📜 Texas Legislation

HB2159: Relating to the capacity of a minor to consent to certain treatment for the minor or the minor's child.

🗳 2 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
May 19, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Erin Gamez

Co-sponsors: Richard HayesDavid SpillerNicole Collier

HB2161: Relating to federal firearm reporting for persons recently released from emergency detention.

Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Erin Gamez

HB2162: Relating to the classification of certain sales of firearms as occasional sales for purposes of sales and use taxes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Ways & Means

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Ways & Means 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Matthew Shaheen

HB2163: Relating to benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Current disposition: Pending: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Pensions, Investments & Financial Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Alma Allen

HB2164: Relating to a limitation on the location of a commencement ceremony held by a public institution of higher education.

Current disposition: Pending: House Higher Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Higher Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Erin Gamez

Co-sponsors: Janie Lopez

HB2165: Relating to required motor vehicle emissions inspections in certain border counties.

Current disposition: Pending: House Environmental Regulation

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Environmental Regulation 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Erin Gamez

HB2166: Relating to the establishment of an independent market monitor for the natural gas market by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and an independent organization certified for a power region.

Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: John Bryant

HB2167: Relating to the creation of a gas inventory system by the independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: John Bryant

HB2168: Relating to the Texas Commission on Federal Special Education Law and Funding.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Terri Leo-Wilson

HB2169: Relating to certain contracts for the lease, license, sale, use, or distribution of the State Bar of Texas' intellectual property.

Current disposition: Pending: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Shelby Slawson

HB2170: Relating to sheriff's department civil service systems in certain counties.

Current disposition: Pending: House County & Regional Government Subcommittee

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 County & Regional Government Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Sergio Munoz

HB2171: Relating to a public school policy regarding the playing of the state song before certain school-sponsored athletic events.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Cody Harris

HB2172: Relating to a limitation on the use of certain unsubstantiated information relating to peace officer misconduct.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Cody Harris

HB2173: Relating to a warning label on social media platforms concerning the association between a minor's social media usage and significant mental health issues.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Matthew Shaheen

HB2174: Relating to sheriff's department civil service systems in certain counties.

Current disposition: Pending: House County & Regional Government Subcommittee

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 County & Regional Government Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Sergio Munoz

HB2175: Relating to the authority of a municipality to prohibit police or fire department employees from circulating or signing certain employment petitions.

Current disposition: Pending: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Intergovernmental Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Sergio Munoz

HB2176: Relating to the composition and duties of a court security committee.

🗳 3 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
April 24, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Sam Harless

HB2177: Relating to authorizing the disclosure of certain electronic customer data by a provider of an electronic communications service or a remote computing service in certain immediate life-threatening situations.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 8, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Sam Harless

HB2178: Relating to the emergency installation and use of a mobile tracking device on a vehicle by an authorized peace officer.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 8, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Sam Harless

HB2179: Relating to the addition of certain counties to the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan.

Current disposition: Pending: House Environmental Regulation

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Environmental Regulation 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Joanne Shofner

HB2180: Relating to a waiver of the preservation of evidence and the return of a seized weapon in a criminal case.

🗳 2 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Received from the House
May 12, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Charles Cunningham

HB2181: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain conduct constituting the offense of solicitation of prostitution.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Considered in formal meeting
May 12, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Matthew Shaheen

HB2182: Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense an emergency contraceptive.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Mihaela Plesa

HB2183: Relating to criminal penalties for possession offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Terry Meza

HB2184: Relating to a tenant's right to terminate a residential lease following certain outages of essential utilities.

Current disposition: Pending: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Trade, Workforce & Economic Development 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Terry Meza

HB2185: Relating to a tuition exemption for the children of certain law enforcement officers.

