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HB1552: Relating to changing the name of the offense of child pornography to child sexual abuse material and to updating references to conform to that terminology.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
Last status update: Read first time
May 1, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Dennis Paul
Co-sponsors: Ana-Maria Rodriguez RamosGiovanni CapriglionePenny Morales Shaw
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1553: Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue.
Current disposition: Pending: House Appropriations
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Appropriations 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Steve Toth
Co-sponsors: Andy Hopper
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1554: Relating to a political subdivision's authority to use public money in the provision of legal services for individuals unlawfully present in the United States.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Committee report sent to Calendars
May 7, 2025
Author: Giovanni Capriglione
Co-sponsors: William MetcalfLacey HullBrooks LandgrafJohn McQueeneyMark DorazioCody HarrisJohn Lujan
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1555: Relating to the creation of a select interim committee to review and make recommendations for substantive changes to ethics laws.
Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 14, 2025
Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Matthew Shaheen
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1556: Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Joseph Moody
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1557: Relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate Transportation
Last status update: Received from the House
May 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Transportation 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Joseph Moody
Co-sponsors: Trey WhartonMihaela Plesa
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1558: Relating to the expression of breast milk in public buildings and providing leave for state employees to donate breast milk.
Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Vikki Goodwin
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1559: Relating to prohibited nonconsensual medical procedures and treatment on certain minors with intersex traits.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Ana Hernandez
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1561: Relating to the licensing of legal permanent residents as county jailers by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those legal permanent residents by political subdivisions.
Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Ana Hernandez
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1562: Relating to massage student permits.
Current disposition: Signed by Governor
Last status update: Signed by the Governor
June 20, 2025
Author: Ana Hernandez
Co-sponsors: Judith Zaffirini
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1563: Relating to the release of a tier two form listing hazardous chemicals that is in the possession of a political subdivision of this state.
Current disposition: Pending: House Environmental Regulation
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Environmental Regulation 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Ana Hernandez
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1564: Relating to the maximum length of a train.
Current disposition: Pending: House Transportation
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 3, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Transportation 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Ana Hernandez
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1566: Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain foreign entities.
Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Jared Patterson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1567: Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child.
Current disposition: Pending: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Trade, Workforce & Economic Development 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Ana Hernandez
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1568: Relating to the placement and use of video recording equipment in certain child-care facilities.
Current disposition: Pending: House Human Services
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Ana Hernandez
Co-sponsors: Ron Reynolds
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1569: Relating to the eligibility of certain children of classroom teachers for enrollment in a free prekindergarten program.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: John Bucy
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1571: Relating to access to, disclosure of, and notification of protective order registry information, judicial sanctions regarding improper disclosure of or misleading information, and a study on the registry.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Placed on General State Calendar
May 15, 2025
Author: Jolanda Jones
Co-sponsors: Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1572: Relating to mail theft and certain criminal offenses committed against an employee or contractor of a common carrier or delivery service delivering mail; increasing criminal penalties.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Placed on General State Calendar
May 13, 2025
Author: Elizabeth Campos
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1573: Relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads.
Current disposition: Failed to Pass
Last status update: Vote reconsidered
May 14, 2025
Author: Venton Jones
Co-sponsors: Brad BuckleyDiego BernalHarold DuttonAna Hernandez
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1574: Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions.
Current disposition: Pending: House Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health Subcommittee
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Venton Jones
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1576: Relating to a grant program for hurricane and windstorm loss mitigation for single-family residential property.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate Business & Commerce
Last status update: Read first time
May 1, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Business & Commerce 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Tom Oliverson
Co-sponsors: Briscoe CainPenny Morales Shaw
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1577: Relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of certain first responders.
Current disposition: Pending: House Ways & Means
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Ways & Means 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Mihaela Plesa
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1578: Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Penny Morales Shaw
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1579: Relating to establishing the Texas Seal of Biliteracy for public high school students.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16
Last status update: Read first time
May 14, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Robert Guerra
Co-sponsors: James TalaricoMihaela PlesaHarold DuttonMaria FloresJolanda Jones
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1581: Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate
Last status update: Received from the House
May 14, 2025
Author: Robert Guerra
Co-sponsors: James TalaricoMihaela PlesaHarold DuttonCassandra Garcia HernandezSalman BhojaniSuleman LalaniEddie MoralesAna-Maria Rodriguez Ramos
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1582: Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated sexual assault.
Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
Last status update: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
April 1, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Daniel Alders
Co-sponsors: Briscoe CainDavid CookHillary HicklandAndy HopperLacey HullCarrie IsaacJeff LeachMitch LittleAJ LouderbackBrent MoneyKeresa RichardsonAlan SchoolcraftTony TinderholtSteve TothEllen TroxclairCody VasutCharlene Ward Johnson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1583: Relating to the peace officer's notification of emergency detention form for persons evidencing mental illness and retention of that form.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
Last status update: Read first time
May 1, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Lacey Hull
Co-sponsors: AJ LouderbackCole HefnerLauren Ashley SimmonsPenny Morales Shaw
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1584: Relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by electric utilities.
Current disposition: Signed by Governor
Last status update: Signed by the Governor
June 20, 2025
Author: Lacey Hull
Co-sponsors: William MetcalfSuleman LalaniTerri Leo-WilsonPenny Morales ShawEddie MoralesCharles SchwertnerCarol AlvaradoRoyce West
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1585: Relating to housing finance corporations and to the location of residential developments owned by those corporations.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate Local Government
Last status update: Read first time
May 8, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Local Government 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Cecil Bell
Co-sponsors: Gary GatesDavid CookBarbara Gervin-HawkinsPhilip CortezCassandra Garcia HernandezTerri Leo-WilsonJoseph MoodyPenny Morales Shaw
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1586: Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment.
Current disposition: Signed by Governor
Last status update: Signed by the Governor
June 20, 2025
Author: Lacey Hull
Co-sponsors: John McQueeneyGreg BonnenJeff LeachGiovanni CapriglioneDaniel AldersTrent AshbyJeff BarryKeith BellBrad BuckleyBen BumgarnerAngie ButtonBriscoe CainDavid CookPat CurryJay DeanMano DeAyalaMark DorazioPaul DysonStan GerdesCody HarrisRichard HayesCole HefnerHillary HicklandJanis HoltAndy HopperTodd HunterCarrie IsaacHelen KerwinStan KitzmanMarc LaHoodTerri Leo-WilsonMitch LittleJanie LopezDavid LoweShelley LutherDon McLaughlinWilliam MetcalfBrent MoneyMatt MorganCandy NobleMike OlcottTom OliversonAngelia OrrJared PattersonDennis PaulKatrina PiersonKeresa RichardsonAlan SchoolcraftMatthew ShaheenJoanne ShofnerShelby SlawsonDavid SpillerCarl TepperEllen TroxclairCody VasutDenise VillalobosWesley VirdellTrey WhartonTerry WilsonLois KolkhorstKevin Sparks
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1587: Relating to the sales tax exemption period for clothing, footwear, and certain school-related items.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Companion considered in lieu of CSSB 1415
April 28, 2025
Author: Lacey Hull
Co-sponsors: Salman BhojaniAicha DavisCaroline Harris DavilaSuleman LalaniJanie LopezTrey Martinez FischerVincent PerezMihaela Plesa
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1588: Relating to training requirements for certain public officials and candidates for public office.
Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Terri Leo-Wilson
Co-sponsors: Greg BonnenValoree Swanson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1589: Relating to requiring voter approval for the construction of a new toll project by a toll project entity.
Current disposition: Pending: House Transportation Funding Subcommittee
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
April 14, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Transportation Funding Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Stan Gerdes
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1590: Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations.
