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Texas Legislature

Bills Coauthored

Sen. Charles Schwertner
87th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/12/2026

Number of Bills: 30

Author:
Nichols
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Buckingham | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor:
King, Phil | Stucky | Perez | Ashby
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Consumer Privacy Act Phase I; creating criminal offenses; increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense.
Author:
Huffman
Coauthor:
Creighton | Eckhardt | Hinojosa | Kolkhorst | Lucio | et al.
Sponsor:
Bonnen | Pacheco | White
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the procedures required before a law enforcement agency hires certain persons.
Author:
Seliger
Coauthor:
Creighton | Hall | Schwertner | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Cain
Last Action:
06/07/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to training for county election officers.
Author:
Seliger
Coauthor:
Blanco | Buckingham | Lucio | Paxton | Schwertner | et al.
Sponsor:
Wu | Anchia | Dean | Ordaz Perez | Allen
Last Action:
06/14/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to preventing the loss of benefits of and the payment of certain employer contributions for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service.
Author:
Menéndez
Coauthor:
Schwertner
Sponsor:
Deshotel
Last Action:
06/14/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to certain resources and facilities for distributed generation.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Schwertner
Sponsor:
Schofield
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the transfer of certain public school students to a school district offering in-person instruction.
Author:
Springer
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Schwertner
Last Action:
05/17/2021 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures: May 17 2021 1:30PM
Caption:
Relating to the sale of wine and beer on Sundays.
Author:
Campbell
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Birdwell | Buckingham | Creighton | Hall | et al.
Sponsor:
Noble | Morrison | Klick | Slawson | Hull
Last Action:
05/03/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to prohibited logistical support by a governmental entity for procurement of an abortion or the services of an abortion provider.
Author:
Springer
Coauthor:
Schwertner | West
Last Action:
04/19/2021 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the payment of franchise taxes by taxable entity that employs or contracts with a professional athlete.
Author:
Alvarado
Coauthor:
Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Huffman | Lucio | et al.
Sponsor:
Button | Morales, Christina | Cortez | Bell, Cecil | Neave
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the small business disaster recovery loan program.
Author:
Paxton | Bettencourt | Campbell | Hall | Hughes | et al.
Coauthor:
Birdwell | Schwertner
Sponsor:
Leach | Klick
Last Action:
05/25/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a required resource access assistance offer before an abortion is performed or induced.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Hall | Schwertner
Last Action:
05/12/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the authorization by a school district or open-enrollment charter school for a person to carry or possess a weapon on school premises for purposes of safety and security.
Author:
Creighton
Coauthor:
Schwertner | Springer
Last Action:
05/04/2021 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to electronic benefits transfer cards used by or for recipients of benefits under certain assistance programs.
Author:
Powell
Coauthor:
Blanco | Lucio | Menéndez | Schwertner | West
Last Action:
04/20/2021 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention program for certain public elementary school campuses.
Author:
Huffman | Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Powell | Schwertner | et al.
Sponsor:
Smithee | Capriglione | Price | Guerra | Vo
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for colorectal cancer early detection.
Author:
Alvarado
Coauthor:
Blanco | Paxton | Schwertner
Sponsor:
King, Ken
Last Action:
06/08/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to courses in personal financial literacy & economics for high school students in public schools.
Author:
Hancock
Coauthor:
Campbell | Hall | Schwertner
Sponsor:
Paddie | Vasut
Last Action:
05/25/2021 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to cost recovery for costs arising from the interconnection of certain electric generation facilities with the ERCOT transmission system.
Author:
Taylor
Coauthor:
Schwertner
Sponsor:
Bonnen
Last Action:
05/24/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to certain meetings of a commissioners court during a disaster or emergency.
Author:
Creighton
Coauthor:
Blanco | Menéndez | Miles | Schwertner | West | et al.
Sponsor:
Murphy | Krause | Gervin-Hawkins | Huberty
Last Action:
06/14/2021 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the compensation and professional representation of student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education.
Author:
Taylor
Coauthor:
Schwertner
Sponsor:
Allison
Last Action:
05/25/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the adjustment of the average daily attendance of a school district on the basis of a calamity.
Author:
Menéndez
Coauthor:
Blanco | Gutierrez | Schwertner
Sponsor:
Dean | Oliverson | Guillen
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to prices and fees charged by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities, including prices and fees charged during a declared state of disaster; providing administrative penalties.
Author:
Hughes
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Schwertner | Taylor
Last Action:
05/13/2021 H Referred to Public Health: May 13 2021 10:39AM
Caption:
Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers.
Author:
Campbell
Coauthor:
Lucio | Schwertner
Sponsor:
Frank
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to provide identification kits to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools for distribution to the parent or legal custodian of certain students.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Blanco | Buckingham | Campbell | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers or health benefit plan issuers.
Author:
Creighton
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Campbell | Hall | Paxton | Schwertner | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2021 H Referred to Public Education: May 3 2021 10:56AM
Caption:
Relating to the social studies curriculum in public schools.
Author:
Nelson | Huffman
Coauthor:
Campbell | Hancock | Kolkhorst | Lucio | Schwertner | et al.
Sponsor:
White | Harless | Kacal
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to certain equipment provided for use by the officers of the Texas Highway Patrol.
Author:
Paxton
Coauthor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
05/03/2021 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Author:
Huffman
Coauthor:
Birdwell | Creighton | Hughes | Schwertner | Springer
Sponsor:
Geren
Last Action:
05/20/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the removal of a fee for the issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun.
Author:
Miles
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Buckingham | et al.
Sponsor:
White | Murr | Reynolds | Rose
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Expressing commitment to eliminating racially offensive place names and urging the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to approve requests to change racially offensive names of geographic features.
Author:
Creighton
Coauthor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
04/06/2021 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, hold, and use any mutually agreed upon medium of exchange.
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