Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Paul Bettencourt
89th Legislature First Called Session
Report Date: 8/18/2025

Number of Bills: 7

SB 1 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 08/12/2025 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees.

SB 3 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 08/12/2025 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.

SB 4 Author: King
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 08/12/2025 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.

SB 5 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | Hagenbuch | et al.
Last Action: 08/04/2025 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.

SB 6 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Hagenbuch | et al.
Last Action: 08/12/2025 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.

SB 7 Author: Middleton | Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Campbell | Hagenbuch | Hall | Hinojosa, Adam | et al.
Last Action: 08/06/2025 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

SB 14 Author: King
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Flores | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | Kolkhorst | et al.
Last Action: 08/12/2025 S Reported engrossed
Caption: Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

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