Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Donna Howard
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/2/2025

Number of Bills: 34

HB 5 Author: Craddick | Thompson | Hunter | Bonnen | Curry
Coauthor: Allen | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action: 03/10/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

HB 21 Author: Gates | Capriglione | Martinez Fischer | Tepper | Bell, Cecil
Coauthor: Alders | Allen | Barry | Bell, Keith | Bhojani | et al.
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.

HB 37 Author: Plesa | Oliverson | Leach | Orr | Campos
Coauthor: Alders | Bell, Keith | Bhojani | Bonnen | Bryant | et al.
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program.

HB 50 Author: Jones, Venton | Oliverson | Rose | Campos | Guillen
Coauthor: Allen | Anchía | Bernal | Bhojani | Bowers | et al.
Sponsor: Miles
Last Action: 05/23/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to informed consent for certain screening tests.

HB 102 Author: Wilson
Coauthor: Alders | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor: Hancock
Last Action: 05/22/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education.

HB 107 Author: Simmons | Rose | Collier | Jones, Venton | Oliverson
Coauthor: Allen | Anchía | Bhojani | Bowers | Bryant | et al.
Sponsor: Miles
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry.

HB 125 Author: Slawson | VanDeaver | González, Mary | King | Lambert
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bumgarner | Cook | et al.
Last Action: 04/29/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Tarleton State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

HB 230 Author: Rosenthal | Simmons | Wu
Coauthor: Flores | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra | Garcia, Linda | Goodwin | Howard | et al.
Last Action: 02/27/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Feb 27 2025 11:13AM
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the office of community violence intervention and prevention within the Department of State Health Services and a grant program for violence intervention and prevention services.

HB 300 Author: Wilson
Coauthor: Alders | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor: Hancock
Last Action: 06/01/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.

HB 413 Author: Jones, Jolanda | Curry | Cain | Moody | Money
Coauthor: Allen | Bhojani | Bowers | Bumgarner | Davis, Aicha | et al.
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial.

HB 463 Author: Jones, Jolanda | Curry | Little | LaHood | Plesa
Coauthor: Allen | Bhojani | Bowers | Cain | Davis, Aicha | et al.
Last Action: 05/01/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to certain pretrial hearings for defendants charged with certain controlled substance offenses and the expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain controlled substance offenses.

HB 528 Author: Goodwin | Morales Shaw
Coauthor: Allen | Bryant | Bucy | Campos | Cole | et al.
Last Action: 03/03/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 3 2025 2:24PM
Caption: Relating to requiring public schools to provide to certain parents notice regarding certain incidents and risks related to the parent's child and suicide prevention materials.

HB 557 Author: Jones, Jolanda
Coauthor: Bhojani | Flores | Gervin-Hawkins | Howard | Morales Shaw | et al.
Last Action: 05/21/2025 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of an order to pay child support by contempt and the accrual of interest on certain child support arrearages.

HB 824 Author: Jones, Jolanda | Leo Wilson | Allen | Cunningham | LaHood
Coauthor: Bhojani | Bowers | Bumgarner | Cain | Davis, Aicha | et al.
Sponsor: Middleton
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students.

HB 886 Author: Vasut | Lambert | Plesa | Talarico | Guillen
Coauthor: Bhojani | Buckley | Bucy | Davis, Aicha | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 05/07/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to a one-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

HB 1160 Author: Hull | Harless | Perez, Mary Ann | DeAyala | Hernandez
Coauthor: Howard | Johnson
Last Action: 05/07/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of assault and harassment committed against certain employees or agents of a utility and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those employees or agents; increasing criminal penalties for certain criminal offenses relating to interference with public duties.

HB 1368 Author: Jones, Venton | Buckley | Allen | Reynolds | Guerra
Coauthor: Bowers | Bryant | Bucy | Cole | Davis, Aicha | et al.
Last Action: 05/14/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to a notification requirement if a public school does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.

