Bryan Slaton

HB4363 Future Texas Teacher Scholarship (Passed 119 to 19 on 5/25/2023). Establishes the Future Texas Teachers Scholarship Program for certain students at public institutions of higher education.

HB1058 Subsidized Housing (Passed 122 to 15 on 5/25/2023). Enacts an insurance premium tax credit for certain housing developments.

SB1070 ERIC Withdrawal (Passed 85 to 61 on 5/23/2023). Withdraws Texas from Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).

DEI Ban (Passed 83 to 60 on 5/19/2023). Bans diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at colleges and public institutions of higher education.

HB4217 Eminent Domain (Passed 125 to 11 on 5/11/2023).  Allows public utility agencies in some counties, through condemnation, to acquire land, easements, and property within its service area for the agency's use and benefit.

HB2837 Firearm Merchant Codes (Passed 89 to 56 on 5/3/2023). Prohibits a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain credit card merchant category codes.

HB9 Border Security Funds (passed 85 to 36 on 8/30/2021). Appropriates approximately $1.8 billion for border security efforts.

SB1 Budget (passed 142 to 6 on 5/27/2021). Appropriates approximately $248.6 billion for the FY 2022-23, of which roughly $248.1 billion became law.

HB3 Texas Pandemic Response Act (passed 104 to 39 on 5/11/2021). Allows the governor to issue “pandemic disaster” declarations and establishes the 10-member Pandemic Disaster Legislative Oversight Committee to oversee them when the legislature is not convened.

SB8 Abortion Restrictions (passed 83 to 64 on 5/6/2021). Prohibits an abortion after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, except for when a woman has a “medical emergency,” which places the woman in danger of death or a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function.

HB492 No-Knock Warrant Limits (passed 143 to 1 on 5/6/2021). Limits the issuance of ‘no-knock’ arrest and search warrants to only situations in which it is “necessary to avoid the risk of death or serious bodily injury to peace officers and others.”

HB1927 Permitless Firearm Carry (passed 87 to 58 on 4/16/2021). Allows permitless carry of a handgun for persons 21 years of age or older.