Sarah Eckhardt

SB1362 Anti-Red Flag Act (passed 20 to 11 on 5/30/2025). Prevents governmental entities in Texas from enforcing “extreme risk protective orders.”

HB1056 Constitutional Money (passed 18 to 12 on 5/28/2025). Creates a transactional currency backed by “gold and silver,” and recognizes it as “legal tender.”

SB33 Ban on State-sponsored Abortion Travel (passed 22 to 9 on 5/26/2025). Bans the use of public funds for abortion-related travel.

HB2 Funding Government Schools (passed 31 to 0 on 5/23/2025). Authorizes $8.5 billion in new funding to public schools, including for teacher and staff pay raises, early-childhood programs, and bilingual education.

HJR98 Article V Convention (adopted 17 to 14 on 5/8/2025). Applies to Congress to “call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution.”

SB18 Defunding "Drag Queen Story Hour" (passed 20 to 11 on 3/19/2025). Would have defunded municipal libraries that host “Drag Queen Story Hour” events.

SB1070 ERIC Withdrawal (Passed 18 to 12 on 5/26/2023). Withdraws Texas from Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).

HB1243 Illegal Voting Penalty (Passed 19 to 11 on 5/24/2023). Would increase the criminal penalty for illegal voting from a Class A misdemeanor to either a state jail felony for attempted illegal voting or second-degree felony for illegal voting.

HB1058 Subsidized Housing (Passed 26 to 5 on 5/22/2023). Enacts an insurance premium tax credit for certain housing developments.

HB4363 Future Texas Teacher Scholarship (Passed 25 to 6 on 5/21/2023). Establishes the Future Texas Teachers Scholarship Program for certain students at public institutions of higher education.

SB990 Countywide Polling Place Program (Passed 17 to 12 on 4/20/2023). Eliminates of the countywide polling place program.

SB17 DEI Ban (Passed 19 to 12 on 4/19/2023). Bans diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at colleges and public institutions of higher education.

SJR52 Con-Con Extension (Passed 19 to 12 on 3/21/2023). Extends the deadline for the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution

SB1 Budget (passed 31 to 0 on 5/26/2021). Appropriates, as passed by the Texas Legislature, approximately $248.6 billion for the FY 2022-23, of which roughly $248.1 billion became law following the Governor’s line-item veto proclamation.

HB492 No-Knock Warrant Limits (passed 30 to 1 on 5/25/2021). 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.”

HB3 Texas Pandemic Response Act (passed 30 to 1 on 5/25/2021). 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.

HB1927 Permitless Firearm Carry (passed 18 to 13 on 5/5/2021). Allows permitless carry of a handgun for persons 21 years of age or older.

SB7 Election Integrity (passed 18 to 13 on 4/1/2021). Seeks to prevent election fraud by both creating criminal offenses and increasing criminal penalties.

SB8 Abortion Restrictions (passed 19 to 12 on 3/30/2021). 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.