Michelle Beckley

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.

HB170 Healthcare Overreach (Passed 128 to 13 on 5/24/2019). Would add additional healthcare coverage and cost by adding mammography to certain health plans.

HB888 Migrant Child Misrepresentation (Passed 100 to 43 on 5/23/2019). Would ensure that anyone who misrepresents a child through a port of entry can be charged and prosecuted in any Texas county.

HB985 Competitive Projects Bid (Passed 93 to 54 on 4/30/2019). Would allow greater competition in the bids for public projects by opening them to nonunion groups.

HB2100 Campus Free Speech (Passed 85 to 58 on 4/30/2019). Would ensure that college campuses in Texas cannot take actions that restrict free speech on their premises.

HB2806 Music Venue Subsidization (Passed 95 to 43 on 4/24/2019). Would use taxpayer money to subsidize certain music venues and performances.

HB800 Child Contraceptive Providers (Passed 81 to 64 on 4/16/2019). Would allow children under the age of 18 to be given contraceptives using taxpayer funding.