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253 bills filed for 2027 so far

Matched from the Legislature's official subject index, or caption words for bills not yet indexed.

• HB 103Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of reckless discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities and counties.Rep. Martinez
• HB 105Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility.Rep. Metcalf
• HB 112Relating to retirement benefits for certain law enforcement officers who are members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, including the creation of a supplemental retirement program.Rep. Guillen
• HB 118Relating to the definition of coercion for purposes of trafficking of persons.Rep. Collier
• HB 123Relating to the repeal of laws requiring agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and providing a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements.Rep. Martinez Fischer
• HB 125Relating to certain death benefits for peace officers under public retirement systems.Rep. Metcalf
• HB 134Relating to the issuance of state parklands passports and the waiver of state park fees for certain honorably retired peace officers and to the waiver of the fee for a super combination hunting license and all-water fishing pass for certain veterans, military service members, and honorably retired peace officers.Rep. Morales, Eddie
• HB 135Relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support owed by obligors who are incarcerated.Rep. Garcia, Linda
• HB 140Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.Rep. Curry
• HB 143Relating to the improper relationship between educator and student, including the statute of limitations for and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense, the rights and protection of victims of the offense, and the punishment of certain acts committed in furtherance of the offense.Rep. Guillen
• HB 153Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of trespass in a facility housing an animal and to restitution for property damage resulting from that offense.Rep. Gervin-Hawkins
• HB 154Relating to reports regarding county jail prisoners confined in out-of-state jails.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 157Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain sexual offenses; increasing criminal penalties; changing parole eligibility.Rep. Leach
• HB 158Relating to minimum standards for county jails relating to pregnant and postpartum prisoners.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 159Relating to the release of an inmate on medically recommended intensive supervision.Rep. Ward Johnson
• HB 173Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.Rep. Moody
• HB 177Relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial.Rep. Jones, Jolanda
• HB 181Relating to standards for the out-of-state confinement of county prisoners.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 183Relating to the authority of a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment and to victims' rights regarding a motion to grant a commutation.Rep. Collier
• HB 186Relating to the criminal consequences for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student, including increasing the minimum term of imprisonment, changing eligibility for deferred adjudication community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole, and requiring sex offender registration for that offense.Rep. Leach
• HB 188Relating to the distribution of hookahs; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Lalani
• HB 190Relating to increasing the punishment for certain burglary of a vehicle offenses.Rep. Cortez
• HB 193Relating to measures to support students against whom certain alleged incidents of misconduct by an educational entity or private school employee or service provider were committed.Rep. Guillen
• HB 202Relating to the removal of a public school student from the classroom for engaging in certain conduct that constitutes assault or harassment against a school district employee.Rep. Olcott
• HB 217Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty.Rep. Leach
• HB 218Relating to extreme risk protective orders, including the creation, issuance, and enforcement of those orders; creating criminal offenses.Rep. Johnson
• HB 221Relating to the administration and enforcement of a county fire code.Rep. Flores
• HB 225Relating to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain misdemeanors punishable by fine only.Rep. Moody
• HB 227Relating to requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter school to report data regarding certain disciplinary or law enforcement actions taken against students.Rep. Ward Johnson
• HB 233Relating to temporary vehicle tags and the offense of tampering with a governmental record.Rep. Isaac
• HB 235Relating to a study on the housing needs of youth transitioning out of foster care or the juvenile justice system.Rep. Garcia, Josey
• HB 239Relating to applicability of the civil service system for municipal firefighters and police officers and sheriff's departments.Rep. Martinez
• HB 241Relating to the authority of a county attorney or district attorney to enforce human trafficking awareness and prevention in commercial lodging establishments.Rep. Morales, Eddie
• HB 248Relating to the inclusion of provenance data on certain content created or posted on a social media platform.Rep. Lalani
• HB 249Relating to the frequency of county bail bond board meetings.Rep. Flores
• HB 253Relating to the investigation of the death of a county jail prisoner.Rep. Collier