Current disposition: Pending: House Intergovernmental Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Intergovernmental Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Gary Gates
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1591: Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: William Metcalf
Co-sponsors: Terri Leo-Wilson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1592: Relating to an alert system for dangerous plant and wildlife pests and diseases administered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
Current disposition: Enrolled
Last status update: Filed without the Governor's signature
June 20, 2025
Author: Mihaela Plesa
Co-sponsors: Trent AshbyMary GonzalezSalman BhojaniMaria FloresJosey GarciaPenny Morales ShawEddie MoralesDavid SpillerLois Kolkhorst
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1593: Relating to an advisory committee to study suicide prevention and peer support programs in fire departments in this state.
Current disposition: Signed by Governor
Last status update: Signed by the Governor
May 28, 2025
Author: Elizabeth Campos
Co-sponsors: Marc LaHoodSheryl ColeCassandra Garcia HernandezArmando MartinezJessica GonzalezJohn LujanShelley LutherPenny Morales ShawMihaela PlesaMayes Middleton
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1594: Relating to group health benefit plan coverage for early treatment of first episode psychosis.
Current disposition: Pending: House Insurance
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Insurance 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Mihaela Plesa
Co-sponsors: Vikki Goodwin
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1595: Relating to public housing authorities; authorizing a fee.
Current disposition: Pending: House Intergovernmental Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 17, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Intergovernmental Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Gary Gates
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1596: Relating to cost-of-living increases applicable to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Current disposition: Pending: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Pensions, Investments & Financial Services 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Mihaela Plesa
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1597: Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.
Current disposition: Pending: House County & Regional Government Subcommittee
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
May 5, 2025
Pending: 🏛 County & Regional Government Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Mihaela Plesa
Co-sponsors: David Lowe
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1598: Relating to the establishment of a bitcoin reserve within the state treasury and the management of cryptocurrencies by governmental entities.
Current disposition: Pending: House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Delivery of Government Efficiency 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Giovanni Capriglione
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1599: Relating to a handgun safety course required for the transfer of a handgun.
Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Jon Rosenthal
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1601: Relating to the prohibition, prevention, and remedying of certain discrimination.
Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Jon Rosenthal
Co-sponsors: Jessica GonzalezLauren Ashley SimmonsVenton Jones
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1602: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of a criminal offense relating to making false statements or reports of child abuse or neglect.
Current disposition: Pending: House Human Services
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Jon Rosenthal
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1603: Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to ensure the independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region has adequate reserve power to prevent blackout conditions.
Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Jon Rosenthal
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1604: Relating to public access to criminal proceedings.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 12, 2025
Author: John Bucy
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1606: Relating to notice provided to a retail electric customer of the procedure for requesting vegetation management near a transmission or distribution line.
Current disposition: Signed by Governor
Last status update: Signed by the Governor
June 20, 2025
Author: William Metcalf
Co-sponsors: Ann JohnsonDonna HowardJudith Zaffirini
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1607: Relating to license plates and license plate windshield insignia issued for and displayed on a vehicle; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 22, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: William Metcalf
Co-sponsors: Terry WilsonSuleman LalaniPeter Flores
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1608: Relating to the adoption of a veterans' land bank program by the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation.
Current disposition: Pending: House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
April 7, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Defense & Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Josey Garcia
Co-sponsors: Richard RaymondCharlene Ward Johnson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1609: Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Placed on General State Calendar
May 13, 2025
Author: Gary Vandeaver
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1610: Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments.
Current disposition: Enrolled
Last status update: Filed without the Governor's signature
May 28, 2025
Author: Jeff Leach
Co-sponsors: David SpillerNathan Johnson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1611: Relating to eligibility for custodial officer service in the Employees Retirement System of Texas by certain juvenile correctional officers and caseworkers employed by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
Current disposition: Pending: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Pensions, Investments & Financial Services 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: John Lujan
Co-sponsors: David Cook
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1612: Relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital.
Current disposition: Signed by Governor
Last status update: Signed by the Governor
June 20, 2025
Author: James Frank
Co-sponsors: Lois KolkhorstCesar Blanco
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1613: Relating to the making and acceptance of political contributions during a special legislative session.
Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Ann Johnson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1614: Relating to veterinary services performed on certain animals in the care of a releasing agency.
Current disposition: Pending: House Agriculture & Livestock
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Agriculture & Livestock 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Ann Johnson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1615: Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including a conforming amendment.
