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Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. Gary VanDeaver
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/26/2026
Number of Bills: 50

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (30):
Author:
VanDeaver | Lambert | King | Johnson | Ashby
Sponsor:
Perry
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/07/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to motorcycle profiling by peace officers.
Author:
VanDeaver | Bell, Keith | Wharton
Sponsor:
Hall
Last Action:
05/26/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from certain motor fuel taxes for counties in this state.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/07/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Caption:
Relating to the employment of honorably retired peace officers as school district security personnel and the applicability to those officers of certain law governing private security.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/07/2025 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Caption:
Relating to an exemption to the fishing license requirement for certain residents engaged in fishing in public waters.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/07/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a Texas Commission on Assessment and Accountability.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/11/2025 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption:
Relating to the County Court at Law of Bowie County.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
04/28/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to a customer guide to home solar energy devices.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/14/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption:
Relating to an honorably retired peace officer serving as an armed security officer at a public school.
Author:
VanDeaver | Hefner | Luther | Dean | Martinez
Last Action:
05/10/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the removal of certain proposed reservoir sites from the state water plan.
Author:
VanDeaver | King | Wilson | Ward Johnson | Kitzman
Last Action:
04/22/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to public higher education.
Author:
VanDeaver | Hefner
Last Action:
03/14/2025 H Referred to Natural Resources: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption:
Relating to the engineering feasibility and construction of a reservoir.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
04/28/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to remotely conducting depositions, hearings, and other proceedings in juvenile cases.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/14/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption:
Relating to a public school campus's election under a campus turnaround plan to operate as a community school.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/31/2025 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption:
Relating to funding for certain commercial service airport projects.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/01/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a permit authorizing the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container.
Author:
VanDeaver
Sponsor:
Hall
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the compensation and benefits for certain peace officers commissioned by the state fire marshal.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/18/2025 H Referred to Natural Resources: Mar 18 2025 11:56AM
Caption:
Relating to the inclusion of certain sources of water supply in regional water plans.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
04/01/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to notification and disclosure of records and information concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to county or district attorneys.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/05/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway.
Author:
VanDeaver
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
05/25/2025 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/01/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to agreements between border municipalities.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/24/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 24 2025 2:16PM
Caption:
Relating to the availability and instruction on the use of automated external defibrillators and a cardiac emergency response plan at public schools and certain private schools in this state.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/27/2025 H Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption:
Relating to self-settled asset protection trusts.
Author:
VanDeaver
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to authorized activities of a brewer's or nonresident brewer's license holder; authorizing a fee increase.
Author:
VanDeaver
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a report on governmental opioid antagonist programs to reverse and prevent opioid overdoses.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Human Services: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the provision of prosthetic devices to certain Medicaid recipients.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
02/19/2025 H Reported enrolled: Feb 19 2025 4:54PM
Caption:
Recognizing February 19, 2025, as Northeast Texas Regional Alliance Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/06/2025 H Reported enrolled: Mar 6 2025 2:18PM
Caption:
In memory of former state representative Barry Bradford Telford of De Kalb.
Joint Author (20):
Author:
Hull | Frank | VanDeaver | Bucy | Pierson
Last Action:
04/28/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living; authorizing a civil penalty.
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:
Slawson | VanDeaver | González, Mary | King | Lambert
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.
Author:
González, Mary | Moody | VanDeaver | Garcia, Linda
Last Action:
04/22/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.
Author:
Landgraf | Metcalf | VanDeaver
Last Action:
02/27/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Feb 27 2025 11:13AM
Caption:
Relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law.
Author:
Troxclair | VanDeaver | Ordaz | Harris Davila | Bowers
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.
Author:
Lalani | VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/12/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to emergency cardiovascular care at public schools and certain private schools in this state.
Author:
Zwiener | VanDeaver | Buckley | Metcalf | González, Mary
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Caption:
Relating to authorizing the use of a writing portfolio assessment to assess writing performance for public school students.
Author:
González, Mary | VanDeaver
Last Action:
03/10/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM
Caption:
Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations.
Author:
Gerdes | VanDeaver | Dean | Guillen | Morales, Eddie
Last Action:
03/17/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to underground facility safety.
Author:
Gerdes | Kitzman | VanDeaver | Bell, Keith | Dean
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to certain prohibited acts with respect to cell-cultured protein for human consumption.
Author:
Noble | Oliverson | VanDeaver | Simmons | Johnson
Last Action:
04/30/2025 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Bhojani | VanDeaver | Lopez, Janie | Walle | Dutton
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.
Author:
González, Mary | VanDeaver | Geren | Harless | LaHood
Last Action:
05/07/2025 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Livestock and Rodeo Education and Continuation Grant Program.
Author:
Swanson | Oliverson | VanDeaver | Bonnen | Leach
Last Action:
04/21/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty.
Author:
Bell, Keith | Button | Longoria | Wilson | VanDeaver
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Grant Program.
Author:
Harris | Leach | Phelan | Orr | VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/12/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing the administration's approval as a medication for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy.
Author:
Orr | Oliverson | Lalani | Howard | VanDeaver
Sponsor:
Campbell
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the provision of elective intravenous therapy.
Author:
Johnson | Frank | VanDeaver | Bonnen | Howard
Last Action:
05/16/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the dispensing of certain drugs by physicians specializing in ophthalmology.
Author:
Dean | VanDeaver | Hefner
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/22/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.
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