Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Sen. Kelly Hancock
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/28/2025

Number of Bills: 68

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Additional Primary Authored Bills

Author (52) :
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of state parklands passports to and a waiver of certain state park fees for veterans, active duty armed forces members, and certain family members of a person who died while serving in the United States armed forces.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/07/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to electricity service provided by certain municipally owned utilities.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/31/2023 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to certain agreements with collective bargaining organizations related to certain publicly funded public work contracts.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/22/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate the use or sale of a product for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions or conserving natural resources.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/31/2023 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to entities that provide video services.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/09/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under the major events reimbursement program.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/29/2023 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a living organ donor education program.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/09/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to facility fees charged by certain health care providers; providing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/09/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the sale of spirit coolers by certain alcoholic beverage permittees.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/09/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the application of balance billing prohibitions and out-of-network dispute resolution procedures to certain self-insured or self-funded employee welfare benefit plans.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/09/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to multiple employer welfare arrangements.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
01/30/2025 H Referred to Business & Industry: Jan 30 2025 4:50PM
Caption:
Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over an airport or military installation; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to exempting certain autocycles from the requirement that an operator or passenger of an autocycle wear protective headgear.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of residential amenity rentals by a political subdivision; authorizing a fee; authorizing a civil penalty.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the disclosure of certain medical information by electronic means.
Author:
Hancock | Huffman
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to creating the criminal offense of child grooming.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to a severance tax credit for gas produced from certain wells that use an onsite flare mitigation system.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the authority of an independent organization certified to manage a power region to amend bylaws and certificates of formation.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to the workforce diploma pilot program.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the office of vehicle fleet management's plan for the state's vehicle fleet.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/31/2023 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the Homeland Security Council.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the amendment of a certificate of convenience and necessity to provide electricity service to certain water control and improvement districts.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to the dedication of surplus money in the foundation school fund to reduce school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to standards for certain electric vehicle charging stations.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/20/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the next generation 9-1-1 service fund.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/20/2023 S Referred to Vet Affairs
Caption:
Relating to benefits and services for veterans and certain other related benefits.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of recycling and recycled products.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to data or information collected by the statewide all payor claims database and the composition of the stakeholder advisory group.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the disposition of burial spaces and abandoned plots in certain cemeteries in the possession and control of a municipality.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/22/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to the identification and mapping of aggregate production operations by The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/22/2023 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to public acknowledgment of donations made to the Texas Department of Transportation.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/22/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to certain prescription drug benefits under the Medicaid managed care program.
Author:
Hancock | West
Last Action:
03/22/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the franchise tax credit for certain clean energy projects.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/22/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to municipal civil service for fire fighters and police officers.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to licensure and training requirements for school marshals.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a lessee of property to appeal certain ad valorem tax determinations through binding arbitration.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to notice by an appraisal review board that a protest has been dismissed because of failure by the property owner or the owner's designated agent to appear at the hearing on the protest.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the deadline by which a property owner is required to notify an appraisal review board of the owner's intent to appear at a protest hearing by telephone conference call or videoconference.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the procedure by which the chief appraiser of an appraisal district is required to notify an owner of property that has been omitted from the appraisal roll that the property is being added to the roll.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the information that the chief appraiser of an appraisal district may require an agent who electronically submits a designation of agent form to provide.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the deadline for an appraisal review board to deliver written notice of a hearing to determine whether good cause exists for the issuance of a subpoena.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to a requirement that certain appraisal districts maintain an Internet website and post certain information on the website.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to reporting procedures and training programs for law enforcement agencies regarding missing children and missing persons.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
09/22/2023 H Passed to 3rd reading
Caption:
Relating to the local district.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/07/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the Center for Transforming Lives on the occasion of its 115th anniversary.
Author:
Hancock | Miles
Last Action:
03/14/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 9, 2023, as World Kidney Day.
Author:
Hancock
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Texans who have been awarded the National Medal of Honor.
Author:
Hancock | Birdwell | King | Parker
Last Action:
03/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 22, 2023, as The University of Texas at Arlington Day.
Author:
Hancock | Birdwell | King | Parker
Last Action:
03/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 22 and 23, 2023, as Tarrant County Days.
Author:
Hancock | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Hinojosa | et al.
Last Action:
03/29/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 29, 2023, as Vietnam Veterans Day.
Additional Primary Authors (16) :
Author:
Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
06/01/2024 S House passage as amended reported
Caption:
Relating to an increase in the amount of certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, an adjustment in the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in the exemption amounts, and the protection of school districts against the billing loss in local revenue.
Author:
Parker | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
01/17/2025 S House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income and a franchise tax credit for the payment of certain related ad valorem taxes.
Author:
Huffman | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
10/23/2023 S House passage reported
Caption:
Relating to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Middleton | Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Last Action:
06/19/2024 H Passed
Caption:
Relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex.
Author:
Springer | Blanco | Creighton | Eckhardt | Hall | et al.
Last Action:
01/17/2025 S House passage as amended reported
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's offices and prosecutor's offices in rural counties.
Author:
Perry | Blanco | Campbell | Flores | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action:
03/28/2023 S Committee report printed and distributed: Mar 28 2023 11:06AM
Caption:
Relating to the effect of nuisance actions, other actions, and governmental requirements on certain agricultural operations.
Author:
Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
03/20/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to investments in certain companies doing business in the Russian Federation.
Author:
Parker | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
06/10/2024 S H. refuses to adopt conf. comm. rept-reported
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.
Author:
Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
01/30/2025 H Referred to Agriculture & Livestock: Jan 30 2025 4:50PM
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income, to increase the amount of certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in the exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.
Author:
West | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
02/08/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Opal Lee on the occasion of the unveiling of her portrait in the Senate Chamber.
Author:
Creighton | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 15, 2023, as Orange and Maroon Legislative Day.
Author:
Birdwell | Hancock | King | West
Last Action:
02/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Marcelo Cavazos on the occasion of his retirement.
Author:
Perry | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
02/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the organizers, supporters, and attendees of the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast.
Author:
Flores | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
02/28/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 28, 2023, as Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association Legislative Day.
Author:
Sparks | Campbell | Hancock | Hughes | LaMantia | et al.
Last Action:
03/07/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
In memory of James Robert Evans.
Author:
King | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 21, 2023, as World Down Syndrome Day.
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