Current disposition: Enrolled
Last status update: Filed without the Governor's signature
May 28, 2025
Author: Jeff Leach
Co-sponsors: David SpillerLois Kolkhorst
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1616: Relating to the inclusion of the mailing address of certain campaign treasurers in appointments and reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.
Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Ann Johnson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1617: Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation.
Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 30, 2025
Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Valoree Swanson
Co-sponsors: Cody HarrisRichard HayesHillary HicklandLacey HullCarrie IsaacHelen KerwinWilliam MetcalfJoanne ShofnerShelby Slawson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1618: Relating to aquifer storage and recovery projects that transect a portion of the Edwards Aquifer.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Companion considered in lieu of SB 616
May 2, 2025
Author: Caroline Harris Davila
Co-sponsors: Terry WilsonPenny Morales Shaw
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1619: Relating to crossing arms on buses that transport schoolchildren.
Current disposition: Pending: House Transportation
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Transportation 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Ann Johnson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1620: Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 88th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.
Current disposition: Enrolled
Last status update: Filed without the Governor's signature
May 28, 2025
Author: Jeff Leach
Co-sponsors: David SpillerNathan Johnson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1621: Relating to a matching grant program for technological enhancements at hospitals providing mental health care services.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate
Last status update: Received from the House
May 15, 2025
Author: John Lujan
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1622: Relating to making permanent the limitation on increases in the appraised value of certain real property for ad valorem tax purposes.
Current disposition: Pending: House Property Tax Appraisals Subcommittee
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Property Tax Appraisals Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Jeff Barry
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1623: Relating to the eligibility of certain foreign individuals or entities for a limitation on the taxable value of property for school district maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes under the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act.
Current disposition: Pending: House Ways & Means
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Ways & Means 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: AJ Louderback
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1624: Relating to the authority of a local authority to install a temporary traffic-control device on certain highways.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Committee report sent to Calendars
May 14, 2025
Author: Cody Vasut
Co-sponsors: Jeff Barry
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1625: Relating to the penalties for the offense of passing certain vehicles, creating a criminal offense, increasing a criminal penalty.
Current disposition: Pending: House Transportation
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Transportation 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Cody Vasut
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1626: Relating to the period for which an emergency educator certificate is valid.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Richard Raymond
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1627: Relating to a bonus payment for classroom teachers employed by a public school; making an appropriation.
Current disposition: Pending: House Appropriations
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Appropriations 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Richard Raymond
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1628: Relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are children of peace officers.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Candy Noble
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1629: Relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks permit holders in certain counties.
Current disposition: Signed by Governor
Last status update: Signed by the Governor
June 20, 2025
Author: Brooks Landgraf
Co-sponsors: Philip CortezCarrie IsaacJohn LujanJudith Zaffirini
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1630: Relating to the eligibility of social workers for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Placed on General State Calendar
May 15, 2025
Author: Janie Lopez
Co-sponsors: Jon RosenthalCassandra Garcia Hernandez
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1631: Relating to the duration of a child's detention following a detention hearing and a study on the effects of detention orders in a juvenile court proceeding.
Current disposition: Pending: House Juvenile Justice Subcommittee
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
March 20, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Juvenile Justice Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Erin Gamez
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1632: Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for animal food intended for consumption by domesticated animals.
Current disposition: Pending: House Ways & Means
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
March 24, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Ways & Means 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Mary Gonzalez
Co-sponsors: Maria Flores
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1633: Relating to the criteria considered by groundwater conservation districts before granting or denying a permit or permit amendment.
Current disposition: Signed by Governor
Last status update: Signed by the Governor
June 20, 2025
Author: Stan Gerdes
Co-sponsors: Lois Kolkhorst
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1634: Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Current disposition: Pending: House Higher Education
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Higher Education 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: John Lujan
Co-sponsors: Salman Bhojani
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1635: Relating to the definition of emergency care for purposes of certain health benefit plans.