• HB 254Relating to the admissibility of video recordings of oral statements in the prosecution of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or person with a disability.Rep. Leach
• HB 257Relating to efficiency audits of Operation Lone Star and other border security programs.Rep. Martinez Fischer
• HB 261Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of unlawful use of a mask or other head covering in a public place.Rep. Isaac
• HB 271Relating to prohibiting the operation of virtual currency kiosks; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Shofner
• HB 275Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was subjected to sexual grooming at a public school to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school.Rep. Leo Wilson
• HB 277Relating to jury instructions regarding parole eligibility and the release on parole of certain inmates convicted of an offense committed when younger than 18 years of age; changing parole eligibility.Rep. Moody
• HB 279Relating to procedures and eligibility requirements for orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain criminal defendants.Rep. Johnson
• HB 291Relating to a maximum allowable caseload for criminal defense attorneys.Rep. Collier
• HB 298Relating to deputy sheriff civil service appeals of certain sheriff's department actions.Rep. Martinez
• HB 301Relating to the processes for and the adjudication and payment of certain claims involving a custodial officer, detention officer, emergency medical technician, firefighter, or peace officer under the workers' compensation system.Rep. Patterson
• HB 304Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter and to the repeal of certain criminal offenses concerning the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail.Rep. Bucy
• HB 310Relating to limitation of certain liability of owners, lessees, and occupants of nonagricultural land.Rep. Guillen
• HB 319Relating to the compensation to a county for certain persons confined in a county jail pending trial.Rep. Johnson
• HB 330Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with a medical condition that causes menstrual cramps.Rep. Plesa
• HB 331Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by governmental entities.Rep. Bucy
• HB 342Relating to the eligibility to participate in certain drug court programs.Rep. Johnson
• HB 354Relating to county funding of volunteer fire departments that receive money from an emergency services district.Rep. Holt
• HB 356Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate noise levels in residential areas; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Walle
• HB 362Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and local regulation of cannabis establishments; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license or registration; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax.Rep. Bucy
• HB 365Relating to the collection of certain incident-based data reported to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.Rep. Ward Johnson
• HB 369Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and local regulation of cannabis establishments; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license or registration; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax.Rep. Moody
• HB 370Relating to automatic orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain misdemeanor defendants following successful completion of a period of deferred adjudication community supervision.Rep. Leach
• HB 380Relating to the prosecution of the offense of aggravated kidnapping.Rep. Morales, Eddie
• HB 387Relating to abolishing the death penalty.Rep. Bucy
• HB 391Relating to the use of body worn cameras by correctional officers.Rep. Ward Johnson
• HB 392Relating to an exception from requirements to assist or cooperate with federal immigration officers for matters regarding activities that occur at a domestic violence shelter.Rep. Flores
• HB 399Relating to liability of a public school for a homicide causing the death of a student that occurs on the school campus.Rep. Leo Wilson
• HB 403Relating to access to certain law enforcement, corrections, and prosecutorial records under the public information law.Rep. Moody
• HB 410Relating to the use of facial coverings in law enforcement; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Morales, Eddie
• HB 411Relating to a law enforcement agency policy regarding drug and alcohol testing of peace officers involved in certain injuries or deaths.Rep. Flores
• HB 414Relating to requiring security cameras in common areas of facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.Rep. Ward Johnson
• HB 421Relating to information regarding available procedures for the testimony of a child younger than 13 years of age in certain criminal hearings or proceedings.Rep. Curry
• HB 424Relating to the enforcement of federal immigration law under agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Rep. Ordaz
• HB 425Relating to reporting requirements for volunteer fire departments that receive funding from a county.Rep. Holt
• HB 427Relating to a criminal offense for the creation or distribution of certain artificially generated media with the intent to influence the outcome of an election.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 439Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.Rep. Ward Johnson
• HB 440Relating to the issuance of a certified birth record, driver's license, or personal identification certificate to a homeless individual.Rep. Bucy
