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

Number of Bills: 35

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 12 Author: Bell, Keith | Capriglione | Hunter | Spiller | Canales
Coauthor: Bonnen | Bumgarner | Cook | Dean | Dorazio | et al.
Sponsor: Parker
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the review and audit of certain state agency operations.

HB 26 Author: Hull | Rose | Isaac | Manuel | Frank
Coauthor: Davis, Aicha | Flores | Jones, Jolanda | Lalani | Plesa | et al.
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to authorizing Medicaid managed care organizations to offer nutrition support services in lieu of other state Medicaid plan services.

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 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 136 Author: Hull | Swanson | Rose | Richardson | Noble
Coauthor: Davis, Aicha | Flores | Jones, Jolanda | Plesa | Shofner
Sponsor: Alvarado
Last Action: 05/24/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation consultation services.

HB 168 Author: Rosenthal | Johnson | Hayes | Orr
Coauthor: Bernal | Bryant | Bucy | Bumgarner | Cain | et al.
Last Action: 05/14/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the age at which a person in this state may marry and to certain rights of a party to a void marriage entered into when the party was a minor.

HB 195 Author: Plesa | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra | Leach | Capriglione | Troxclair
Coauthor: Bhojani | Bowers | Gámez | Goodwin | Guillen | et al.
Last Action: 04/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to the dissemination of certain school district ad valorem tax-related information.

HB 515 Author: Troxclair | VanDeaver | Ordaz | Harris Davila | Bowers
Coauthor: Alders | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 03/03/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 3 2025 2:24PM
Caption: Relating to public school policies regarding student use of personal electronic devices.

HB 1041 Author: Turner | Garcia, Josey | Noble | Davis, Aicha
Coauthor: Bhojani | Jones, Jolanda | Plesa | Rodríguez Ramos
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/29/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the insurable interest of certain persons providing care to individuals with disabilities in the life of those individuals.

HB 1049 Author: Dorazio | Hunter | Capriglione
Coauthor: Allen | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bowers | Buckley | et al.
Last Action: 03/07/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Caption: Relating to the issuance of gold and silver specie and the establishment of a currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.

HB 1056 Author: Dorazio | Hunter | Capriglione | Raymond | Harris
Coauthor: Alders | Allen | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bowers | et al.
Sponsor: Hughes
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.

HB 1076 Author: Pierson | Leach | Bumgarner
Coauthor: Alders | Cain | Cunningham | Frank | Hickland | et al.
Last Action: 03/07/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Caption: Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee.

HB 1188 Author: Manuel | Bumgarner | Hinojosa | Frank | Rose
Coauthor: Barry | Davis, Aicha | Flores | Garcia, Linda | Goodwin | et al.
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/29/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the provision of information regarding a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents or guardians of certain special education students.

HB 1579 Author: Guerra | Talarico | Plesa | Dutton
Coauthor: Flores | Jones, Jolanda
Last Action: 05/14/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption: Relating to establishing the Texas Seal of Biliteracy for public high school students.

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 2000 Author: Ashby | Holt | Bumgarner | Guillen | González, Jessica
Coauthor: Bell, Keith | Button | Gerdes | Harris | Hickland | et al.
Sponsor: Nichols
Last Action: 05/24/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming.

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 2688 Author: Harless | Oliverson | Perez, Mary Ann | Metcalf | Thompson
Coauthor: Allen | Barry | Dutton | Gates | Geren | et al.
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the public retirement systems of certain municipalities.

HB 2695 Author: Anchía | Leach | Louderback | Cook | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra
Coauthor: Jones, Jolanda | Leo Wilson | Patterson | Plesa
Last Action: 05/14/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the use of a social media platform in furtherance of an offense involving the delivery of a controlled substance; increasing criminal penalties.

HB 2777 Author: Rose | Leach | Thompson | Moody | Geren
Coauthor: Bernal | Buckley | Bucy | Bumgarner | Cain | et al.
Last Action: 05/06/2025 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with severe mental illness.

HB 2783 Author: Garcia, Linda | Cortez | Plesa
Coauthor: Gámez | Jones, Jolanda | Jones, Venton | Morales, Christina | Perez, Vincent | et al.
Last Action: 05/06/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to automatic participation by certain county employees in deferred compensation plans provided by certain counties.

HB 2785 Author: Garcia, Linda | Shaheen | Bucy | Plesa
Coauthor: Gámez | Goodwin | Jones, Jolanda | Jones, Venton | Morales, Christina | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the display of certain information on the secretary of state's Internet website prior to the completion of an online voter registration application.

HB 3125 Author: Guerra | Darby | Morales, Eddie | Rosenthal | Garcia, Josey
Coauthor: Davis, Aicha | Dean | Flores | Harris | Hayes | et al.
Last Action: 04/23/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a geothermal energy workforce education and training initiative.

HB 3611 Author: Curry | Simmons | Perez, Mary Ann | Craddick | Rose
Coauthor: Cole | DeAyala | Jones, Jolanda | Manuel | Morales Shaw | et al.
Sponsor: Miles
Last Action: 05/29/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road.

HB 3673 Author: Cook | Noble | Phelan | Howard | Canales
Coauthor: Alders | Allen | Anchía | Ashby | Barry | et al.
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 4361 Author: Ward Johnson | Howard | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra | Walle | Simmons
Coauthor: Allen | Bryant | Collier | Davis, Yvonne | Flores | et al.
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education.

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.

HCR 94 Author: Morales, Christina | Lalani | Collier | Bucy | Campos
Coauthor: Allen | Anchía | Cole | Flores | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra | et al.
Last Action: 03/11/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Designating May 8 as Vaccination Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

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 136 Author: Curry | Raymond
Coauthor: Darby | Davis, Yvonne | Dutton | Geren | Guillen | et al.
Last Action: 03/14/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 14 2025 9:12AM
Caption: In memory of Clyde Vance Dunnam of Waco.

HR 868 Author: Lujan | Longoria | Button | Bhojani | Richardson
Coauthor: Campos | Garcia, Josey | Jones, Jolanda
Last Action: 05/16/2025 H Reported enrolled: May 16 2025 12:53PM
Caption: Honoring the longstanding relationship between the Province of Québec and the State of Texas.

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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