Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Sen. Paul Bettencourt
89th Legislature Second Called Session
Report Date: 8/29/2025

Number of Bills: 21

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Additional Primary Authored Bills

Author (6):
SB 3 Author: Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Wilson | Darby | Leo Wilson | Virdell | Wharton
Last Action: 08/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas.

SB 9 Author: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 08/15/2025 S Committee report printed and distributed: Aug 15 2025 8:21PM
Caption: Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.

SB 10 Author: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Hagenbuch | et al.
Sponsor: Meyer
Last Action: 08/28/2025 H Conf. Comm. Report distributed: Aug 28 2025 6:17PM
Caption: Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.

SB 19 Author: Bettencourt
Last Action: 08/28/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the making and acceptance of political contributions during a special legislative session.

SB 40 Author: Bettencourt
Last Action: 08/18/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community.

SB 46 Author: Bettencourt
Last Action: 08/19/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to the funding of, contracting with, and employment for law enforcement agencies in certain counties.

Additional Primary Authors (15):
SB 1 Author: Perry | Bettencourt | Blanco | Flores | Hagenbuch | et al.
Last Action: 08/25/2025 H Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding: Aug 25 2025 9:05AM
Caption: Relating to campground and youth camp safety.

SB 2 Author: Perry | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Sponsor: King | Meyer | Moody | Wilson | Darby
Last Action: 08/27/2025 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees.

SB 5 Author: Huffman | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Sponsor: Bonnen
Last Action: 08/26/2025 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.

SB 6 Author: Perry | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 08/20/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Aug 20 2025 10:14AM
Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.

SB 8 Author: Middleton | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Sponsor: Orr | Metcalf | Bonnen | Leach | Harris
Last Action: 08/28/2025 H Passed
Caption: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

SB 11 Author: Parker | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Cook
Last Action: 08/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

SB 12 Author: Hughes | Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Hagenbuch | et al.
Sponsor: Shaheen
Last Action: 08/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

SB 13 Author: Middleton | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 08/20/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Aug 20 2025 10:14AM
Caption: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.

SB 14 Author: Perry | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Sponsor: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 08/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.

SB 15 Author: King | Bettencourt | Creighton | Flores | Hagenbuch | et al.
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 08/25/2025 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

SB 16 Author: West | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Dyson | Anchía | Ashby | Cain | DeAyala
Last Action: 08/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.

SB 17 Author: Hughes | Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Hagenbuch | et al.
Last Action: 08/15/2025 S Committee report printed and distributed: Aug 15 2025 9:30PM
Caption: Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

SB 18 Author: Zaffirini | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Sponsor: Gerdes | Bumgarner | Leo Wilson
Last Action: 08/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control.

SB 29 Author: Hall | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 08/15/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin.

SR 4 Author: Campbell | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 08/18/2025 S Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Caption: In memory of James Bruce Bugg Jr. of San Antonio.

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