• HB 445Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.Rep. Patterson
• HB 456Relating to the applicability of the law authorizing the county fire marshal in certain counties to inspect certain group homes where residential care services are provided to the residents.Rep. Holt
• HB 459Relating to the admissibility of a defendant's work of creative expression in a criminal trial.Rep. Bucy
• HB 467Relating to notification by the secretary of state when a person convicted of a felony may register to vote.Rep. Bucy
• HB 471Relating to claims for benefits or compensation for certain cancers brought by firefighters or emergency medical technicians.Rep. Martinez
• HB 476Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of disseminating personally identifiable voter information.Rep. Guillen
• HB 477Relating to the punishment for politically motivated murders and providing for the prosecution of those murders as capital murder; increasing a criminal penalty.Rep. Patterson
• HB 479Relating to qualifications and registration of certain voters convicted of a felony.Rep. Bucy
• HB 497Relating to the health benefit plan and workers' compensation insurance coverage of and reimbursement for the treatment of a first responder's injuries sustained within the course and scope of employment.Rep. Martinez
• HB 499Relating to public access to criminal proceedings.Rep. Bucy
• HB 505Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of indecency with a child.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 507Relating to drug testing and prescription drug policies for employees and independent contractors of state agencies and political subdivisions regarding the medical use of low-THC cannabis and hemp.Rep. Bucy
• HB 509Relating to requirements for subscription service contracts; providing a civil penalty.Rep. Lalani
• HB 510Relating to human oversight and override for certain high-risk artificial intelligence systems; providing a civil penalty.Rep. Bhojani
• HB 512Relating to the suspension and disbarment of an attorney convicted of any offense requiring the attorney to register as a sex offender.Rep. Curry
• HB 526Relating to toll fees for tow trucks performing incident management tows initiated by peace officers.Rep. Bhojani
• HB 528Relating to postconviction applications for a writ of habeas corpus.Rep. Moody
• HB 543Relating to requiring social media platforms to remove child pornography from the platforms.Rep. Richardson
• HB 545Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability.Rep. Moody
• HB 558Relating to signs posted by public institutions of higher education to facilitate the reporting of and to prevent incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.Rep. Lalani
• HB 567Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.Rep. Tepper
• HB 569Relating to the inclusion of information regarding sexual assault victim and youth crisis support services on certain student identification cards issued by a public school.Rep. Richardson
• HB 576Relating to prohibiting sex offenders from purchasing firearms.Rep. Lalani
• HB 578Relating to procedures for initial and subsequent applications for writs of habeas corpus in death penalty cases.Rep. Moody
• HB 584Relating to the creation of a specialty court for persons who are arrested for and charged with committing family violence and a victim services court for victims of family violence; imposing fees for participation in specialty court.Rep. Moody
• HB 602Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and of certain facilities and physicians to temporarily detain a person with mental illness.Rep. Lalani
• HB 607Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual or developmental disability.Rep. Moody
• HB 611Relating to the establishment of the office of defender general.Rep. Moody
• HB 612Relating to prohibiting a sex offender from possessing a firearm.Rep. Lalani
• HB 615Relating to prohibiting a registered sex offender whose victim was younger than 18 years of age from going within 1,000 feet of the residence of the victim or the victim's family.Rep. Patterson
• HB 616Relating to the addition of Benzimidazole-opioids to Penalty Group 1-B of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.Rep. Money
• HB 618Relating to the transfer of firearm magazines to recipients who are prohibited from possessing the type of firearm for which the magazine is designed or made; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Moody
• HB 620Relating to design and use of a model criminal citation and an addendum to the citation.Rep. Bhojani
• HB 623Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 2 in Hidalgo County as the Officer Domingo Jasso III Memorial Highway.Rep. Martinez
• HB 624Relating to training for peace officers on interacting with persons with autism spectrum disorder.Rep. DeAyala
• HB 630Relating to changing the name of the offense of terroristic threat to criminal threat and to updating references to conform to that terminology.Rep. Moody
• HB 635Relating to the discovery of information used in making a bail decision regarding a defendant in a criminal case.Rep. Moody
• HB 636Relating to a writ to require the issuance of certain relevant documents for a postconviction application for a writ of habeas corpus.Rep. Moody
• HB 638Relating to credit toward a defendant's sentence for time confined in jail or prison before sentencing.Rep. Moody
• HB 640Relating to the authority of a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.Rep. Moody
• HB 644Relating to the conduct that constitutes the use of a deadly weapon for purposes of the prosecution of the offense of aggravated assault or aggravated sexual assault.Rep. Jones, Venton