Current disposition: Pending: House Higher Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Higher Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: AJ Louderback

HB2190: Relating to immunity from criminal liability for certain health care practitioners.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Donna Howard

Co-sponsors: Lauren Ashley Simmons

HB2191: Relating to an adjustment in the amount of the basic allotment and the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program to reflect inflation.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Brooks Landgraf

HB2194: Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, and related school finance reform; imposing taxes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Ways & Means

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Ways & Means 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: David Lowe

HB2195: Relating to a public school campus's election under a campus turnaround plan to operate as a community school.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Gary Vandeaver

HB2197: Relating to the protection of an unborn child's rights and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 22, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Brent Money

Co-sponsors: Andy HopperDaniel AldersBriscoe CainJanis HoltMitch LittleDavid LoweShelley LutherMatt MorganMike OlcottTom OliversonKeresa RichardsonJoanne ShofnerTony TinderholtWesley Virdell

HB2199: Relating to enrollment-based funding for the special education allotment under the Foundation School Program.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Stan Lambert

HB2201: Relating to the issuance of Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal specialty license plates.

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: John McQueeney

HB2202: Relating to eligibility for and benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Current disposition: Pending: House Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ryan Guillen

HB2205: Relating to a policy prohibiting the use of personal electronic devices by public school students during instructional time.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ben Bumgarner

HB2206: Relating to the reporting of certain public school employee misconduct to local law enforcement.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ben Bumgarner

Co-sponsors: Pat CurryCody HarrisRichard HayesHillary HicklandAndy HopperHelen KerwinMitch LittleWilliam MetcalfTom OliversonKeresa RichardsonAlan SchoolcraftJoanne Shofner

HB2208: Relating to requirements for certain notices or invoices relating to toll collections 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: Ben Bumgarner

HB2209: Relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain crimes committed against a child may be held after bond is posted.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ben Bumgarner

HB2210: Relating to inclusion of the United States Space Force in United States military and veteran statutory definitions.

Current disposition: Pending: House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee

Last status update: Recalled from subcommittee
April 24, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Defense & Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ben Bumgarner

HB2211: Relating to the compensation and professional representation of certain students participating in University Interscholastic League activities or in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ben Bumgarner

HB2212: Relating to the promotion of film and television production in this state, including the eligibility of film or television productions for funding under the major events reimbursement program, the creation of a film events trust fund and a film production tax rebate trust fund, the establishment of virtual film production institutes, and the designation of media production development zones.

Current disposition: Pending: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Culture, Recreation & Tourism 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ben Bumgarner

HB2215: Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired attorneys representing the state.

🗳 2 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Received from the House
May 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Marc LaHood

Co-sponsors: John LujanAnn JohnsonKatrina PiersonAJ LouderbackHillary HicklandCarrie IsaacJoanne ShofnerTerry Wilson

HB2216: Relating to procedures and grounds related to the removal and placement of children, including for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.

🗳 3 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 7, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Lacey Hull

Co-sponsors: Toni RoseHarold DuttonKeresa RichardsonGary GatesHelen KerwinKevin Sparks

HB2218: Relating to required emergency generators or other backup power sources in certain nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and senior independent living communities; providing civil penalties.

Current disposition: Pending: House Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ana Hernandez

HB2219: Relating to the eligibility of a student with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder for special education services provided by a public school.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ana Hernandez

HB2220: Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, and related school finance reform; imposing taxes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Ways & Means

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Ways & Means 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Helen Kerwin

Co-sponsors: Janis HoltEllen TroxclairAJ LouderbackBen BumgarnerDaniel AldersBriscoe CainMitch LittleJ.M. LozanoKeresa RichardsonJoanne ShofnerTony TinderholtCody VasutWesley Virdell

HB2222: Relating to the establishment of an energy efficiency program for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ana Hernandez

HB2223: Relating to the confidentiality of eviction case information.

Current disposition: Pending: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Trade, Workforce & Economic Development 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Nicole Collier

HB2224: Relating to required emergency generators or other backup power sources in certain nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and senior independent living communities; providing civil and administrative penalties.

Current disposition: Pending: House Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Ana Hernandez

HB2226: Relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property.

Current disposition: Pending: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 23, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Trade, Workforce & Economic Development 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Sam Harless

HB2227: Relating to the period for transporting a criminal defendant who is found incompetent to stand trial to a facility for competency restoration services and to the compensation to the county for the costs of confinement occurring after that period.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Health

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Gina Hinojosa

Co-sponsors: Nicole Collier

HB2228: Relating to student fees at public institutions of higher education.

Current disposition: Pending: House Higher Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Higher Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Cody Vasut

HB2230: Relating to including an understanding of certain political ideologies in the foundation curriculum in public schools.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Tom Oliverson

HB2231: Relating to the consideration for approval by the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of an application for an authorization to use a certain standard permit for a concrete batch plant.

