Active Legislation

Currently active bills across federal and state legislatures

Designating Carthage as the official Country Music Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Hemphill as the official Bass Fishing Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Urging the federal government to curb the mass importation of foreign shrimp into the United States.

Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of this state over United States military installations with respect to certain subject matters.

Relating to criminal and civil liability related to sexually explicit media and artificial intimate visual material; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

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...

Designating September 16 as Lone Star Santas Charities Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public...

Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts.

Relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the regulation of certain nursing facilities, including licensing requirements and Medicaid participation and reimbursement requirements.

Designating Brenham as the official Ice Cream Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Milam as the official Gateway Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Rusk County as the official Syrup Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Pineland as the official Sawmill Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Combes as the official Bee Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and...

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 4187.

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 1314.

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 126.

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...

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance,...

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.

Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

Relating to the definition of facility for purposes of workplace violence prevention requirements.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence...

Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.

Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of...

Relating to funding for certain volunteer fire departments, to the preparation for and the prevention, management, and potential effects of wildfires, and to emergency...

Relating to the homeland security activities of certain entities, including the establishment and operations of the Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety.

Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.

Relating to establishing the Historic Texas Freedmen's Cemetery Designation Program; authorizing a fee.

Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools.

Relating to the application review process for certain delayed birth certificates.

Relating to the creation of criminal law magistrates for Bell County.

Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.

Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties.

Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy.

Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax.

Relating to discontinuing group self-insurance coverage and dissolving the Texas self-insurance group guaranty fund and trust fund under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.

Relating to certain tax and fee collection procedures and taxpayer suits.

Relating to required reports of certain vaccine-related or drug-related adverse events.

Relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts over health and safety and nuisance abatement ordinances.

Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway.

Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire.

Relating to the offenses of assault, harassment, and interference with public duties committed against certain employees or agents of a utility.

Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of certain offenses.

Relating to the certification and regulation of certain out-of-state certified public accountants.

Relating to seat belts on buses that transport children.

Relating to the authority of certain conservation and reclamation districts to impose fees for the construction of certain pipelines and associated infrastructure.