• HB 648Relating to inquiries into the criminal and disciplinary history of an applicant for undergraduate admission to a public institution of higher education.Rep. Jones, Venton
• HB 651Relating to the award of diligent participation credit to defendants confined in a state jail felony facility.Rep. Jones, Venton
• HB 653Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct.Rep. Jones, Venton
• HB 655Relating to the jury charges during the sentencing proceedings in a capital case.Rep. Moody
• HB 657Relating to the punishment for a capital felony committed by an individual younger than 21 years of age.Rep. Moody
• HB 658Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child; increasing a criminal penalty.Rep. Moody
• HB 660Relating to requiring certain persons prohibited by law from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm to dispose of firearms owned, possessed, or controlled by the person.Rep. Moody
• HB 663Relating to jury instructions regarding parole eligibility for certain felony offenses that are not eligible for parole.Rep. Moody
• HB 664Relating to the waiver of a defendant's arraignment.Rep. Moody
• HB 665Relating to the eligibility to participate in certain drug court programs.Rep. Moody
• HB 667Relating to the criminal penalties for possession or delivery of marihuana concentrate; changing the eligibility for community supervision.Rep. Moody
• HB 669Relating to the availability of identifying information regarding persons who provide materials used in the execution of a convict.Rep. Moody
• HB 670Relating to the release on personal bond of certain defendants charged with a misdemeanor or state jail felony.Rep. Moody
• HB 718Relating to a prohibition on remotely controlling electronic devices of other individuals and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 722Relating to a prohibition on remotely controlling electronic devices of other individuals and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 724Relating to the recipients of a Star of Texas Award for a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical first responder who was killed or sustained a serious or fatal injury in the line of duty before September 1, 2003.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 726Relating to a waiver of a disqualification for peace officer training and licensure based on committing felony theft.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 740Relating 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.Rep. Campos
• HB 742Relating to a study on unreported gunshots detected using gunshot detection technology.Rep. Campos
• HB 746Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain intoxication offenses.Rep. Perez, Vincent
• HB 756Relating to certain mental health policies and services for peace officers, fire fighters, and telecommunicators.Rep. Campos
• HB 757Relating to the eligibility of certain wrongfully imprisoned persons for compensation and for the expunction of arrest records and files in the case.Rep. Campos
• HB 763Relating to the use of automatic license plate reader systems.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 765Relating to the establishment of a blue envelope program by the Department of Public Safety to facilitate interactions between peace officers and the public during motor vehicle stops and requiring associated training for peace officers.Rep. Sethi
• HB 771Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.Rep. Sethi
• HB 773Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole for certain felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited and to certain consequences on conviction of certain offenses.Rep. Louderback
• HB 776Relating to certain offenses and conduct subject to expulsion that are associated with possessing, carrying, exhibiting, or using a firearm on or within 1,000 feet of school property.Rep. Sethi
• HB 778Relating to the imposition of concurrent or consecutive sentences for certain convictions.Rep. Louderback
• HB 782Relating to the ability of a voter registrar and volunteer deputy registrar to distribute and receive applications for a ballot to be voted by mail.Rep. Zwiener
• HB 784Relating to the availability of a child younger than 18 years of age to testify in the presence of the defendant in a criminal hearing or proceeding concerning certain offenses.Rep. Louderback
• HB 785Relating to an attack by a dangerous dog; increasing criminal penalties.Rep. Campos
• HB 792Relating to a study conducted by the Commission on Jail Standards on the living conditions and safety of persons confined in the Harris County jail.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 794Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of hindering the investigation or prosecution of certain sexual offenses committed against a child.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 803Relating to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice policy regarding indoor temperatures at correctional facilities.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 807Relating to inquiries about and the consideration of criminal history record information regarding an applicant for employment.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 809Relating to requiring notice regarding the potential eligibility to vote of certain persons convicted of a felony.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 811Relating to the offense of providing or requesting or allowing another to provide a breath specimen for an ignition interlock device; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 827Relating to the tracking, reporting, and disposition of proceeds and property from asset forfeiture proceedings under the Code of Criminal Procedure.Rep. Harrison
