Jeff Cason

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.