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Texas Legislature

Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored

Sen. Joan Huffman
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/2/2026

Number of Bills: 30

Sponsor (30):
Author:
Plesa | Oliverson | Leach | Orr | Campos
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.
Author:
Wilson | Shaheen | Tinderholt | Howard | VanDeaver
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the permissible uses of that money.
Author:
Hull | Noble | Leach | Metcalf | Patterson
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of persons.
Author:
Smithee
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings.
Author:
Ordaz | Orr | Rose | Frank | Howard
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/25/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities.
Author:
Jones, Jolanda | Curry | Cain | Moody | Money
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/22/2025 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial.
Author:
González, Mary
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/22/2025 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit media using deep fake technology.
Author:
Bonnen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/22/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
Author:
Hull
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses, the offense of continuous sexual abuse, and the prosecution, punishment, and collateral consequences of certain sex offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties; changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.
Author:
Vasut | Barry
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/29/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a limitation on the number of terms a person may serve as a commissioner of Port Freeport.
Author:
Thompson | Simmons | Jones, Jolanda
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/29/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Cook | Bonnen | Moody | Smithee | Louderback
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to creating the criminal offense of jugging.
Author:
Vasut | Barry
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/29/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the Brazoria County Commissioners Court to execute tax abatement agreements for property within the Port Freeport district.
Author:
Hull
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the election of the members of the board of directors of the Sweeny Hospital District.
Author:
Dean
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county judges.
Author:
Metcalf | Plesa | Simmons | Leo Wilson
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual.
Author:
Harless | Oliverson | Perez, Mary Ann | Metcalf | Thompson
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the public retirement systems of certain municipalities.
Author:
Anchía | Cook | Little | Plesa
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture.
Author:
Thompson | Ward Johnson
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/26/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to training on de-escalation, crisis intervention, and behavioral health for correctional officers and certain other employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Author:
Kitzman | Spiller | Oliverson | Cook | Troxclair
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/22/2025 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to certain duties of the owner or operator of a residential child detention facility.
Author:
Bhojani | Button | Talarico | Harris Davila | Fairly
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to user reports of explicit deep fake material on social media platforms.
Author:
Lambert | Bumgarner | Plesa
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/29/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the evaluation and reporting of investment practices and performance of certain public retirement systems.
Author:
Louderback
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the compensation of the directors of the Texana Groundwater Conservation District.
Author:
Bonnen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations.
Author:
Bonnen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.
Author:
Bonnen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund.
Author:
Gates
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 286; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Schofield
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 405 to exclude territory; validating and confirming all previous acts of the district.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
04/22/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of the Honorable Terrell Lynn Roberts of Angleton.
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