• HB 830Relating to the offense of unlawful use of public funds for communications relating to a measure.Rep. Harrison
• HB 847Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law enforcement agency.Rep. Harrison
• HB 852Relating to the provision of forensic medical examinations to victims of alleged intimate partner violence or strangulation assault and to compensation for those examinations under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.Rep. Anchía
• HB 854Relating to state and local permitting and regulation of mobile food vendors; requiring an occupational license or permit; authorizing fees; providing for criminal and administrative penalties.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 857Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients younger than 21 years of age; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.Rep. Anchía
• HB 859Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of discharging a firearm in certain municipalities.Rep. Anchía
• HB 860Relating to the regulation of mobile food vendors and temporary food event operations; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees; authorizing an administrative penalty; repealing Chapter 437A, Health and Safety Code.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 865Relating to equalizing compensation for certain wrongfully imprisoned persons.Rep. Anchía
• HB 876Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for making false reports regarding an emergency at an institution of higher education or primary or secondary school and to restitution for emergency response costs associated with those false reports.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 878Relating to the acquisition of single-family homes in this state by corporate owners for use as rental property, the attribution of ownership among persons under common control, and the registration of those owners; providing a civil penalty.Rep. Perez, Vincent
• HB 890Relating to the release of a balloon and associated littering; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Canales
• HB 891Relating to the expunction of all records and files related to a finding of criminal contempt by a court.Rep. Canales
• HB 893Relating to the reimbursement of expenses to certain counsel appointed to represent a defendant in a criminal proceeding.Rep. Canales
• HB 895Relating to presumptions applicable to benefit claims for certain public safety employees.Rep. Canales
• HB 897Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files relating to certain nonviolent misdemeanor offenses and a waiver of the fee for filing a petition for expunction for indigent petitioners.Rep. Canales
• HB 898Relating to procedures and practices governing the appeal of a disciplinary action within the Department of Public Safety.Rep. Canales
• HB 902Relating to the creation and promulgation of certain standard forms for statewide use in criminal actions.Rep. Canales
• HB 904Relating to a special bill of review to reform a final judgment of forfeiture of a bail bond.Rep. Canales
• HB 910Relating to establishing a remote work pilot program for state jail felony defendants.Rep. Lalani
• HB 915Relating to opioid overdose training for peace officers.Rep. Bowers
• HB 918Relating to motorcycle profiling by peace officers.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 919Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 925Relating to a requirement that an appraisal review board adopt the value determined by a certified appraiser in certain residential real property protests and to the penalty for tampering with certain appraisals filed with the board.Rep. Mizani
• HB 926Relating to lawful presence verification, expiration, and oversight of commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits and to verification requirements for certain motor carriers; creating a civil penalty.Rep. Mizani
• HB 929Relating to a disclosure of the use of generative artificial intelligence in certain political advertising; providing a civil penalty.Rep. Mizani
• HB 944Relating to health care and law enforcement training regarding pregnancy fraud; creating a criminal offense for presenting false, fraudulent, or fictitious medical records regarding pregnancy.Rep. Spencer
• HB 955Relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording in a lactation room.Rep. Lopez-Resendez
• HB 960Relating to the carrying of certain weapons on the premises of a public library; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Lopez-Resendez
• HB 962Relating to the reporting of a controlled substance overdose occurring on the campus of a public school.Rep. Lopez-Resendez
• HB 965Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of dog fighting; increasing a criminal penalty.Rep. Anchía
• HB 970Relating to depression screenings for certain women in county jail or in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.Rep. Bowers
• HB 976Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for continuous sexual abuse of a child who is younger than 14 years of age.Rep. Lowe
• HB 977Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the unlawful carrying of a handgun.Rep. Virdell
• HB 978Relating to the punishment for the offense of arson involving a government building.Rep. Virdell
