including required training for justices of the peace and responding to mass fatality events; requiring a license; authorizing fees. · Introduced · Aug 21, 2025
HB 214 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 20, 2025
HB 186 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
HB 226 Relating to the required provision to campers at youth camps of active radio frequency identification tags. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
HB 64 Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence. · Introduced · Aug 20, 2025
HB 236 Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. · 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 9 Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units. · Introduced · Aug 18, 2025
HB 95 Relating to establishing minimum credentialing qualifications for Emergency Management Coordinators appointed by Emergency Management Directors. · Introduced · Aug 18, 2025
HB 115 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. · Introduced · Aug 18, 2025
HB 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 173 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. · Jul 22, 2025
HB 83 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and related activities. · 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
HB 32 Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. · Jul 14, 2025
HB 1056 Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 22, 2025
SB 1362 Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · Jun 22, 2025
SB 21 Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds. · 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 3211 Relating to vision care benefits, including participation of optometrists and therapeutic optometrists in vision care or managed care plans. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 4535 Relating to COVID-19 vaccine administration requirements. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 33 Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 33 Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3479 Relating to the Rio Grande vegetative management program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 4076 Relating to prohibiting organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of vaccination status. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 2688 Relating to the public retirement systems of certain municipalities. · 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 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 229 Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 20 Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 3441 Relating to the liability of vaccine manufacturers that advertise a harmful vaccine. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 269 Relating to required reports of certain vaccine-related or drug-related adverse events. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 1586 Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment. · 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 6 Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 1207 Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 4668 Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to retain assistance for regional proceedings affecting certain electric utilities and consumers. · 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 1481 Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 12 Relating to the review and audit of certain state agency operations. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 1875 Relating to a study by the General Land Office regarding veterans cemeteries in this state. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 1596 Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms. · Became Law · Jun 20, 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 3214 Relating to eligibility for a master plumber license. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 965 Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty. · 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 379 Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 2674 Relating to prohibiting the regulation of home school programs. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 2 Relating to public education and public school finance. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 23 Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue. · Became Law · Jun 16, 2025
SB 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
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
HCR 59 Designating April as Promise Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035. · Passed One Chamber · 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
HB 21 Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
SB 1080 Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions. · Became Law · May 27, 2025
SB 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 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 2000 Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
HCR 102 Urging Congress to preserve Sections 45U, 45Y, and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code. · Passed One Chamber · May 22, 2025
SJR 2 Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district. · Passed Legislature · May 22, 2025
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
HB 293 Relating to the requirements for applications for low income housing tax credits for developments financed through the private activity bond program. · Introduced · May 21, 2025
HJR 1 Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income. · Passed Legislature · May 20, 2025
HB 199 Relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable to an individual during a benefit year under the state unemployment insurance program. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
HB 3009 Relating to the qualifying offenses and related information included in the Department of Public Safety's computerized central database of offenders who have committed certain violent offenses. · 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 1228 Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
HB 2587 Relating to an annual report on the financial impact on hospitals for providing certain uncompensated care. · Introduced · May 13, 2025
HB 3134 Relating to advanced air mobility. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
HJR 98 Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. · Passed Legislature · May 13, 2025
HB 3507 Relating to the punishment for the offense of theft. · 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 4688 Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator. · Introduced · May 12, 2025
HB 298 Relating to the content of a driver's license or personal identification certificate. · 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 2 Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program. · Became Law · May 3, 2025
HB 267 Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children. · Introduced · May 1, 2025
HB 1079 Relating to the inclusion of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps and Leadership Officer Training Corps programs as public school career and technology education programs and the indicator of achievement for military readiness under the public school accountability system. · Introduced · May 1, 2025
HB 137 Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. · Introduced · May 1, 2025
HB 125 Relating to the creation of the Tarleton State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 29, 2025
HB 1088 Relating to the statute of limitations on a health care liability claim involving certain gender modification drugs provided to and procedures performed on a minor. · Introduced · Apr 28, 2025
HB 1308 Relating to employment practices of governmental entities, state contractors, and private employers in this state regarding the legal status of employees, including requiring participation in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify program, and authorizing the suspension of certain licenses held by private employers for certain conduct in relation to the employment of persons not lawfully present. · Introduced · Apr 28, 2025
HB 5510 Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs, and to the destruction of certain property; making conforming changes and harmonizing conforming provisions; creating criminal offenses; authorizing a private civil right of action. · Introduced · Apr 25, 2025
HR 945 In memory of Pope Francis. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 24, 2025
SB 14 Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings. · Became Law · Apr 23, 2025
HB 2684 Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty. · Introduced · Apr 21, 2025
HB 5243 Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. · Introduced · Apr 15, 2025
HB 4901 Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices. · Introduced · Apr 15, 2025
HB 259 Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms. · Introduced · Apr 14, 2025
HB 8 Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district. · Introduced · Apr 9, 2025
HB 10 Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings. · Introduced · Apr 8, 2025
HB 5100 Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
HB 4587 Relating to the provisional admission to an elementary or secondary school of students requesting certain immunization exemptions. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
HB 17 Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · Apr 2, 2025
HB 173 Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from soliciting or accepting gifts, grants, or donations from certain foreign countries. · Introduced · Apr 1, 2025
HB 4381 Relating to parental rights and required notification in public education; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Introduced · Apr 1, 2025