Current disposition: Pending: House Environmental Regulation

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Environmental Regulation 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Venton Jones

Co-sponsors: Ron Reynolds

HB2232: Relating to the regulation by counties of build to rent communities and the regulation by certain counties of manufactured home rental communities.

Current disposition: Pending: House Land & Resource Management

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Land & Resource Management 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Cody Vasut

HB2233: Relating to county notification requirements for incomplete plat applications.

Current disposition: Pending: House Land & Resource Management

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Land & Resource Management 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Angelia Orr

HB2235: Relating to the definitions of abuse and neglect of a child.

Current disposition: Pending: House Juvenile Justice Subcommittee

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Juvenile Justice Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2236: Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2237: Relating to abolishing the death penalty.

Current disposition: Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Jurisprudence 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2238: Relating to the creation and elimination of certain state holidays.

Current disposition: Pending: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Delivery of Government Efficiency 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2239: Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.

🗳 1 vote · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Received from the House
May 12, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

Co-sponsors: Marc LaHoodBriscoe CainMark DorazioAndy HopperShelley LutherWesley Virdell

HB2241: Relating to firearms; authorizing a private civil right of action.

Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Harold Dutton

HB2244: Relating to a prohibition on state contracts to purchase electric vehicles and related components produced in scrutinized countries; authorizing a civil penalty.

Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Briscoe Cain

HB2245: Relating to the verification of the citizenship status of registered voters.

Current disposition: Pending: House Elections

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Elections 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Terri Leo-Wilson

Co-sponsors: Cody HarrisRichard HayesHillary HicklandAndy HopperHelen KerwinBrent MoneyJoanne ShofnerEllen TroxclairWesley Virdell

HB2246: Relating to the terminology used in statute to refer to the partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent.

Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Briscoe Cain

Co-sponsors: Ellen TroxclairNate SchatzlineTerri Leo-WilsonDavid LoweBrent MoneyKatrina PiersonKeresa RichardsonJoanne ShofnerValoree SwansonSteve TothCody Vasut

HB2247: Relating to the creation of a specialty court for individuals who commit family violence; imposing fees for participation.

Current disposition: Pending: House Corrections

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Corrections 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Josey Garcia

Co-sponsors: Joseph Moody

HB2248: Relating to the public information law.

🗳 2 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Business & Commerce

Last status update: Read first time
May 8, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Business & Commerce 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: John Smithee

HB2250: Relating to the criminal offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.

Current disposition: Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Vikki Goodwin

HB2251: 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 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Health 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Vikki Goodwin

HB2252: Relating to air quality permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain oil and gas facilities.

Current disposition: Pending: House Environmental Regulation

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Environmental Regulation 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Vikki Goodwin

HB2255: Relating to the rights of the owner of the surface of the land on which certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas are located in connection with the performance of certain tests on the well.

Current disposition: Pending: House Energy Resources

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Energy Resources 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Vikki Goodwin

HB2256: Relating to financial security requirements for operators of oil and gas wells.

Current disposition: Pending: House Energy Resources

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Energy Resources 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Vikki Goodwin

HB2257: Relating to required agreements between county sheriffs and the United States to enforce federal immigration law.

Current disposition: Pending: House County & Regional Government Subcommittee

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 County & Regional Government Subcommittee 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: AJ Louderback

Co-sponsors: Ryan GuillenEddie MoralesTerri Leo-Wilson

HB2258: Imposing private civil liability on anyone who causes or contributes to the social transitioning of a minor.

Current disposition: Pending: House State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
March 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Steve Toth

Co-sponsors: Tom OliversonWilliam MetcalfRyan GuillenJohn McQueeneyTrent AshbyBen BumgarnerBriscoe CainJay DeanMark DorazioCody HarrisRichard HayesHillary HicklandJanis HoltAndy HopperHelen KerwinTerri Leo-WilsonMitch LittleDavid LoweShelley LutherBrent MoneyMatt MorganMike OlcottKatrina PiersonKeresa RichardsonNate SchatzlineJoanne ShofnerDavid SpillerTony TinderholtEllen TroxclairWesley Virdell