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Texas Legislature

Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored

Rep. Jared Patterson
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/2/2026

Number of Bills: 20

Report Sections: Sponsored Bills | Joint Sponsored Bills

Sponsor (11):
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
Patterson
Last Action:
05/27/2025 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain elections.
Author:
Middleton
Sponsor:
Patterson | Hickland | Metcalf | Hefner | Vasut
Last Action:
05/19/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
Patterson
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to prohibited sales to persons attempting to purchase all or substantially all possible winning tickets in a lottery drawing.
Author:
Parker
Sponsor:
Patterson
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to lighting equipment requirements for motor vehicles.
Author:
Nichols | Alvarado
Sponsor:
Patterson | Hernandez | Perez, Mary Ann | Harris Davila | Martinez Fischer
Last Action:
05/24/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a grant program to fund certain railroad grade separation projects.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
Patterson
Last Action:
05/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of laws protecting minors from harmful material on digital services.
Author:
Sparks
Sponsor:
Patterson | Landgraf | Anchía
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Campbell | Hughes | King | Kolkhorst
Sponsor:
Patterson
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to critical infrastructure and utilities, including affiliation with certain foreign entities of certain persons working or participating in the electricity market; authorizing and increasing administrative penalties.
Author:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Patterson
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to certain municipal regulation of conversion of certain office buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.
Author:
Creighton
Sponsor:
Patterson
Last Action:
05/20/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of the Texas Electrical Safety and Licensing Act to, and the regulation by certain political subdivisions of, the installation of roofing materials containing integrated photovoltaic technology.
Author:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Patterson
Last Action:
04/16/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, and ending on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
Joint Sponsor (9):
Author:
Kolkhorst | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Sponsor:
Hefner | Metcalf | Patterson | McQueeney | Spiller
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
Turner | Patterson | Gerdes | Bhojani
Last Action:
05/13/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to property owners' associations, including condominium unit owners' associations.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
Hefner | Patterson
Last Action:
05/27/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers.
Author:
Parker
Sponsor:
Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra | Little | Patterson | Noble | Morales Shaw
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to resident safety from criminal activity in senior retirement communities.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
Hefner | Patterson | Metcalf
Last Action:
06/22/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
King
Sponsor:
Hefner | Rose | Geren | Lopez, Ray | Patterson
Last Action:
05/30/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Paxton
Sponsor:
Craddick | Darby | King | Patterson
Last Action:
05/28/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to disannexation of certain areas of a municipality for failure to provide services.
Author:
Paxton
Sponsor:
Fairly | Patterson | González, Mary | Button
Last Action:
05/27/2025 E Effective on 1/1/26
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.
Author:
Creighton
Sponsor:
Bell, Cecil | Patterson
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to territory in an emergency services district that is annexed by a municipality.
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