Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Dade Phelan
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/2/2025

Number of Bills: 45

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (30):
HB 11 Author: Phelan
Sponsor: Middleton
Last Action: 05/29/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to licensing reciprocity agreements entered into by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

HB 366 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/30/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to required disclosures on certain political advertising that contains altered media; creating a criminal offense.

HB 3592 Author: Phelan | Leo Wilson
Last Action: 05/15/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to restrictions on political contributions by out-of-state contributors; providing a civil penalty.

HB 4399 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/01/2025 H Referred to s/c on Property Tax Appraisals by Speaker: Apr 1 2025 12:28PM
Caption: Relating to the authority of an appraisal review board to direct changes in the appraisal roll and related appraisal records if a residence homestead is sold for less than the appraised value.

HB 4400 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to supplemental environmental projects authorized by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 4406 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 05/05/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the reporting of direct campaign expenditures by certain persons and political committees.

HB 4407 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/02/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Apr 2 2025 11:48AM
Caption: Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system and property tax appraisal and administration.

HB 4517 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 05/07/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to liquor sales on credit by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit to a wholesaler.

HB 4618 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/03/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption: Relating to the terms of certain agreements involving minor boundary adjustments between two contiguous school districts.

HB 4765 Author: Phelan
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the regulation of code enforcement officers and code enforcement officers in training.

HB 4766 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 05/16/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the regulation of sanitarians and sanitarians in training.

HB 4767 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 05/05/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles.

HB 4768 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals.

HB 4769 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 05/19/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to electronic delivery of documents sent or received by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

HB 4770 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/03/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption: Relating to educational requirements for licensing as an audiologist.

HB 4773 Author: Phelan | Darby | Leo Wilson
Last Action: 05/15/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain malt beverages between two or more licensed premises operating under the same general ownership or management and the sale of those malt beverages.

HB 4830 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 05/14/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the regulation of service contracts and service contract providers and administrators.

HB 4855 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/03/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption: Relating to a patient's access to health records and access to and exchange of certain health benefit plan information; authorizing a civil penalty; authorizing fees.

HB 4958 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to required disclosures on political advertising supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil penalty.

HB 4960 Author: Phelan | Curry | Plesa | Capriglione
Last Action: 05/05/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign and civil penalties for required disclosures on certain political advertising.

HB 5210 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/07/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of real property for which the owner of the property has prepaid those taxes.

HB 5211 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/07/2025 H Referred to Higher Education: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption: Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain attorneys providing legal services in rural counties.

HB 5212 Author: Phelan | Ordaz | Harris Davila
Last Action: 05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the disclosure of mandatory fees or surcharges charged to a consumer by a food service establishment; authorizing an administrative penalty.

HB 5506 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 05/10/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to immunity for ringside physicians assigned to combative sports events.

HB 5601 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/07/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption: Relating to conditioning the implementation of a school choice program on federal reimbursement of state expenses relating to securing the border.

HB 5603 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to a requirement for the Texas Department of Transportation to disclose certain service contract information and provide notice regarding certain changes to a contract.

HB 5669 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 05/22/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the name and powers of the Sabine Pass Port Authority; altering the terms of the authority's port commission; altering the authority to issue bonds.

HCR 148 Author: Phelan
Sponsor: Nichols
Last Action: 06/01/2025 H Senate passage reported
Caption: Designating Bridge City as the official Corn Dog Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HJR 202 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/07/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total market value of real property on which the ad valorem taxes have been prepaid and to establish the prepaid property tax trust fund to provide annual distributions to political subdivisions affected by the exemption.

HJR 217 Author: Phelan
Last Action: 04/07/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment conditioning the implementation of a school choice program on federal reimbursement of state expenses relating to securing the border.

Joint Author (15):
HB 475 Author: Johnson | Phelan | Thompson | Rose | Jones, Jolanda
Last Action: 05/19/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for multisystemic therapy services.

HB 1738 Author: Jones, Venton | Moody | Harrison | Phelan | Johnson
Last Action: 05/19/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct.

HB 2470 Author: Virdell | Phelan | Cain | Vasut | Ashby
Last Action: 04/14/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the age at which a person not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from possessing a firearm may carry a handgun or is eligible for a license to carry a handgun.

HB 2854 Author: Anchía | Rose | Phelan | Cook | Buckley
Sponsor: West
Last Action: 06/01/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages resulting from those visits.

HB 2890 Author: Patterson | Phelan | Craddick | Manuel | Hunter
Sponsor: Parker
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to an interstate compact for the liquefied natural gas industry.

HB 3000 Author: King | Ashby | Phelan | Frank | Landgraf
Sponsor: Perry
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties.

HB 3211 Author: Dean | Gerdes | Harless | Lalani | Phelan
Sponsor: Middleton
Last Action: 05/22/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to vision care benefits, including participation of optometrists and therapeutic optometrists in vision care or managed care plans.

HB 3673 Author: Cook | Noble | Phelan | Howard | Canales
Last Action: 05/07/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.

HB 3717 Author: Harris | Leach | Phelan | Orr | VanDeaver
Last Action: 05/12/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing the administration's approval as a medication for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy.

HB 4732 Author: Gámez | McQueeney | Phelan
Last Action: 05/15/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to state recognition of and prohibited gaming activities by the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas.

HB 4820 Author: Lopez, Janie | Louderback | Lozano | Manuel | Phelan
Last Action: 05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the issuance of obligations by certain water districts bordering certain counties during a disaster declaration.

HB 5573 Author: Bhojani | Capriglione | Phelan | Thompson | Turner
Last Action: 05/15/2025 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the reporting of violations of law and wasteful spending under the whistleblower protection laws.

HJR 169 Author: Manuel | Phelan
Last Action: 03/26/2025 H Referred to Higher Education: Mar 26 2025 11:31AM
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by certain component institutions of the Texas State University System.

HR 945 Author: Anchía | Craddick | Thompson | Moody | Phelan
Last Action: 04/24/2025 H Reported enrolled: Apr 24 2025 1:38PM
Caption: In memory of Pope Francis.

HR 1031 Author: Landgraf | González, Mary | Metcalf | Phelan | Meyer
Last Action: 05/09/2025 H Reported enrolled: May 9 2025 11:55AM
Caption: In memory of Mary Helen VanDeaver of Clarksville.

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