HB 3210 Relating to requiring state contractors, political subdivisions of this state, and private employers to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
HB 3132 Relating to reporting requirements for assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
HB 2816 Relating to protection of the rights of conscience of persons from providing and health care facilities from offering certain health care services; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
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
HB 2696 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. · 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 2519 Relating to disclosures required to record an instrument conveying real property. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2025
HB 1806 Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
HB 2361 Relating to agreements between local law enforcement agencies and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
HB 3 Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program. · Introduced · Mar 12, 2025
HB 1549 Relating to restrictions on the sale of obscene devices; providing a civil penalty. · 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 1049 Relating to the issuance of gold and silver specie and the establishment of a currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
HB 1009 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
HB 1158 Relating to parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
HB 911 Relating to the designation of Celebration of Life Day as a state holiday. · Introduced · Mar 6, 2025
HB 717 Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty. · Introduced · Mar 4, 2025
HB 515 Relating to public school policies regarding student use of personal electronic devices. · Introduced · Mar 3, 2025
HB 571 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities. · Introduced · Mar 3, 2025
HB 309 Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
HB 243 Relating to the authority of the attorney general to acquire by eminent domain certain real property owned by aliens or foreign entities. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
HB 196 Relating to the inclusion of instruction regarding the beginning of human life in the health curriculum for public school students. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
HB 239 Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using certain private spaces; authorizing a civil penalty. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
HB 165 Relating to the elimination of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the elimination of those taxes. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
HB 191 Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain foreign entities. · 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
SB 3 Relating to an appropriation to provide funding for the construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier infrastructure and border security operations, including funding for additional overtime expenses and costs due to certain increased law enforcement presence. · Became Law · Dec 18, 2023
SB 4 Relating to prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions, and authorizing or requiring under certain circumstances the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; creating criminal offenses. · Became Law · Dec 18, 2023
HJR 1 Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the state school safety fund to provide ongoing financial support for projects that ensure the safety of public schools in this state and providing for the transfer of certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund. · Introduced · Nov 21, 2023
HB 2 Relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public schools, including the establishment of a school safety grant program and a school safety plan implementation grant program, and the allocation of certain constitutional transfers of money to the state school safety fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund. · Passed One Chamber · Nov 21, 2023
HB 1 Relating to primary and secondary education, including the certification, compensation, and health coverage of certain public school employees, the public school finance system, special education in public schools, the establishment of an education savings account program, measures to support the education of public school students that include certain educational grant programs, reading instruction, and early childhood education, the provision of virtual education, and public school accountability. · Introduced · Nov 17, 2023
HB 4 Relating to prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions, and authorizing or requiring under certain circumstances the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; creating criminal offenses. · Introduced · Nov 13, 2023
HB 3 Relating to an appropriation to provide funding for the construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier infrastructure and border security operations, including funding for additional overtime expenses and costs due to certain increased law enforcement presence. · Introduced · Nov 10, 2023
SB 7 Relating to prohibiting a private employer from adopting or enforcing certain COVID-19 vaccine mandates; authorizing an administrative penalty. · To Executive · Nov 2, 2023
HB 4 Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from a foreign nation and indemnification of certain claims relating to the enforcement of that offense. · Passed One Chamber · Nov 2, 2023
SB 4 Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties. · To Executive · Nov 2, 2023
HB 6 Relating to making an appropriation for the construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier infrastructure. · Passed One Chamber · Oct 26, 2023
HB 7 Relating to prohibiting a private employer from adopting or enforcing certain COVID-19 vaccine mandates; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Introduced · Oct 13, 2023
HB 5 Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties. · Introduced · Oct 12, 2023
SB 2 Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration; authorizing the imposition of a fee. · Became Law · Jul 22, 2023
SB 3 Relating to the amount of the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax and the exclusion of certain taxable entities from the requirement to file a franchise tax report. · Became Law · Jul 22, 2023
HJR 2 Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to establish a temporary limit on the maximum appraised value of real property other than a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes; to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads; to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts; to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations; and to authorize the legislature to provide for a four-year term of office for a member of the governing body of certain appraisal entities. · Passed Legislature · Jul 14, 2023
HB 2 Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration; authorizing the imposition of a fee. · Introduced · Jul 13, 2023
HB 3 Relating to the amount of the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax and the exclusion of certain taxable entities from the requirement to file a franchise tax report. · Introduced · Jul 13, 2023
HB 3097 Relating to the issuance of anticipation notes or other obligations by issuers located along the Gulf Coast in an emergency. · 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 2071 Relating to certain public facilities, including public facilities used to provide affordable housing. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
SB 24 Relating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and duties from the Department of Family and Protective Services. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
HB 4 Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
SB 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 459 Relating to early registration for parenting students at public institutions of higher education. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
HB 3162 Relating to advance directives, do-not-resuscitate orders, and health care treatment decisions made by or on behalf of certain patients, including a review of directives and decisions. · Became Law · Jun 17, 2023
HB 6 Relating to the designation of fentanyl poisoning or fentanyl toxicity for purposes of the death certificate and to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · Jun 17, 2023
HB 1696 Relating to the relationship between managed care plans and optometrists and therapeutic optometrists. · Became Law · Jun 14, 2023
SB 10 Relating to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. · Became Law · Jun 14, 2023
HB 3 Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the development and implementation of purchases relating to and funding for public school safety and security requirements and the provision of safety-related resources. · Became Law · Jun 14, 2023
HB 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 1243 Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
HB 900 Relating to the regulation of library materials sold to or included in public school libraries. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
HB 18 Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services and electronic devices, including the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school. · Became Law · Jun 13, 2023
HB 1605 Relating to instructional material and technology, the adoption of essential knowledge and skills for certain public school foundation curriculum subjects, and the extension of additional state aid to school districts for the provision of certain instructional materials; authorizing a fee. · 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 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 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

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