• HB 979Relating to the prosecution of the offense of exploitation of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.Rep. Plesa
• HB 986Relating to the monitoring of certain family violence offenders, the provision of resources for family violence victims, and the collection of information about conditions of bond imposed in family violence cases and certain other criminal cases.Rep. Bowers
• HB 988Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files when a grand jury fails to find that probable cause exists to believe the alleged offense was committedRep. Bowers
• HB 1001Relating to a mental health leave policy for certain public safety employees.Rep. Cole
• HB 1002Relating to the eligibility of certain first responders for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder under the workers' compensation system.Rep. Cole
• HB 1003Relating to customers eligible for a discount program provided by a toll project entity.Rep. Cole
• HB 1004Relating to measures to prevent and respond to opioid-related drug overdoses, including policies and training regarding the use of opioid antagonists, at student residences on campuses of public institutions of higher education; providing immunity.Rep. Cole
• HB 1007Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee or the employee's child is a victim of family violence or a violent felony offense.Rep. Salinas
• HB 1008Relating to the use of facial coverings by and the identification of certain law enforcement officers.Rep. Salinas
• SB 46Relating to required disclosures on certain political advertising that contains altered media; creating a criminal offense.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 48Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee or employee's dependent is a victim of family violence.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 49Relating to border protection and economic development services, programs, and other measures, including measures to recruit health care professionals to the border region, improve border inspection efficiency, and enhance border region airport security and capacity, and establishing certain educational programs.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 51Relating to certain death benefits for peace officers under public retirement systems.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 52Relating to a prohibition on and the criminal prosecution of remotely controlling electronic devices of certain individuals and to the violation of certain conditions of bond set in an unlawful installation of tracking device case.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 53Relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 60Relating to the jury charges during the sentencing proceedings in a capital case.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 75Relating to the frequency of county bail bond board meetings.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 80Relating to prohibiting certain transfers, purchases, and possession of assault weapons; creating criminal offenses.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 87Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 89Relating to the reporting of a controlled substance overdose occurring on the campus of a public school.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 95Relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording in a lactation room.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 99Relating to the repeal of laws requiring agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and providing a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 112Relating to water testing by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at correctional facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and county jails.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 119Relating to an extension of the expiration date of the family violence pretrial diversion pilot program in Bexar County.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 130Relating to the prosecution of the offense of forgery.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 133Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to adopt a gender-responsive risk and needs assessment instrument.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 143Relating to the repeal of statutes regarding the criminality or unacceptablility of homosexual conduct and to the recognition of certain same-sex relationship statuses.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 150Relating to the eligibility of certain wrongfully imprisoned persons for compensation and for the expunction of arrest records and files in the case.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 152Relating to the regulation of limited service pregnancy resource centers; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 154Relating to a criminal offense committed against a person because of bias or prejudice on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 155Relating to immunity from criminal liability for certain health care practitioners.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 161Relating to the sequestration of a jury in a criminal case.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 164Relating to creating the criminal offense of approaching or remaining within 25 feet of a first responder with malicious intent after warning to stay away.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 166Relating to a prohibition on the operation or movement of certain overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials under certain circumstances; creating a criminal offense.