Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Sarah Eckhardt
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/28/2025

Number of Bills: 60

Author:
Hughes | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor:
Allen
Last Action:
10/28/2024 E Sent to the Governor
Caption:
Relating to conduct constituting the criminal offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Bettencourt | Huffman | Parker
Sponsor:
Ashby | Anchía | Bell, Keith | Bowers
Last Action:
07/26/2024 S Senate appoints conferees
Caption:
Relating to the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district.
Author:
Perry
Last Action:
05/14/2023 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to financial assistance provided and programs administered by the Texas Water Development Board.
Author:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding primary elections.
Author:
Johnson
Last Action:
05/16/2024 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women following a pregnancy.
Author:
Johnson | Hall
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of fentanyl, alpha-methylfentanyl, or any other derivative or controlled substance analogue of fentanyl.
Author:
Johnson
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to an annual adjustment to the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program to reflect inflation.
Author:
Johnson
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to electronic voter registration.
Author:
Menéndez
Last Action:
01/17/2025 S House passage as amended reported
Caption:
Relating to the repeal of statutes regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct and to the recognition of certain same-sex relationship statuses.
Author:
Menéndez
Last Action:
03/15/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the provision of on-campus mental health services by a school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for certain services provided to eligible students.
Author:
Menéndez
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the provision of electricity service in the ERCOT power region.
Author:
Campbell
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to who may request a public hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant.
Author:
West
Last Action:
03/26/2024 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to the consideration of a subsequent writ of habeas corpus in certain felony cases.
Author:
Perry
Last Action:
03/26/2024 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to the amount of the reimbursement fee paid by a defendant for a peace officer's services in executing or processing an arrest warrant, capias, or capias pro fine.
Author:
Nichols
Last Action:
03/12/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 12 2025 12:44PM
Caption:
Relating to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or adoption of a child.
Author:
Campbell
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Caption:
Relating to public meetings held by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on the permitting of wastewater treatment facilities.
Author:
Alvarado | Whitmire
Last Action:
03/15/2025 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to catalytic converters, including criminal conduct involving catalytic converters; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty; increasing a fee.
Author:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
01/17/2025 S House appoints new conferees w/inst-reported
Caption:
Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of fentanyl, alpha-methylfentanyl, or any other derivative or controlled substance analogue of fentanyl.
Author:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres
Caption:
Relating to participation of the members of the Texas Workforce Commission in certain functions of the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Blanco | Campbell | Hall | Perry
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres
Caption:
Relating to support for nursing-related postsecondary education including the provision of loan repayment assistance to nursing faculty and the provision of grants to nursing education programs.
Author:
Huffman
Last Action:
03/07/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of terroristic threat.
Author:
Hall
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the confinement in a county jail of a person pending a transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the compensation for certain costs of confinement.
Author:
Springer
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to taxation of electronic nicotine delivery system vapor products and related transactions; imposing taxes.
Author:
Springer
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for child and adult diapers.
Author:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/16/2024 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry.
Author:
Johnson
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to a paid parental leave policy at public schools and an allotment under the Foundation School Program for the cost of providing paid parental leave under that policy.
Author:
Johnson
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the capacity of minors to consent to contraception-related examination or medical treatment.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres
Caption:
Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to make available to students certain pregnancy-related informational materials published by the Department of State Health Services.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
03/29/2023 S Vote taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to protections for pregnant and parenting students enrolled in public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Middleton
Last Action:
09/08/2023 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the disclosure under the public information law of certain evidence of a crime that billed in the death of a person.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
03/29/2023 S Vote taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to early registration for parenting students at public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Hughes
Last Action:
02/17/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of fentanyl, alpha-methylfentanyl, or any other derivative of fentanyl.
Author:
West
Last Action:
02/17/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the standard service and disability retirement benefits for members of the employee class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Blanco
Last Action:
02/17/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a taxing unit other than a school district to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead and to the authority of the governing body of any taxing unit that has adopted an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a percentage of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead to reduce the amount of or repeal the exemption.
Author:
Johnson
Last Action:
05/16/2024 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to implementation of an express lane option for determining eligibility and enrolling certain individuals in Medicaid or the child health plan program.
Author:
Menéndez
Last Action:
03/08/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use of opioid antagonists on public and private school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events.
Author:
Huffman
Last Action:
03/13/2023 H Received from the Senate
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of mental health and intellectual disability information with respect to certain children for purposes of a federal firearm background check.
Author:
Flores
Last Action:
03/01/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments to offset the cost of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran.
Author:
Hughes
Last Action:
03/01/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the reimbursement of state employees for groceries consumed while traveling on official state business.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
03/01/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the reimbursement by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department of the costs incurred by counties for housing certain children.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
03/01/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs.
Author:
Perry
Last Action:
03/01/2023 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Caption:
Relating to financial assistance provided and programs administered by the Texas Water Development Board.
Author:
West
Last Action:
03/01/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by the county of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead.
Author:
Springer | Bettencourt | Parker | Whitmire
Last Action:
03/03/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the release on parole of certain youthful offenders; changing parole eligibility.
Author:
Hall
Last Action:
03/03/2023 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to a study and report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute on replacing buyer's temporary tags with permanent license plates.
Author:
West
Last Action:
03/03/2023 S Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres
Caption:
Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care.
Author:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
03/09/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a paid parental leave program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission; imposing an employer contribution.
Author:
Parker
Last Action:
03/29/2023 H Received from the Senate
Caption:
Relating to repealing the ability to declare certain unopposed candidates for office as elected.
Author:
Miles
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.
Author:
Miles
Last Action:
05/06/2024 S House recedes from amendments-reported
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the office of independent oversight ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Author:
Creighton
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to a statewide disaster alert system.
Author:
Blanco
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.
Author:
Johnson
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to the name and governance of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Author:
Gutierrez
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Gutierrez
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to banning the possession and use of expanding ammo; creating an offense.
Author:
Gutierrez
Last Action:
03/16/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to gun safety; creating an offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Hinojosa | Blanco | Nichols
Last Action:
03/20/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the operation of certain health care provider participation programs in this state.
Author:
Menéndez
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to a criminal offense committed against a person because of bias or prejudice on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Author:
Birdwell
Last Action:
03/31/2023 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the time during which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during a regular session.
Author:
Perry
Last Action:
05/14/2023 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the Texas water fund to assist in financing water projects in this state.
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