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Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. Morgan Meyer
87th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/27/2026
Number of Bills: 68

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (37):
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/04/2021 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 4 2021 4:17PM
Caption:
Relating to the statute of limitations for certain offenses committed against children.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/04/2021 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 4 2021 4:17PM
Caption:
Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of abandoning or endangering a child.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/08/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 8 2021 1:09PM
Caption:
Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information.
Author:
Meyer | Metcalf | Minjarez
Last Action:
05/03/2021 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the use of state appropriations or public money of a political subdivision to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain public officers and employees.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/11/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 11 2021 1:34PM
Caption:
Relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system.
Author:
Meyer
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
05/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery location restrictions.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/15/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 15 2021 10:54AM
Caption:
Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Meyer | Holland | Guillen
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/03/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the online renewal of vehicle registration.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/30/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use of personal driver's license information disclosed by a state agency or political subdivision.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
05/04/2021 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the administration and collection of sales and use taxes and certain fees applicable to sales involving marketplace providers.
Author:
Meyer | Burrows
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/03/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of information regarding certain local economic development agreements; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Meyer | Burrows | Johnson, Ann
Last Action:
05/04/2021 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the collection, remittance, and administration of certain taxes on motor vehicles rented through a marketplace rental provider; imposing a penalty.
Author:
Meyer | Shine
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the alternate provisions for ad valorem tax rate notices when the de minimis rate of a taxing unit exceeds the voter-approval tax rate.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
05/13/2021 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to a limitation on property tax rates for municipalities that adopt budgets that defund municipal police departments.
Author:
Meyer | Shine | Button
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/03/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to public notice of the availability on the Internet of property-tax-related information.
Author:
Meyer | Burrows
Last Action:
05/13/2021 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the calculation, collection, and remittance of state hotel occupancy taxes.
Author:
Meyer | Hunter | Johnson, Ann | Thierry
Last Action:
05/17/2021 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to possession or promotion of child sexual abuse material; increasing a criminal penalty; changing eligibility for community supervision.
Author:
Meyer | Hunter | Johnson, Ann | Frullo
Last Action:
05/10/2021 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the criminal offense of online solicitation relating to a minor; creating a criminal offense; changing eligibility for community supervision.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
04/27/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil actions.
Author:
Meyer
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to an affirmative defense to an allegation of truant conduct.
Author:
Meyer | Stucky
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to certain measures to promote compliance with and improve public awareness of the state's move over or slow down law concerning the passing of certain vehicles.
Author:
Meyer | Holland
Last Action:
05/13/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program.
Author:
Meyer | Burrows | Bonnen | Thierry
Last Action:
04/28/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the effect of a disaster on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/22/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 22 2021 11:25AM
Caption:
Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Meyer
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/26/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to consent for the use or possession of personal identifying information under the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act.
Author:
Meyer | Darby
Last Action:
03/22/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 22 2021 11:25AM
Caption:
Relating to information regarding certain noncompliance by an appraisal district in the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation records of a professional property tax appraiser serving as chief appraiser for the district.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/22/2021 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 22 2021 4:23PM
Caption:
Relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery location restrictions.
Author:
Meyer
Sponsor:
West
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective on 1/1/22
Caption:
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of residential real property located in a designated historic district.
Author:
Meyer | Burrows | Metcalf | Goldman
Last Action:
04/23/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the location at which certain sales are consummated for purposes of local sales and use taxes.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/29/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 29 2021 11:47AM
Caption:
Relating to the administration of public school assessment instruments and the temporary suspension of certain accountability determinations for a school district or campus in a school year in which in-person attendance at the district is disrupted as a result of a declared disaster and the requirement to use those assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation of a public school student.
Author:
Meyer
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
05/22/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the extension of the expiration of certain parts of the Texas Economic Development Act.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/29/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 29 2021 11:47AM
Caption:
Relating to the adjustment of the average daily attendance of a school district due to a disaster that disrupts in-person attendance.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/29/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 29 2021 11:47AM
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the attendance credit receipts fund.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/18/2021 H Reported enrolled: Mar 18 2021 4:34PM
Caption:
In memory of Leslie Long Melson of Highland Park.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/22/2021 H Reported enrolled: Mar 22 2021 4:25PM
Caption:
In memory of Christopher Michael Murzin of Dallas.
Author:
Meyer
Last Action:
03/26/2021 H Reported enrolled: Mar 26 2021 5:23PM
Caption:
Congratulating Clayton Kershaw on winning the 2020 World Series as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Author:
Meyer | Capriglione
Last Action:
05/11/2021 H Reported enrolled: May 11 2021 4:06PM
Caption:
In memory of Joseph Patrick Tillotson of Southlake.
Joint Author (31):
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Bonnen | Goldman | Coleman | Meyer
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Texas brain university research initiative.
Author:
Leach | Ashby | Meyer
Sponsor:
Taylor
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator, including the effect that changes to that liability have on commercial automobile insurance.
Author:
Talarico | Price | Lucio III | Thompson, Senfronia | Meyer
Last Action:
04/06/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a cap on the monthly price of insulin and insulin supplies.