HB 1432 Author: Goodwin
Coauthor: Allen | Bernal | Bowers | Bryant | Bucy | et al.
Last Action: 03/11/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to restrictive covenants regulating certain landscaping and water conservation practices.

HB 1674 Author: Kerwin | Hopper | Morales Shaw | Bumgarner | Morales, Eddie
Coauthor: Bernal | Bhojani | Bryant | Buckley | Cain | et al.
Last Action: 05/09/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the production, sale, and use of certain agricultural products containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); creating a criminal offense.

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

HB 1773 Author: Bhojani | VanDeaver | Lopez, Janie | Walle | Dutton
Coauthor: Campos | Cole | Cortez | Davis, Aicha | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 05/07/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board.

HB 2058 Author: Plesa | Oliverson | Leach | Campos
Coauthor: Bowers | Bucy | Collier | Davis, Aicha | Garcia, Josey | et al.
Last Action: 03/14/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption: Relating to perinatal palliative care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal palliative care grant program, and a perinatal palliative care hospital recognition program.

HB 2433 Author: Guillen | Davis, Aicha
Coauthor: Barry | Bernal | Bhojani | Bowers | Bucy | et al.
Last Action: 04/21/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the collection of state, municipal, and county hotel occupancy taxes by an accommodations intermediary.

HB 2492 Author: Bowers | Morales, Christina | Simmons | Plesa
Coauthor: Anchía | Goodwin | Howard | Morales Shaw
Sponsor: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain crimes involving family violence may be held after bond is posted.

HB 2532 Author: Shofner
Coauthor: Cain | Holt | Hopper | Howard | Kerwin | et al.
Last Action: 03/17/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 17 2025 2:32PM
Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain advanced practice registered nurses; authorizing a fee.

HB 3339 Author: Ward Johnson | Reynolds | Simmons | Jones, Jolanda | Rose
Coauthor: Allen | Bowers | Bryant | Cole | Collier | et al.
Last Action: 05/19/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to a study on maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women in this state.

HB 3783 Author: Hull | Orr | Slawson | Holt | Dutton
Coauthor: Garcia, Josey | Howard | Morales Shaw
Sponsor: Parker
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to court-ordered counseling in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 4226 Author: Morales Shaw | Raymond | Lujan | Little | Ordaz
Coauthor: Bell, Cecil | Bhojani | Bryant | Cain | Campos | et al.
Sponsor: Campbell
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to exemptions from the taxes imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle for a vehicle purchased, used, or rented by a nonprofit food bank or a provider of housing and related services.

HB 4429 Author: McQueeney | Shofner | Troxclair | Cook | Craddick
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Canales | Capriglione | et al.
Sponsor: Hancock
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Blanco and Burnet Counties as the Muckleroy Family Memorial Highway.

HB 4901 Author: Fairly | Patterson | González, Mary | Button | Hunter
Coauthor: Alders | Allen | Anchía | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action: 04/15/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.

HJR 3 Author: Craddick | Bonnen | Hunter | Thompson | Curry
Coauthor: Allen | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action: 03/10/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.

HR 161 Author: Simmons | Ward Johnson | Jones, Jolanda | Bowers | Jones, Venton
Coauthor: Allen | Bucy | Cole | Collier | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 02/04/2025 H Reported enrolled: Feb 4 2025 7:47PM
Caption: Congratulating Beyoncé for winning three Grammys at the 2025 Grammy Awards.

HR 945 Author: Anchía | Craddick | Thompson | Moody | Phelan
Coauthor: Allen | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bernal | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/2025 H Reported enrolled: Apr 24 2025 1:38PM
Caption: In memory of Pope Francis.

HR 1028 Author: Bhojani | Lujan | Moody | Thompson | Craddick
Coauthor: Alders | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action: 05/24/2025 H Reported enrolled: May 24 2025 10:37AM
Caption: Recognizing May 21, 2025, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day.

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