Texas Legislature
Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored
Number of Bills: 22 Report Sections: Sponsored Bills | Joint Sponsored BillsSponsor (15):
Author:
Huffman
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
06/16/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.
Author:
Huffman
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
06/16/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.
Author:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/21/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/19/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the type of newspaper required for publication of public notices.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state.
Author:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of state statutes.
Author:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/30/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the appointment of an interpreter in a criminal proceeding.
Author:
Schwertner
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the use of a consumer's credit score in the underwriting or rating of certain personal lines property and casualty insurance policies.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/28/2025 H Returned to committee: May 28 2025 6:21PM
Caption:
Relating to the rulemaking power of the Texas Supreme Court.
Author:
Sparks
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/21/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students permitted to pay resident tuition and fees at certain public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/23/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to protection for a public employee's or student's use of terms consistent with biological sex.
Author:
Huffman
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
05/27/2025 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
Smithee
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Author:
Huffman
Sponsor:
Smithee | DeAyala | Little | Cook | Louderback
Last Action:
05/28/2025 H Failed of adoption
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances for illegal aliens charged with certain offenses punishable as a felony.
Author:
Huffman
Sponsor:
Smithee | DeAyala | Louderback | Cook | Moody
Last Action:
06/02/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.
Author:
Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | Hagenbuch | et al.
Sponsor:
Button | Geren | Moody | Smithee | Leach
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.
Author:
Sparks
Sponsor:
Fairly | King | Smithee
Last Action:
05/19/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.
Author:
Parker
Sponsor:
Thompson | Johnson | Smithee
Last Action:
06/22/2025 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
Author:
Flores | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Huffman | King | et al.
Sponsor:
Cook | Smithee | Louderback | Tepper | Curry
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.
Author:
King
Sponsor:
Button | Smithee | Plesa | Bell, Keith | Longoria
Last Action:
05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the findings required to be made by the comptroller of public accounts in order to recommend for approval an application for a limitation on the taxable value of eligible property for school district maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes under the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act.
Author:
West
Sponsor:
Davis, Aicha | Davis, Yvonne | Rose | Smithee | Thompson
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Dallas and Ellis Counties as the Eddie Bernice Johnson Memorial Highway.
Author:
Huffman
Sponsor:
Little | Smithee
Last Action:
05/28/2025 H 1 hr. notice-for reconsideration
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony who have previously been convicted of or who were released on bail for certain offenses punishable as a felony at the time of the new offense.