Author:
Landgraf | Meyer | Guillen | Kuempel | González, Mary
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/24/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to establishment of the Texas Active Shooter Alert System.
Author:
Geren | Goldman | Frullo | Meyer | Bonnen
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
05/08/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the franchise tax treatment of certain loans and grants made under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
Author:
Oliverson | Meyer | Allison | Swanson
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
04/30/2021 E Effective on 1/1/22
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of the sales and use tax to medical or dental billing services.
Author:
Murphy | Burrows | Moody | Meyer | Shine
Last Action:
05/10/2021 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Economic Development Act; requiring the imposition of an authorized fee and changing the amounts of certain fees.
Author:
Landgraf | Vasut | Spiller | Meyer
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.
Author:
Burrows | Goldman | Longoria | Meyer | Sherman, Sr.
Sponsor:
Springer
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to quarantine leave for fire fighters, peace officers, detention officers, and emergency medical technicians employed by, appointed by, or elected for a political subdivision.
Author:
Leman | Meyer | Thierry | Jetton | Hefner
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/07/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to taxpayers' suits.
Author:
Parker | Meyer | Shaheen | Raymond | Rose
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
06/07/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to a change of name for participants in the address confidentiality program administered by the office of the attorney general.
Author:
Turner, John | Rose | Meyer | Minjarez | Sanford
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the forfeiture of contraband relating to the criminal offense of racing on a highway.
Author:
Neave | Button | Collier | González, Mary | Meyer
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of a sexual assault, to evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense, and to other law enforcement procedures occurring with respect to a sexual assault or other sex offense.
Author:
Neave | Button | Collier | González, Mary | Meyer
Last Action:
03/16/2021 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety: Mar 16 2021 10:20AM
Caption:
Relating to the tracking of evidence of sexual assault and other sex offenses.
Author:
Neave | Button | Collier | González, Mary | Meyer
Last Action:
03/16/2021 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety: Mar 16 2021 10:20AM
Caption:
Relating to noncompliance with provisions regarding the collection, analysis, and preservation of evidence of sexual assault and other sex offenses.
Author:
Noble | Meyer | Buckley | Turner, Chris | Rodriguez
Last Action:
05/10/2021 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for animals adopted from or sold by nonprofit animal welfare organizations.
Author:
Neave | Button | Collier | González, Mary | Meyer
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the tracking and analysis of evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense, to noncompliance with requirements imposed with respect to that evidence, and to other law enforcement procedures occurring with respect to a sexual offense.
Author:
Noble | Guillen | Thierry | Collier | Meyer
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to excluding the furnishing of an academic transcript from the definition of "information service" for purposes of sales and use taxes.
Author:
Turner, John | Price | Coleman | Meyer | Rose
Sponsor:
Johnson
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to a voluntary quality standards certification process for certain private residential psychiatric treatment facilities that provide treatments and services to youth; imposing fees; authorizing civil and administrative penalties.
Author:
Leman | Goldman | Harris | Meyer
Last Action:
05/10/2021 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to municipalities and counties that adopt budgets that reduce the funding or personnel allocated for law enforcement agencies.
Author:
Krause | Landgraf | Vasut | Spiller | Meyer
Last Action:
04/20/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.
Author:
Paddie | Meyer
Sponsor:
Springer
Last Action:
05/24/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the enactment of a law that imposes a tax on certain transactions that either convey a security or involve specified derivative contracts.
Author:
Parker | Meyer | Rose | Oliverson | Thompson, Senfronia
Last Action:
05/11/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that certain entities post human trafficking signs; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Goldman | Meyer | Rodriguez | Thierry | Button
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
05/20/2021 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a franchise or insurance tax credit for certain housing developments.
Author:
Krause | Parker | Leach | Meyer | Oliverson
Last Action:
03/29/2021 H Referred to Human Services: Mar 29 2021 11:47AM
Caption:
Relating to the provision of certain benefits under Medicaid, including the coordination of private health benefits, and to reimbursement for some of those benefits.
Author:
Hull | Meyer
Last Action:
05/12/2021 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the procedure to be used by an appraisal review board to conduct a hearing on a protest.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Bonnen | Goldman | Coleman | Meyer
Last Action:
05/10/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and the dedication of bond proceeds to the Brain Institute of Texas established to fund brain research in this state.
Author:
Paddie | Meyer
Sponsor:
Springer
Last Action:
05/24/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law that imposes a tax on certain transactions that either convey a security or involve specified derivative contracts.
Author:
Goldman | Bucy | Metcalf | Meyer | Schofield
Last Action:
05/14/2021 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a political subdivision other than a school district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the political subdivision may impose on the residence homesteads of persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.
Author:
Murr | Meyer | Landgraf | Burns | VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/26/2021 H Reported enrolled: May 26 2021 2:55PM
Caption:
Recognizing Emma Cullins Holland of Heath on being the first person to lose a tooth on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives during a legislative session.
Author:
Capriglione | Button | Bucy | Meyer | Moody
Last Action:
05/31/2021 H Reported enrolled: May 31 2021 4:30PM
Caption:
Urging Congress to pass the "CHIPS for America Act" or any legislation that substantially increases the United States' investments in semiconductor manufacturing and research.
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