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 167Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for loading certain overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials at a weight that exceeds the weight limitations authorized for the vehicle.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 170Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle involving theft of a firearm; increasing a criminal penalty.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 171Relating to creating the criminal offense of worship service disruption.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 173Relating to fees for the issuance of certain specialty license plates and an exemption from vehicle registration for certain trailers, semitrailers, tractors, and implements of husbandry.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 176Relating to a law enforcement search of cellular telephones and other wireless communication devices, to the preservation or extraction of data from those devices, and to the admissibility of that data and related evidence in a criminal action.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 178Relating to the criminal offense of conducting a marriage ceremony for a void marriage.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 180Relating to marriages that are void on the ground of consanguinity of the parties.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 182Relating to the analysis of evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense by a public accredited crime laboratory.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 184Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 185Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of reckless driving.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 189Relating to the punishment for murders committed by a person to restore the honor or reputation of the person's family and providing for the prosecution of those murders as capital murder; increasing a criminal penalty.Sen. Hall
• SB 208Relating to required notification of a prisoner's death to the prisoner's next of kin or emergency contact.Sen. West
• SB 209Relating to required training for school district peace officers and school resource officers on limitations on the officers' authority to restrain or otherwise incapacitate certain students.Sen. West
• SB 217Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for victims of trafficking offenses who are or were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.Sen. West
• SB 218Relating to the representation of an arrested indigent person at the person's appearance before a magistrate in certain counties.Sen. West
• SB 223Relating to motor vehicle stops by a peace officer operating a motor vehicle not clearly marked as a law enforcement motor vehicle.Sen. West
• SB 226Relating to the amount of restitution a defendant is ordered to pay for real property theft.Sen. West
• SB 231Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.Sen. Alvarado, Cook, Molly, Gutierrez, Menéndez
• SB 235Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.Sen. Alvarado
• SB 237Relating to regulating the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, and use of cannabis and cannabis products; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring occupational licenses; creating a criminal offense.Sen. Alvarado
• SB 244Relating to changing the name of the offense of child pornography to child sexual abuse material and to updating references to conform to that terminology.Sen. Paxton
• SB 246Relating to the duties of law enforcement agencies, peace officers, and SAFE programs regarding interactions with victims of sexual assault and to a website designed to be used for the delivery of information and resources during interactions with those victims.Sen. Paxton
• SB 248Relating to the criminal offense of interference with child custody.Sen. Paxton
• SB 250Relating to claims for benefits or compensation for certain cancers brought by firefighters or emergency medical technicians.Sen. Rehmet, Cook, Molly
• SB 257Relating to the required provision of visual communication equipment to emergency medical services personnel.Sen. Rehmet
• SB 274Relating to the authority of a county attorney or district attorney to enforce human trafficking awareness and prevention in commercial lodging establishments.Sen. Blanco
• SB 277Relating to the eligibility to participate in certain drug court programs.Sen. Blanco
• SB 299Relating to memorial markers for certain officers killed in the line of duty.Sen. Flores
• SB 308Relating to prohibiting the manufacture of firearms and major components of firearms with a three-dimensional printer, the possession, transport, repair, or sale of those firearms and components, and the distribution or publication of the schematics for those firearms and components; creating criminal offenses.Sen. Gutierrez, Cook, Molly, Menéndez
• HJR 25Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting children by allowing for retroactive laws regarding civil causes of action arising out of child sexual abuse.Rep. Johnson
• HJR 26Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.Rep. Collier
• HJR 41Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.Rep. Moody
• SJR 10Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting children by allowing for retroactive laws regarding civil causes of action arising out of child sexual abuse.Sen. Paxton