Current disposition: Pending: House Insurance
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 17, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Insurance 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Tom Oliverson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1636: Relating to designating certain substances as Schedule IV controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Tom Oliverson
Co-sponsors: Pat Curry
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1637: Relating to the prohibition of glyphosate herbicides and certain food additives at primary and secondary schools.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Lacey Hull
Co-sponsors: Helen KerwinJoanne Shofner
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1638: Relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Placed on General State Calendar
April 28, 2025
Author: Eddie Morales
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1639: Relating to a study on the increased incidence of cancer in female firefighters in this state.
Current disposition: Signed by Governor
Last status update: Signed by the Governor
June 20, 2025
Author: Jared Patterson
Co-sponsors: Nicole CollierWilliam MetcalfPenny Morales ShawCarol AlvaradoCesar BlancoBrent HagenbuchJuan HinojosaTan Parker
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1640: Relating to a customer guide to home solar energy devices.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Companion considered in lieu of SB 1697
April 28, 2025
Author: Gary Vandeaver
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1641: Relating to the use of extrapolation by a health maintenance organization or an insurer to audit claims.
Current disposition: Pending: House Insurance
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Insurance 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Sergio Munoz
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1642: Relating to expedited credentialing of certain chiropractors by managed care plan issuers.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 12, 2025
Author: Briscoe Cain
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1643: Relating to the authority of the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District over the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
Current disposition: Pending: House Natural Resources
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Natural Resources 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Tom Oliverson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1644: Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
Last status update: Read first time
April 24, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Tom Oliverson
Co-sponsors: Cassandra Garcia HernandezJohn McQueeneyElizabeth CamposMihaela PlesaSalman BhojaniAicha DavisJosey GarciaVikki GoodwinPenny Morales Shaw
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1645: Relating to a private civil cause of action against local entities and campus police departments that violate certain laws related to immigration enforcement.
Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Terri Leo-Wilson
Co-sponsors: Valoree Swanson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1646: Relating to the amount of an expenditure that may be paid by an emergency services district employee without board approval.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate Local Government
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 22, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Local Government 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: John Lujan
Co-sponsors: William MetcalfAdam Hinojosa
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1647: Relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Placed on General State Calendar
April 30, 2025
Author: Brooks Landgraf
Co-sponsors: Ray LopezEddie Morales
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1648: Relating to the establishment of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a county may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.
Current disposition: Pending: House Ways & Means
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Ways & Means 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Angie Button
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1649: Relating to availability of certain insurance from a self-insurance trust for health care liability claims.
Current disposition: Pending: House Insurance
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Insurance 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Briscoe Cain
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1650: Relating to a special bill of review to reform a final judgment of forfeiture of a bail bond.
Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
Last status update: Read first time
May 21, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Terry Canales
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1651: Relating to a restriction on the sale or distribution of an abortion-inducing drug through an Internet website.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Nate Schatzline
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1652: Relating to parental rights regarding cancer treatment for children.
Current disposition: Pending: House Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health Subcommittee
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
April 3, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Nate Schatzline
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1653: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of possession or promotion of child pornography.
Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Nate Schatzline
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1654: Relating to the employment of certain peace officers, detention officers, county jailers, or firefighters who are injured in the course and scope of duty.
Current disposition: Pending: House Workforce Subcommittee
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
April 8, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Workforce Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Terry Canales
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1655: Relating to a policy prohibiting public school employees from assisting a student with social transitioning; authorizing a civil penalty; authorizing injunctive relief.
Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status update: Committee report distributed
May 13, 2025
Author: Nate Schatzline
Co-sponsors: Cody HarrisBrad BuckleyTerry WilsonKeresa Richardson
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1656: Relating to emergency detention by a paramedic of certain persons with mental illness for preliminary examination at a mental health facility.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health
Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 28, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Donna Howard
Co-sponsors: Armando MartinezJoseph Moody
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1657: Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program for certain children.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Charles Cunningham
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1658: Relating to access to public school library materials by non-enrolled students.
Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education
Last status update: Read first time
March 12, 2025
Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled
Author: Charles Cunningham
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature Website