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Texas Legislature

Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored

Rep. Gary VanDeaver
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/2/2026

Number of Bills: 17

Report Sections: Sponsored Bills | Joint Sponsored Bills

Sponsor (12):
Author:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.
Author:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of orthotists and prosthetists.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/24/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to certain retail sales of motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers by a holder of a converter's license.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/19/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
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:
Hughes
Sponsor:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the supervision requirements of a code enforcement officer in training.
Author:
Blanco
Sponsor:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the governing body of a local mental health authority.
Author:
Menéndez
Sponsor:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a study on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation.
Author:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/13/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a customer guide to home solar energy devices.
Author:
Creighton
Sponsor:
VanDeaver | King | Ward Johnson | Kitzman
Last Action:
05/27/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public higher education.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death.
Author:
Hall
Sponsor:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to warning labels for opioid prescription drugs.
Author:
Birdwell
Sponsor:
VanDeaver
Last Action:
05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
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.
Joint Sponsor (5):
Author:
Kolkhorst
Sponsor:
Hull | Frank | VanDeaver | Bucy | Pierson
Last Action:
06/22/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.
Author:
Perry
Sponsor:
Gerdes | Kitzman | VanDeaver | Bell, Keith | Dean
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties.
Author:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
González, Mary | Moody | VanDeaver | Garcia, Linda
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.
Author:
Hancock
Sponsor:
Swanson | Oliverson | VanDeaver | Bonnen | Leach
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty.
Author:
Parker
Sponsor:
Harris | Leach | Phelan | Orr | VanDeaver
Last Action:
06/11/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a consortium to conduct United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development clinical trials with ibogaine to secure the administration's approval of the medication's use for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy and to the administration of that treatment.
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