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

Number of Bills: 49

HB 2 Author: Buckley | Bernal | Guillen
Coauthor: Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bhojani | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor: Creighton
Last Action: 06/01/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Relating to public education and public school finance.

HB 3 Author: Buckley | Frank | Hunter | Harris | Bonnen
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bumgarner | et al.
Last Action: 03/12/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.

HB 4 Author: Buckley | Bernal | Ashby | Frank | Cook
Coauthor: Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Bumgarner | et al.
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Last Action: 05/29/2025 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.

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 6 Author: Leach | Harris | Buckley | Metcalf | Hull
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor: Perry
Last Action: 06/01/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.

HB 8 Author: Meyer | Bonnen | Troxclair | Martinez Fischer | Turner
Coauthor: Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Buckley | et al.
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district.

HB 9 Author: Meyer | Bonnen | Hickland | Martinez Fischer | Bernal
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Last Action: 05/22/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income.

HB 16 Author: Harris | Hunter | Kitzman | Ashby | Martinez
Coauthor: Cunningham | Fairly | Gerdes | Lambert | Lopez, Janie | et al.
Last Action: 04/02/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.

HB 17 Author: Hefner | Metcalf | Patterson | McQueeney | Spiller
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action: 04/02/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense.

HB 20 Author: Gates | Buckley | Bell, Keith | Longoria | Martinez Fischer
Coauthor: Alders | Allen | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bhojani | et al.
Sponsor: Schwertner
Last Action: 06/01/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program.

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 32 Author: Button | Geren | Moody | Smithee | Leach
Coauthor: Ashby | Bonnen | Cain | Canales | Dean | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.

HB 33 Author: McLaughlin | Guillen | Moody | Leo Wilson | Louderback
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor: Flores
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies.

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 43 Author: Kitzman | Guillen | Lopez, Janie | Bonnen | González, Mary
Coauthor: Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Buckley | et al.
Sponsor: Sparks
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority.

HB 54 Author: Gerdes | Metcalf | Harris | Troxclair | Harris Davila
Coauthor: Alders | Barry | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Bumgarner | et al.
Last Action: 04/30/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the display of and allowance for non-human behaviors in Texas schools.

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 120 Author: Bell, Keith | Buckley | Ashby | Gates | Button
Coauthor: Cook | Davis, Aicha | DeAyala | Fairly | Frank | et al.
Sponsor: Schwertner
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.

HB 229 Author: Troxclair | Swanson | Slawson | Hull | Leach
Coauthor: Alders | Barry | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Buckley | et al.
Sponsor: Middleton
Last Action: 05/30/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex.

HB 239 Author: Swanson | Bonnen | Leach | Metcalf | Harris
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action: 02/27/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 27 2025 11:13AM
Caption: Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using certain private spaces; authorizing a civil penalty.

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 1009 Author: Olcott
Coauthor: Alders | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Buckley | et al.
Last Action: 03/07/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Caption: Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.

HB 1391 Author: Hopper
Coauthor: Bumgarner | Fairly | Hickland | Isaac | Kerwin | et al.
Last Action: 03/25/2025 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking and sexual offenses; increasing criminal penalties; changing parole eligibility.

HB 1497 Author: Cain | Vasut | Noble | Hefner | DeAyala
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action: 03/11/2025 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption: Relating to the placement of a nativity scene on the Capitol grounds.

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 1952 Author: Kerwin
Coauthor: Buckley | Bumgarner | Cain | Cook | Craddick | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the composition of county appraisal district boards of directors.

HB 2140 Author: Simmons | Rose | Lalani | Ward Johnson
Coauthor: Collier | Fairly | Garcia, Linda | Hinojosa | Perez, Vincent
Last Action: 05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

HB 2306 Author: Villalobos | Leo Wilson | Troxclair | Cook | Plesa
Coauthor: Alders | Barry | Bell, Keith | Bhojani | Buckley | et al.
Sponsor: Parker
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals.

HB 3061 Author: Oliverson | Little | Louderback
Coauthor: Alders | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Buckley | et al.
Last Action: 05/08/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to enhancing the punishment for committing certain criminal offenses while disguised or masked.

HB 3186 Author: Swanson
Coauthor: Bell, Cecil | Cain | Curry | Dorazio | Fairly | et al.
Last Action: 03/20/2025 H Referred to Higher Education: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM
Caption: Relating to intercollegiate athletic competitions based on biological sex.

HB 3225 Author: Alders | Hefner | Metcalf | Leo Wilson
Coauthor: Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Buckley | Bumgarner | et al.
Sponsor: Hughes
Last Action: 05/28/2025 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the restriction of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty.

HB 3441 Author: Luther | Leach | LaHood | Longoria | Schofield
Coauthor: Alders | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Buckley | et al.
Sponsor: Hall
Last Action: 05/30/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the liability of vaccine manufacturers that advertise a harmful vaccine.

HB 3479 Author: Morgan | McLaughlin | Hayes | Cain
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bumgarner | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the Rio Grande vegetative management program.

HB 3507 Author: Wharton
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bumgarner | Cook | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of theft.

HB 3554 Author: Simmons | Lalani | Oliverson | Howard | Rose
Coauthor: Collier | Fairly | Hinojosa | Perez, Vincent | Ward Johnson
Last Action: 05/15/2025 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to establishment of the Texas Rare Disease Advisory Council.

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 4688 Author: Leach | Lopez, Janie
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator.

HB 5243 Author: Gerdes | Harris | Canales | Hull | Raymond
Coauthor: Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bumgarner | Cain | et al.
Last Action: 04/15/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

HCR 40 Author: Gerdes | DeAyala | Metcalf | Guillen | Bumgarner
Coauthor: Alders | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Buckley | Cain | et al.
Sponsor: Creighton
Last Action: 05/27/2025 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for border security costs incurred under Operation Lone Star.

HCR 59 Author: Isaac
Coauthor: Allen | Bell, Keith | Bowers | Buckley | Bumgarner | et al.
Sponsor: Campbell
Last Action: 05/28/2025 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Designating April as Promise Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HJR 1 Author: Meyer | Bonnen | Button | Martinez Fischer | Bernal
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Last Action: 05/20/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.

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.

HJR 7 Author: Harris | Hunter | Martinez | Kitzman | Metcalf
Coauthor: Alders | Ashby | Barry | Bell, Cecil | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor: Perry
Last Action: 06/01/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue.

HJR 15 Author: Smithee
Coauthor: Alders | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Buckley | et al.
Last Action: 03/18/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons.

HJR 16 Author: Smithee
Coauthor: Alders | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | Buckley | et al.
Last Action: 03/18/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.

HJR 138 Author: Alders | Meyer | Capriglione | Morales, Eddie | Garcia, Josey
Coauthor: Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Bumgarner | Cain | Cook | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2025 H Failed of adoption
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a carbon tax.

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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