Texas

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 101 to 32 on 5/30/2025). Creates a transactional currency backed by “gold and silver,” and recognizes it as “legal tender.”

HB2 Funding Government Schools (passed 122 to 13 on 5/29/2025). Authorizes $8.5 billion in new funding to public schools, including for teacher and staff pay raises, early-childhood programs, and bilingual education.

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.

SB243 State-sanctioned Migrant Labor Camps (passed 114 to 29 on 5/22/2025). Performs “outreach and education” to inform “migrant agricultural workers" of their "rights," studies the “need” for “additional or improved migrant labor housing facilities," and locates “unlicensed migrant labor housing facilities” without identifying “individual migrant agricultural workers.”

HB1738 Repealing the Crime of Homosexual Conduct (passed 59 to 56 on 5/16/2025). Would have repealed the criminal offense of homosexual conduct in state law.

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.”

HB796 Texas Sovereignty Act (passed 94 to 53 on 5/7/2025). Would begin a formal process for Texas to declare certain federal acts as unconstitutional and prevent their enforcement.

HJR98 Article V Convention (adopted 86 to 57 on 4/28/2025). 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.

SB3 Border Security (Passed 18 to 9 on 12/1/2023). Allocates $1.54 billion for border security over two years, funding law enforcement and border barriers.

SB3 Border Security (Passed 84 to 59 on 11/14/2024). Allocates $1.54 billion for border security over two years, funding law enforcement and border barriers.

SB4 Illegal Immigration (Passed 83 to 61 on 11/14/2023). Establishes penalties for unauthorized entry or reentry into the state by individuals classified as "aliens" under federal law.

SB4 Illegal Immigration (Passed 17 to 11 on 11/9/2023). Establishes penalties for unauthorized entry or reentry into the state by individuals classified as "aliens" under federal law.

SB1 Education Savings Account (Passed 19 to 12 on 10/12/2023). Would create an Education Savings Account (ESA) program providing $8,000 annually per eligible child for private education and related expenses.

HB2 Criminal Penalties for Smuggling (Passed 90 to 53 on 5/30/2023). Strengthens penalties for smuggling, stash houses, and evading arrest, imposing mandatory minimums of 10 years and allowing consecutive sentences for related crimes.

HB1243 Illegal Voting Penalty (Passed 86 to 56 on 5/28/2023). 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.

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

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.

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.

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

SB25 Government Nursing Scholarship (Passed 146 to 1 on 5/23/2024). Enacts government support for nursing-related postsecondary education, including scholarships to nursing students, loan repayment assistance to nurses and nursing faculty, and grants to nursing education programs.

HB900 READER Act (Passed 19 to 12 on 5/23/2023). Prevents sexually explicit materials from being within reach of children in government schools, and it prevents vendors from selling such materials to school districts.

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.

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.

SB1158 Taxpayer-funded Events (Passed 96 to 41 on 5/6/2023). Expands eligibility for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program by amending the Government Code to classify each series of World Cup games in a designated market area as separate, single events.

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.

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.

SB1158 Taxpayer-funded Events (Passed 28 to 3 on 4/17/2023). Expands eligibility for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program by amending the Government Code to classify each series of World Cup games in a designated market area as separate, single events.

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

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.

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.

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 18 to 13 on 5/5/2021). Allows permitless carry of a handgun for persons 21 years of age or older.

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.

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.

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.