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

Number of Bills: 12

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Additional Primary Authored Bills

Author (4):
SB 28 Author: Nichols
Last Action: 08/15/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to the regulation of groundwater produced in the boundaries of a groundwater conservation district.

SB 41 Author: Nichols
Last Action: 08/18/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits.

SB 50 Author: Nichols
Last Action: 08/21/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or permit amendments by the district.

SB 55 Author: Nichols
Last Action: 08/21/2025 S Filed
Caption: Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or permit amendments by the district.

Additional Primary Authors (8):
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 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 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 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 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 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.

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